CAN STILL GO

NZ Truth, Issue 1200, 29 November 1928, Page 11

CAN STILL GO

But In Mediocre Company (From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) "Though., getting up m years, Transformer has given the lie direct to/the general belief that he . had gone past the oat-earning , stage. He defeated Siaosi threeparts of a length for the Te Kuiti Cup and the handsome gold trophy ';'■ o attached thereto. . . . . TRANSFORMER'S public, form' ''this . spring-was anything but encouraging, from the punters' viewpoint. ' , And, m a moderate class, he was only fourth favorite , m a field of six.' He might have been the' absolute outsider had he not run a slashing trial at Te . Rapa a few days before the event. • ■ ; ";. - ■■"'•. .-.-■■■' : "'■'■ '"/"'' ■ •Then his party took the risk m among the moderates, where staying ability was lacking. . ,'■';'.:. It was tHis quality which; stood . to Transformer, not his brilliance, ,: and enabled him with- his medium impost of 7.12 to coyer the ten i furlongs m 2.7 4/5. • . v '. may get home again m similar class, but there will hardly be any rush to give Transformer solid support when there is anything- like real handicap class to; contend with. ■ But he is not gone altogether, as many thought. ■