IT LOOKED ALL OVER

NZ Truth, Issue 1195, 25 October 1928, Page 13

IT LOOKED ALL OVER

But Trouble's Trouble Lay Straight Ahead .r (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) Kawini 's victory m the Waikato Hunt Steeplechase with ttie burden of 12 stone, on a. moist track, was due to his fencing ability. y .

THIS asset was lacking when it came to the real test on the part of both Trouble, and -Importer;. Trouble may be referred to as distinctly unlucky. He toppled over three fences from home, after leading the field for most part, and looking the best of good things. '..'•.- I Importer went at the previous obstacle and must have been , Trouble's most serious opponent had both stood up. It was after these mishaps that^; Kawini and Bourn ranged' into the picture. Kawini shook 'Bourn onV to win, while Hbllycombe finished on fast and | ' took second money off Bourn.

Trouble was remounted to be declared fourth, while of the remaining, dozen, which went to the post Brunt-.; wood and Cureaform were the only: pair to finish. Glendowie, with his 12.6, could make no impression on the field when it came to racing m the mixed going. Summed up, Trouble, was the im- ; " lucky one of the party. . It looked ten to one oh him with less than half a- mile to go. ■.-"' , Mountain Crag fell about a mile from home, when well up, arid threatening to be m the final fight for the money. ;