Thanks For The Buggy Ride And Three Thousand Sovs.

NZ Truth, Issue 1196, 1 November 1928, Page 15

Thanks For The Buggy Ride And Three Thousand Soys.

MZ CUP ENTRANTS ALL SET

Dirt Track Aristocrats On Their Marks On Tuesday Afternoon

(By "the Toff.")

Whew! three thousand pounds; will it be any good? say you don't know. Well everyone will know where the money has gone by next Tuesday evening. They will also know where their own cash has gone and there will be celebrating or otherwise accordingly. .

TO be forewarned: is to be forearmed and "N.Z. Truth's" expert, who has

had all the candidates under review since they were babies, gives the benefit of his observations;. . Whatever' the ' result, it will be a great race — a race worth every penny of the three thousand notes handed out as a persuasion for owners and trainers to see their valuable charges are right up to the knocker and m ; th_e very best nick. •

The class is 4.26 and the distance two miles. To get on 'with .the story as to which of the candidates is likely to triumph on the day, one has to agi-ee that there is. justification for Padlock being a firm favorite. " He won, laughing at' his opponents over a mile and a-quarter at Wellington', and though' his coat was broken and, made him look dull at Petone, he has been reported- in good'? shape. It came over the' ether the other day that he ran eight furlongs m 2.4, but there must have been static m the atmosphere.

CardinaL Logan's two wins at Greyniouth have brought him into strong favor. "He had a big chance before he was penalized 12yds., but now — well, judge for yourself. He' will be well driven, and the manner m which he Ijft Great Bingen and Ahuriri to it on the first 'day at Greymouth makes it plain that he is much better than the majority reckon. None of the front-markers looks to have any hope of staying m front, of: him on Tuesday. Cardinal Logan's greatest difficulty . will be to flnis,h m front of the horses off his own mark, and those farther back m the handicap;

Of the limit horses, Black Admiral probably will jump to the front, but to make the pace a cracker and lead all the way, is a stiff job. m a race like .the New Zealand Trotting Cup. < Even with his 12yds. penalty Cardinal Logan should beat Black Admiral, but can he beat Terence Dillon?

At Oamaru, Terence Dillon hag been responsible for some great track wtfrk,

and lie is a. better horse to-day than eyor before. What la more, his people aie confident of success.

With a reasonable, passage he will be a menace to Cardinal Logan, and Padlock, and, they, m turn, look, too superior for Kohara, Dalnahiner Peter Bingeh and Talaro.' In all probability

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they will also carry Peterwah off his feet.

Should they by any chance let Peterwah away m front, he Avill give them a headache. When it conies to staying he can go two ntiles as well as any pacer m the field. Queen's Own went a creditable race over a mile and a-quarter at Oamaru when she finished third to Prince Pointer, but her effort was not outstanding.

If she is a possibility for Tuesday's race then Prince Pointer will have to be considered, for he gave Queen's Own 12ycts. and a beating at Oa.mu.ru, and

is only giving her the same start over two miles at Addirigton. ' . Prince Pointer's chance m the Cup is good. He ran second, to Ahuriri m 1926, and on that occasion he, had been out of the paddock seven weekd.

This; year,, he has received a careful and judicious preparation and one can expect Prince Pointer to strip a much better horse than .when he put up his great effort behind Ahuriri. '

If.-. the track is heavy, Kohaira will be hard to beat, but .otherwise his penalty for Winning at. Auckland, *<wnieh how places him on. 24ycjs. behind, should keep him quiet on the trip. ; .

If there is. a horse m the race that will tear the courage out of his. rivals on Tuesday it is the American demon pacer, Jack Potts. . '. He was a competitor m the Oamaru Handicap of two miles, and nis appearance and demeanor was ".let me get 'them, boys."/ Donald has him m elegant buckle, and if .nothing happens to him m the race he is the one horae m the field that might deliver a body blow to Padlock and Terence Dillon — that is, if the- course is dry. . ' On their Auckland Cup form Jack Potts should beat Ahuriri. In the northern event both pacers started froni the same mark, and m spite of Jack Potts' error through shying at the crowd at the bend for home, Ahuriri only beat him by a head. On Tuesday, Ahuriri is set to give Jack Potts six yards, so Jack Potts . should beat Bryc'e's candidate. . .

If the race was " taken by ballot, Great Bingen would win on sentiment. And while nearly everybody would be overjoyed at the champion's success ; it is feared that his task is too great for him." ' ' ' '

When the straight is reached and the whips are cracking, the following riia'y be seen' to most advantage: - ■

JACK POTTS, PADLOCK,