DOWN ON THE TAIL-END

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 13

DOWN ON THE TAIL-END

Searching For The Winner of The Mafangai

It will cause no big surprise if the winner of the Marangai Handicap at Wanganui to-day comes from near the tail of the field.

•THE club is lucky to get sixteen J. acceptors — not ithat the luck is out of turn — and there is every t reason to expect a good dbntest. The form displayed at Marton last week will be useful. The two top .^weights, Paitonu ana Nukumai, will not be much m demand, but there will be some money for Black Mint. In the 'case of the last-named, the track may prove his undoing— he is too big for such: a course. Valkon will be watched with more than passing interest, m view of Avondaie; . Bennanee races, well fresh, and under this scale of weight he is hard to dispose of.' And he has shown a partiality:.for the track. . Vivo' Is -too inconsistent to be followed, but now that Shining Armour has a new home he is on his best behavior. In fact he may, with a little lucß, ■ be one of the dangerous ones. The Marton winner, Queen Arch, will carry a big lump of money 'and she must be hard to beatl ! \ v Last week she was always handy to

,the leaders and came away to score nicely. Not • many considered Blimp a sprinter till he won at Marton last week. He succeeded through staying on. , . . Therefore, the extra ground to-day should suit him to a nicety. Horomea won on the course m May, and Royal Mint all but won at Marton last week. It is a different track today. '•■.'• Mint Leaf and Talisker will be needing the racing; but Boriogne will be out m front for a" part of the journey. Neither Catkin nor Captain Gazeley have any great appeal. A good beginner is heeded over this "journey,, and Queen Arch seems to be all right m this direction. She sHould be able to jump out and get' a position. ; . • Her. most dangerous opponent may be Blimp. It is against him that he is hot tob big.. -.;.,- Little fellows cannot stand up to much buffeting, but if he can escape the knocking about that inevitably occurs m such fields he may be kicking round at the death knock.