WENT MAD ON HOYLAKE

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

WENT MAD ON HOYLAKE

And Wliat die Handicapper { - :... Gave Out : '■■'* \. : Jt. • ."■•■ - ■■ . • •.■'.•■.. ■ . ■ ■ ■ ■■■' : i ■■■.-'■ ~j. ''■■■ When "N.Zi. Truth" arrived m Christchurch prior to $tifc New Zealand Cup the town was talking" nothing 1 but Hoylake. ':s&'

IN certain quarters the" grey had already won the Cup, but when Hoylake raTri third ttiere was a cry about Eastwood's bad riding. v '•.•.' : . "Truth" had its oton opinion and expressed it — that Eastwood had done the only thing possible. But when HoylakeV won the Metropolitan on the- Monday there was another outburst— what a good thing beaten was Hoylake m the Cup! ■ Perpetrators of such rubbish quiie failed to realize, and make allowances for, the totally different ■circumstances. There was no pace m the Cup— it was on all the way m the Metropolitan. And the fact of Hoylake 'carrying another stone the second day wa's .'not even considered. '.. '■ : . Hoylake's next engagement at the meeting was the weight-for-age Stead Cup and once again he was the. winner. The fact that he was meeting/o n even terms, Rapier and Laughing Prince did not matter — he would win. ,\ '

Yet, when Hoylake and Rapier wgre weighted for the ten-.f urlohg FeridaAton, Hoylake. was m "receipt of dlnly nineteen pounds .from Rapier! *J; .-; The', handicapper indicated . clearly .enough what chance Hoylake had at even terms. ; And so it r proved— Hoylake ran, a very ordinary; third, kicked' put, 'to Laughing Prince and, Rapier.. .: Some, excuse had .to be found, and this time it was that the race was run at a slow rate, which did suit Hoylake. "' " f . ' „!:'■ Well, .the first v half-mile was run,ln even time, thirteen to this furlong, and the last six was a little better, s't^it could not altogether he called' a s^ow : race.V • _ . •■/■:. ■: "-■ \ *§-. 'V Hoylake is certainly a good horsgj but "Truth" is sure that neither? Doc. Louisson nor Tom Lloyd hefe any desire for him to get all 'tljjup- •-, uncalled -for boosting. S^ In a handicap he "will f roni no^^eyn ...-. always have ■: to he cipnstdered; ;Mfi^ when the weights lor the Auckfe^d Cup appear it Avill cause no suri^tse to find him the ante-post favorite. §#