WAS HIS WAY

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

WAS HIS WAY

Hoariri Loves To Be In The Mud

(Prom "N.Z. Truth's^' Auckland Rep.) Harry Rama was set no easy task, m getting Hoariri to stand a solid preparation. NORTHERNERS realized that if ever A y the son of Antagonist could be got ready and strike a track with the jar out of it .he would make a mess of the field under any light impost. Hoariri had drifted, down from the top-weight section by his repeated failures to within two pounds of the minimum .m the Avondale Flying. Training track conditions at Ellerslie the past few weeks favored' Rama's horse, and the work was piled into him. •." ■•'■"■ ,■■• The result was that a few days before the race he gave distinct evidence that, he retained the pace which made him famous, as a mud-lark at past winter meetings at Ellerslie. Then the rain came the night before Avondale and throughout race-day itr self and no one wanted anything else but Hoariri. . . Cammick was three pounds overweight, but Hoariri made light of the 7.5 he carried and when it came to racing he' outpaced Silvermine " and ■Co:" " ■••■.:■■■■-■■• -.■■•;•■:. ".. ' •-■ .'; ."••■ He ran home, a winner ,by three . lengths. ■.-- ■■•.■-■■•/:•■;-. And to show it was ho fluke thirteen pounds did not stop him t^e second day. '/ If Rama can only keep his. sprinter sound there should be another stake for him m the near future, but racing on hard tracks is always likely to send him back, to the unsound stage.