THAT'S FAST!

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

THAT'S FAST!

Best Yet In The Province > (From - "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep:) ■-... We are' living m an age of speed and the modes of fast travel seem to have incensed the thoroughbred' - racehorse. TO remain In the limelight at all he . must go faster — and ; he is going faster. With that object race-paths have been improved to . the last possible degree,; and m this connection Whangarei does not intend to lag behind. At its best, some fast times have bee;n.' registered by trotters and. pacers at Kensington Park. . These times 'meant a Ipssi of much further financial gain to owners concerned,'by reason of the horses having to pay the penalty m handicaps. Now it would seem that the trotting crowd up north are not going to be allowed to gain all the honors m regard to speed at Kensington Park, for gallopers were credited with going fast last week. . Particularly was this so m connection with, the Whangarei Gup, when Desert Glow was credited with covering ten furlongs m 2.4 1/5. '•N.Z. Truth" and all racing heads present, voiced amazement at the notification, but inquiry, and the ticking of the. watch m other races,' revealed the fact that the official timekeeper knew his business. The 'whole, question rests on whether the distance . is right, or not. Tne Whangarei "heads" contend that complete surveys have shown that everything is In order. <> So there the matter stands, and the time goes on the records as the best ever registered m a ten-fur-long event for the Auckland province. As Papatu was only a neck away second, and - Siaosi a further, halflength, a\yay third,' both these must have been, well inside 2.5 for the distance. ' ■;' | If'may have been right, but "Truth" has doubts about the ability of any of the trio to again go quite so fast — under the very best conditions. The weather and track were certainly favorable fon tne Cup, but there wag no appreciable . breeze to help the field along; and "Truth" will always have 'some doubts about the matterthat is if the distance Is absolutely correct.; '