THE REASON
Sebisca's Mark Justified
(From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) Handicaps are frequently giving something to ponder over and trainers and owners are on occasions hitting the roof. THE latest concerns the. treatment of Sebisca at Auckland. In a two-mile 4.50 class first day up north Sebisca "was set to do 4.48. He ran ninth, yet on the second day he was asked to go 4.47. Sebisca',s owner wanted to know the reason why, and when approached by "Truth" on the matter the handicapper led us to understand that it was over Scbisca's doings at Waikato, where the gelding went 4.45 2/5. It appears that the handicaps were already, out for Auckland before the Waikato fixture. Had this not been so Sebisca would hardly have been treated so leniently on the opening day at. Auckland. ' There is certainly reason m the explanation, off ered by the handicapper. I
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NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 11
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148THE REASON NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 11
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