STILL WOULD HAVE WON

NZ Truth, Issue 1191, 27 September 1928, Page 13

STILL WOULD HAVE WON

Bisox Had It On Her Own In Avondale Cup (From "N.Z. Truth's" : Special Auckland Representative.) Now it is all over, it is easy to realize that the Parliamentary Handicap and Winter Cup winner, Bisox, was a good thing m the Avondale Cup at only 31bs. above the minimum.

THE trouble was to come to the defi--1 riite conclusion * before the race. The fact that Bisox had/suffered more than one , defeat over a distance since capturing the Winter Cup left doubts regarding her ability over a real distance of ground. > Now that the Cup has been run ,and won, "N.Z. Truth" holds that it matters not whether the going had been firm— Bisox would still have won under her import of 7.3. She was doing it easy m behind the leaders 'm the early stages," next to the fence. : . ■ • ■ .' ' ' , Had Metcalfe elected to go to the: lead earlier than he actually did, Bisox could' have hit the front and still done the trick. . . How she will fare up further m the weights is another matter— it may beat her — but she had to possess some staying ability to gain, the honors m the going of Saturday. . ■ '

Towards the close her light impost brohght Bisox seriously into " calculations and there was a decided move made m her favor to clean her off the card with some of the fancies for the "second leg" though- the real "big ways" suffered defeat m the Flying. "Jigger" Brown, turned the mare out. m great fettle and, it is a \ feather m his cap to have won the , Parliamentary, Winter Cup and ■ Avondale Cup with her m such short time. . She can never be missed by track,watchers with her peculiarly marked grey mane and tail. > In her earlier racing career, Bisox was" raced out In front and sometimes died out of the struggle, but having won over twelve furlongs* on a sticky track has evidently developed reasonable staying powers. • Though it took Bisox .2,40 3-5 to cover the mile and a-half, it is by no means the slowest on record. ■ )