LEAD HAS BEEN GIVEN

NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 13

LEAD HAS BEEN GIVEN

Breeders' Plate Winner In The WeHesley i

Two-year-old form m the spring is generally consistent, and when it comes to bettiing, youngsters are ; more^ reliable tlian older horses. '. ' / •■ •■■'■.■ ... I .'•„:• ... '■.','. ... .•■;: : - : \ ":. :^';C ■

TTHE average two-year-old is the es--1 sence of honesty — it has not yet had' time to learn how to cheat — and; will always do its best. ;Of course, there is • the exception to every rule. There will be no trouble. in finding a favorite for the Wellesley Stakes. To be saddled up is Gold. Tinge, winner of the Breeders' Plate. at Randwick at the beginning of the month. He not only ,won, but he bolted away froni the opposition, and' in time that was just outside the race record. . That victory will be enough for punters to strip the bands off their rolls. Opposed to Gold Tinge are not a really great lot— they are more of average quality thfin anything else. Consequent on his two seconds 'to Supremacy, Hunting. Day should find many supporters. The straight course will suit him better than Ellerslie, with its run down hill. .....•' Hunting Day appeals most for his gameness. He sticks on to the very; , death — and that assetYis' needed at' Trentham., . f "- : ; , .First Money got left In the "Welcome at , Auckland, and then showed great pace m making vp ' his leeway. Of course he stopped before the finish. ; The next day he won the handicap, but that effort would not have won the Stakes — nor would, it win Saturday's classic. : '..'■■■■': One start, one win, reads the record of Speed Light. The half-sister to Gold Light wdn -the first of the season at Wanganui. .< '■■.-...■■

There she was green ac the grass of Ireland, .but that she could gallop there was no mistake. : ;t: Only two youngsters have soored twice so far this season—Supremacy and Royal Flyer, " ■ ■'. " * • - ■■• ' . - - i■ ■ \.'f ■■ Whereas Supremacy has won two classics,, Royal Flyer. Ta&a . only succeeded m minor handicaps. j ,• v ". . A good, game sort he is, Ukdy^o win impre races, but he does not taka the eye as a prospective winner m jthis cdmpanyi ' i Still, it is more than possible that he may get into the money. r -■ ; i» ' ■ ; • ; The well-bred Ceremony Is backward as yet, and m addition he eeems to be affected by the crowds. It w^r be later whenhis turn arrives, for he is going to be good. ; , ji ■; '^;. Clever has disappointed to date, but Fred Davis never has his two-year-olds winning early m ths springy Francolin : is v just ordinary, and all ! things considered she appears . to ,be • well .sold.- '.-■ . : ' :.l " Anybody ; who saw her riceV at , Wanganiii would not want to . her. ;. ■ :^':' '..• . ■ • ;■■ :,■■'■'...': '■ ' Duellona -arid JSguitarit wer^'irt places at Masterton, but they will nee* to do a lot better to win to this i class. ■-■■ ■ -„/ ••:«/;•?- /f" : -'^ 1 Punters are not going to be far out ,If they pin their fai^ito^ .r v % 1 . ... ;,:; sold ' TlNGE ;«id\ v ;- tl«'i'- ■ . : ■■■/ ) HUNTING DAY* : ; ■- 'i[ -^