BETTING MONOPOLISED

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

BETTING MONOPOLISED

Goshawk And Pink Note Ro^ In Public! Eye

Early market quotations--il] good guide to the feeling disp SO long as Mr. Muggins nas the inclination — and the cash — to try and pick 'em, there , will be found gentlemen only too ready to accommodate him. Of! course, that . is ,as it should be. • So, m the natural course of events, arrives the Wellington spring meeting, and the cards, out bright and early, show that the public and the layer are of. the one mind when it comes to nominating a favorite. The early betting has seen a de•m.and for but two horses. ' An acceptance of thirteen for the mile and . three -furlong Wellington Handicap can only be termed nice and comfortable. . Rapier and Mask are at. the head of affairs with 9.4 apiece, and, of the two, Mask is thought more of— at the present stage. ' ' ■ ' . But there is a doubt In his case, too. The big fellow has yet to prove himself an out-and-out stayer. A furlong shorter would find him much more In demand. . Beacon Light is down ' to make his reappearance. It was m this same race., two years back that he failed— after winning theAvondale Cup- — and then the next, day^ to the great annoy*ance of the crowd, he won the Champion Plate. ; However, it is m order to expect him to fail this year. ' He has not had a race for two seasons, and though reports say he is working along all . right, he , should need the outing. •.•'•-., ■<■ Mandane comes m fresh, but Fred Tilley's horses . generally come 'up m the spring ready to win first outing. A mare, it may be advisable to wait for. her till later on. Next is one of the favorites — Pink .Note. He won the handicap of ten furlongs, the first day of Wihgatui. : It was a nice effort and he was expected to repeat it m the milev on Saturday, only to fail., . ' . A Paper Money,. It would be natural jmiiiiniiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiiiiitiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiii

legal though they may be— are a ilayed by the puntfcng fraternity. .'■■•' ' ■ ■ ■ * to expect him to show out more over shorter courses, but m reality he does best from ten to twelve furlongs. The hurdler, Nukumal,. should not be a great source of annoyance m this class. Under His own conditions he is all right, but Saturday finds him m a foreign • clime. The course will suit Black Mint, but he will need to improve somewhat on his performance of last Saturday, to be m at- the death. •He certainly comes In a stone the better, and the Opaki race would do him good, but, on the other hand, the class has Improved materially. ; Well m is Goshawk, and he has won over :ten furlongs since the publication of weights. ' • Judging by his Ellerßlie running he is not a hard horse to manage, but somehow or the other, he runs into more' than his share of trouble during a race.; .'..'■-. ■■ Given an even break on Saturday he will be the one to head off over the last half furlong. . Blimp was unlucky at Masterton on Saturday — he should have won Instead of splitting the honors -with Royal Game. : . ■ ' , . Irie sticks on well for a little fellow, but, on figures, he had his chance last Saturday— not this. Four horses are on the minimum — David Garrick, Talisker, Shining Armour and Kilperon. On recent' form there seems only one possibility of the winner coming from, there— and .that possibility is Shining Armour: ' • Looking better than ever before the gelding has been coming' at the' right end of his races — and that he can stay is known. ■ . ■On the day it will probably be found that the people with the cash will have staked their weight of money on: ■■j- GOSHAWK and i PINK NOTE. '-■..;■ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiii'niiiiii

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