Strong Leather

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 15

Strong Leather

| "I OOK out your reins don't f | ** break," yelled a lusty voice I | from the stewards' stand at I | Claudelands. The advice was | | meant for the driver of a well- | | supported competitor m the i = Hamilton Handicap. Fortunate- § | ly, the leather was strong and = | nothing happened. I ?iiiiiiiniimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiiiniiimiiiiiinmmiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiii; . Whether Hal Chimes Knew this or not is a matter for conjecture, but he bolted home and paid over a quarter of a century, much to the amazement of followers of form. He has a reputation as being unreliable and perhaps such may be the case, but it is in-and-out efforts like his that suggest that pacers of his calibre, from the punters' point of view, would be better left at home.