TWO OF THEM

NZ Truth, Issue 1196, 1 November 1928, Page 13

TWO OF THEM

With Credentials

For Last

The long, day has, drawn to an end when the Riccarton Handicap comes up for the once-over.

E"OR the day only, is it a recovery stakes— there being, three more days to follow— and big wagers will be noted. '

.': Last month at Trentham, with . eleven pounds less, Mandane was • fourth to Goshawk m the Pearce Handicap. i .. Actually she now carries four pounds more -for Saturday's race — a sevenseven .minimum as against a seven stdne. •'. The mare takes a bit of time to. come to ''hand', but, allowing this m, the effort at Trentham was meritorious. Battle Colours failed badly at the same meeting, but it is just as likely he 'will succeed this 1 time out.

.First' Sight-is -one to give Fred Jones his first .win for the season— that is, m New. .Zealand. The distance should suit him nicely. ...---..-

Royal Game has to be respected —always — and so has Gay Sonnett, which can travel along out m front.

' Sir Roy should do better than Town Bank, for 1 the ground affects the latter. Full Feather, has yet to make his name as a three -year rbld.

Front Rank and "Vaward are fair, but two' that should be showing out m the earlier stages of the race are Vigilance and Kllperon., Most money may be invested on First Sight, Mandane. iiimiiimiHiiiiiiiiiHiiiuiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMniuiiiiiiiiiuiuuiiiiiiiit) OH! THOSE EXPERTS STATION 2Why Hay gives out what its announcer terms "sporting intelligence," as compiled by^the station's experts. It is bad enough to have to sit a.nd listen. tQ- the announcer murdering the names of perfectly good racehorses, without having to have the ear assailed with so much bunkum and balderdash. Last Saturday evening 2Why Hay, m an endeavor to whet the appetite of the listening ' world, proceeded to give out riders for the New Zealand Cup. The first shock came when F. Porter was named as Count Cavour's pilot. Porter, the last time "N.Z. Truth" was talking to him, was still walking with a stick, and his riding days were oven That accident at Ellerslie at New Year fixed him. Then there had to be a rider for Black Mint, so R. S. Bagby was hoisted up— by those "experts."

Bagby would heed to spend a week m the Turkish bath, and then cut both his legs cff to do 7.5.

The best part of 2Why Hay is that long, drawn out "Goo-o-o-od Night."

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