HE WINS AT LONG LAST

NZ Truth, Issue 1186, 23 August 1928, Page 11

HE WINS AT LONG LAST

Nukumai, Like Robert the Bruce, In End Succeeds

History tells us that Robert the Bruce, holed up like brer fox, law the spider try eight times before it succeeded m its object.

THIS little Interlude gave the Scottish 1 ' kins new hope and an inspiration, and he Immediately sat down and reeled off that little sonnet, "Try, Try, Asaln," , Chock full of confidence Robert came out and at Bannoekburn ho made several pitfalls for his ?:iM& •&•.«*' Wh ° Polit6ly Ten into tnem. Now there Is a connection between dles-albelt a, very remote and distant <j«ii nmn» ♦-«,«„«„ T*ron.« I-. «** Still owner-trainer waiter Garrett kept on hoping, and trying, and at last ho had the satisfaction of getting a win, Instead of the usual second or ;*i* ' «x > „., x^ x „. , ,_ It la quite possible that Alf. Wright, who trains Nukumai, was not fully conversant with the spirit that imbued Robert the Bruce, but Alf. did know that he wanted to win a National with Nukumal. 80, when at first he did not suoeeed, he tried, tried and then won. Saddled with 11.11 and with only one outing over hurdles this winter it

looked to many that Nukumai was set too big a task. However, after he had won the Jumpers' Flat the first day a change came over the scene. qJ n h he»n e» £™ **** ™%iwX..?E fn° second day, Ibut.. even allowing In.for Jis *>Ig weight,, this suited the Foxton Sleconfnarismud and he loves to pick it up m double hoof-fulls and give it to those behind him. must ,have been i aUghing-lnwardly at ft was only a case °f Jumping it, and Nnknmal la not the sort to «Vnic« wiia. SkS^too often takes The leader, Gaze, jumped badly; Nukumai landed perfectly, and from then on he was just going : along , ike he-was finishing a halfmile sorint The success pleased the crowd—Riccarton wag unusually good with He las* week Thou? h bl. gger l"*denß have been carried to* victory In the event Nukumai sets a new record for the longer distance now travelled.