IT WAS A BLACK WEEK FOR CROWD WHICH TACKLED RICCARTON

NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 13

IT WAS A BLACK WEEK FOR CROWD WHICH TACKLED RICCARTON

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Owners Who Are LJhsuited For Racing Business WHEN THE );00^0.1^lT There is a type of owner at present. in the. game who has no color of right f or remaining in.the business; < ;

HE is, nine times out of: ten,, a novice to hors*eSj' but with a bit of cash at the back of him ;he wants' to see his colors carried. So m he v goes head down— a case .of Sydney or the. bush. .... Sorhfe special Providence has the job of looking after begihriers m racing, and it, is i remarkable how, for a time; the newcomer has. his luck. Nothing can go * wrong. ; . . "How Jong has this been going „. on?" he asks Himself. «*T ■-. ■ . ..'-■ • ■ ■ ;-'■ ■■-. ■ ■-. ■■■ .'■•'• ■■ The. day of reckoning,' the day of disappointment, is riot' thought of, but when it ;does; arrive the disillusioned owner starts to squeal. \. . ..-■ ' Because the. , spin of the wheel .is going against him he' is not getting a fair. go. ■' ■■;,■"- -•■■.•'!' '' , ■'.■-■■•'..> ■■■'•■• • First ;;to feel the icy breeze is the jockey.' ' He gets the dump and some-' body, else is tried m his place.' Change follows change m rapid succession, but Wins still fail to come his way.

' Then; ihe> trainer lines .up, for his medicinfei, and the "end is generally enacted- .with the trainer telling the owner what he is and what he can do with his 'horses.' New Zealand Gup week brought m its wake the usual batch of murmurs of discontent 1 . ' , . 'In. two or three quarters it was very obvious that owners we're feeling anything but pleased. It was : impossible for them to grin and bfar it — or, m other words, take the bad with the. good. . ' : .Open ■accusations of horses being pulled tip were; made. One or two of theystatements were treated as ridiculous v by experienced racegoers, but, with the' big* body' of race crowds, ready- to believe anything,: it was another matter.' ..,.-■■ Such type, of owner has only one place .m the -, scheme of things — he should get out and stay. out.