AGAINST HIM

NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 9

AGAINST HIM

Nightmardi Had ; vNb!Luck;:b)r The Derby- winner rJightrriarch, ... was very unlucky m . not winning a race at Awapuni. ,b ..b, TN his first outing, oyer' six furlongs, ■ he got boxed m on 'the turn' arid it was riot till it was too late that he got . oiit. . . .; ■ \JY . ■'■ ' '-''':'■' - Then he put iri a remarkable effort to get third money. ■ .'." VbOn Saturday he bvas allowed to take his pla.ce m the mile and a furlong handicap. ■ ; b Punters fell over themselves to be on, but once again he ' was beaten, this time into second place. He was again sno,vye.d, m ?* *b e crucial, stage and a furlongfrom ■'_: home his chance of paying a diyi-y ; dend was very poor. y .. . ' Then, urider pressure, Terl ran out a fraction, and, m a tAvlnkling, Reed pushed Nightmarch into the opening. There was not over much room and Historic, boring m under p.uriishment, did riot improve matters. From' an almost impossible position,; Nightmarch got into ; second and a stride past the post he was m front, i The luck of the running was certainly against the three -y ear - old at;Awa.^". \ 9 y* pjj 7 : ''bb7'vybb.:;y- .:j\' : Y:yi