IT WAS A HACK DERBY

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

IT WAS A HACK DERBY

Poor Field Contests This Week's Blue Riband

It was perhaps one of the poorest fields that had ever paraded for a Derby tl^at was seen at Riccarton on Monday.

TPHERE were eight left to do the batI tie and a bright mob they were: : Only one of the crew had proved himself good enough to get out of the hack class. , . . • As somebody said m the Press room: -"We will calj it The Hack Derby.? Silver •: Paper, notwithstanding the fact, that he ran very poorly in t ,the Stewards was made favorite. The only horse that gave any signs on r Saturday of being the, winner was Nightmarch, but, strange, to ■ ;say, he was not wanted by backers." ' jumped away and there was no likelihood <)f any pace being.put on. .

', Nightmarch took the lead, but he and his jockey were .having, a row as they weh£' into the. back stretch. '

The horse wanted his head, but Voight would not give it to hjm. ..' He bounded, ■ and threw his head about, but still he had to, keep at the pace allowed. . / ■■' * ■ Full, Feather relieved Nightmarch of the lead for a time, but it was only on sufferance. . ■'•■ Once: it was, time to be up' and doing, Nightmarch again took* command, and over the last furlong he was never m any danger of getting beaten. Cashier and Mborgas filled the places with. Silver Paper" next. • The field had only^ gone half a . mile when Roscrea was pulled up. It transpired tliat he had dislocated a fetlock, and, after giving him a. look over, he was destroyed.

Fred Jones reckoned he had enough bad luck m Sydney. "Well, he can't be told that he left the streak behind him f