HE JUST ROMPED HOME

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 13

HE JUST ROMPED HOME

: .It Down, South ' ■ . .-"". 'MfiNFY^PinFU WA % IINIIICWY r . ; " (By "The Toff"), * '..",. Well driven, Pageant romped home m the Park Handicap. He was allowed to bowl along behind the leaders for a mile and a-half, where. he shot to the front.

THE unlucky horse of the field was Moneyspider. He was forced to travelon the outside of three sulkies going out of the straight the last time. He also was interfered with by Vesuvius breaking at the turn into the back straight, and again when Pluto (which was one of the leaders) 'broke at twelve and a-half furlongs and came back on those immediately behind. ■ . . ; Even after suffering these disadvantages he was going well m fifth place at the' head of the stretch. Mate o' Mine was prominent for* 'a mile and a-half, where he began to feel the pinch. • ■ His stable-mate, Harold Thorpe, iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiuuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiimt.iii

went through into second place, which position he held till within' a furlong of home, where he left his feet. ./ Here Bonny Logan (which had been driven a waiting i*ace) made a- big effort to reach Pageant, but she was six lengths behind the Wellingtonowned gelding. , ■■'•"• r . Billy Sea went a good race, as •./ did Waitaki Girl, but Zenith tired , badly after .going 'twelve furlongs, \ up to which stage he had every chance. Event declined to begin correctly and lost many lengths. . The first half-mile was negotiated m 1.16 4/5, mile m 2.31 3/5, mile and ahalf m 3.46, and the full 'journey m 4.57 4/5. • . iiininuiiiiimiiniiuniiiunimiiiiuiniiiimtiiiiuiiuniiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiii