FEET ON EDGE

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 13

FEET ON EDGE

Fractious Babies Up North

(From "N.z; Truth's" Auckland Rep.) With many such fields to send away ■from the barrier as lined up m the juvenile events at Dargaville there would be a' risk of Charlie O'Connor 'losing his reputation. ; THE "babies" were so unruly that after much trouble on opening day neither Awamutu nor Norval Tea. gave. their supporters. a run for their money. Then again on the second day quite a lot of delay was experienced by the f ractiousness . of several of the ten whic"h -.carried public support. It all ended m Awamutu hopping into'his stride better than the remain-, der' ana getting sp far away that it seemed, a case of receiving: a "fly." >■■■'. As was to be expected from the advantage gained, Awamutu stayed there throughout and the race was rob--bed of a lot of interest. V . Of < course,, much of 'the trouble., came about by the delay m stand-: - ing at the peg until the totalisator' figures' were adjusted before the signal could, be given." ' . An electric ..tote does away with much of this trouble, but such an improvement is not likely.' at Avondale for some time. In the case of the two-year-olds last week, it may have been., better for the starter to have adopted the moving-up method.' . .. ' • ■ : , As it was, matters were anything but satisfactory to those, who '■, risked about [ £7,5180ti. both two-year-old events.