KINO POINTER MISSES

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 13

KINO POINTER MISSES

Punters Lose Over The Forrh of Hoopers Gelding

(By "?.'h c Toff.") The numerous supporters of King Pointer m the PresidenVs Jlan^lca^ a| For^^y v were very soife" over the showing of' ;>i3Coojier's gelding |n . tlisit ' eVenf.

EVERYTHING appeared to be m or- : JUi der with the son ' of Ypung^ Star ■ '".'. Pointer and May Stanley, "but at 'no, stage o,f the- contest did he promise to wih'i '""■ '■"■-■' '■• "- ' •"■ '■' ''" ■•""■•■ ■■■ '-" However, )t may l^ave • been that Ifing Pointer* was off color; ? At any rat 4 ;; tifiat ; was not his true form, and Hooper will have to' get Kirn right before the punters can level up oh him. Fight Ever dashed to the front In* the first furlong anTd, with' Silk Thread' arid- Dalmeny tucked m behind him, he got down to the mile m 2.21. ! ; . ■ • Entering on the final lap, Vesuvius, Bonny L'oga^i and Author moved iip to the leaders. But Fight Ever still was m front as they slipped "past the twelve fiirlpngs peg m '3.27 2/5. '". A little farther" Qh Drum ~ withers shot ; Siik" Thread to- the "front, with Vesuvius, 'Bonny Logan and Author Jinksaf ter • him/ ' ■ '■ ' ■ Once isv line £pr home everyt;l)ing' was being hard* driven, :but' Silk : Thread w^p m an ■ airy* ' manner- ivom Vesuvius, Which gave/ a Very creditable display.'Author Jinks had to cover a lot ' of ground over the ; la>jt circuit', and" Thorley Wallis was ; hard: at him all the way down the straight.

But the gelding was all through and third money was the most he could earn. '•'■-•..": Once agaip Bonny Lpgan ran a sterling race for a, 'mile arid sgven "iuri long's and then closed up. ■"