THE NEXT BEST THING

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 11

THE NEXT BEST THING

Vallar Shows That He Can Go With Speed ; (From '-N.Z., Truth's ■' Special Auckland Representative). W^ offer real ••resistance as Aussie streamed to^ victory;;in I^e Newmarket at Elierslie- on New Year's Day, some classed him as not genuine. ; - :

YET on the following day,., with Aussie missing, he silenced the others with a rise of 71bs. m weight. ■ : * -■ As a matter of fact,. Pagan elli really improved a lot with his New Year's Day effort, otherwise he would not have given the speedy Vallar 371b5., a start, and then run up to him before the^final furlong. ■ ■ ■ Though Aussie is undoubtedly Paganelli's master, the connections of the Te Rapa gelding can certainly: lay claim to having the "next best" sprinter m the land. One feature about the race Avon by Paganelli at Ellerslie is that it seems distinctly unfortunate for Vallar's party that they preferred to test the ex-hack m the open class when a horse of Paganelli's quality was engaged. The fact that Vallar ran such a great race and beat all but Paga-

nelli means Val lap's speedy rise m; poundage. . . . i' ' Besides, it brought him into the boom a lot quicker than would, have been the case had his initial effort m open company been reserved to dodge Paganelli or those of his class. V J There was a small fortune m Vallar for an owner of a punting turn of mind, the safety regarding William- ; son's charge being that he is a great beginner.,: . ■ . .. .V; ; . He has never failed m this direction when properly tuned' up for the real test, and if he had been kept for some second-class sprint over the Tasman the layei-s would have been, making up their sheets on the wrong side of the ledger from barrier rise. Vallar only has to be stepped out on the circular track at Takapuna this month to be m the ;. b.oom with punters. ■ ' ' ' ' :