NOT EXPECTED

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

NOT EXPECTED

Were More Forward Than Thought

(From "N.Z.. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) The old-time .trick of racing horses before they are ready _to back is always a source of trouble to punters. . :

TO be explicit it is not a fair go, es--1 p.ecially when ,they may be sent out with the intention and the expectation of getting a run and to finish m the ruck. , ... • Yet sometimes these horses are more forward than evep • their trainers imagine. And a jockey, knowing the trainer's mind, is occasionally m a fog about his plan of action. ■ ' In truth, it pays to always do one's best, but most jockeys prefer not to "come home;" unbacked. . At Te Rapa, on the opening day, two horses which had. not made a public appearance for some little time-T-and were probably not expected— gave the horsemen a t»it of trouble on the journey. . •

The only conclusion arrived at by keen onlookers was that there would be another day for them.

The "dayt' was not long delayed m the case of one, which duly arrived, to some financial tune, if totalisator comparison figures count for anything.

In the other case the horse aimed at may possibly not strike such an easy lot as at Te Rapa, but should pay its way m the hack crowd.

The public are sure to be on the alert when the opposition looks reasonable. .

While on the subject, it may pan out beat for the connections of a certain stable within two hundred .miles of Auckland city if their horses are ;ilways got ready to do their best "first up." ■" .

Cases of suspicious handling can only end one -way; if repeated too often.