Straight Bits and Spurs

NZ Truth, Issue 1209, 31 January 1929, Page 10

Straight Bits and Spurs

. Sy.tintiiiiuintiiuiiiiiiiintiiifiiiiiiiiMiiiMiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiMtiiiiiiiiniiiuintHiiii.iiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiH. nilllllHMlllHUUUlltUllUlllllllllltlllllllllllllllltllltlllllUlllHMlllllllllllltniltllllltlMllllllltllllltllHllMllll Still Time For Him TIDAL never looked anything like, the 1 real thing after his Auckland Cup effort, but there is still time for him m the future to display his ability as a stayer. He figures only as a four-year-old. SOUND PROMISE THE Leighton— First Class two-year- ~_ old, Academy, owned by George Barton, made his debut on the second day at Wingatui. For a green youngster he ran a fair race. He stood like a lamb at the barrier, but shied when it went up and was left. He .finished on well, and his bold, free action suggests that he will collect a prize when he is more seasoned. He looks the part. NEXT TIME TEMBRONEY was badly cut about 1 while running m the Salisbury Handicap at Wingatui and could not be started on the second day. ' He is well just now and will have a big following next time out. WEARY TABOO wears a very jaded appear- *■ ance, and looks m need of a let-up. ■ As he races well m heavy going, it would be advisable to put him aside for a while, for he is a first-class performer up to a mile on soft. tracks. HAD WARNING ANTE-POST bettors were squealing a bit after the withdrawal of Oratrix from the Wellington Cup, but they only have themselves to blame, for falling m. . They were given any amount of 'warning of the likelihood of the scratching of the mare, yet they went on backing her. Then, when she fell out, they wanted to blame her owner and trainer. ThosG -responsible for her care had every justification for withdrawing her. She was m no condition to run.

I SOME GIFT. . ARROWY! has proved > profitable for ! rt Pat Hogan. Since going gratis into the Washdyke owner- trainer's stable, he has wqn one race and been second three times m six starts. He races solidly up to a mile, .and if he keeps sound will do well for, Pat. GOOD GOING DAGE BOY has filled out with the !*■ racing he has had and almost won a race for his new owner at Wingatui. He races well under a heavy scale of weights, and will help to swell Charlie Giesler's total this season. • BAD LUCK A LOT of the Christchurch crowd **■' were dead sure that Childsplay would beat Honour m the Wellington Stakes. She did' not, but twice during the trip the mare was checked. Allowing for this, she would still have had the job m front of her to head off the chestnut. THE REASON' » • j LIISTORIC has been improving with every race of late, and he was thought to have more than, an outside^ chance m the Cup. But when he passed the stand the first time, trailing the field by many lengths, surprise was expressed. It transpired that when the field jumped away the chestnut was not near the barrier, and had to give away a big start. TROUBLE AHEAD .i „ i TT is about time that riders were *■ made to adhere to the numbers they draw for the- barrier.' In the Wellington Cup one horseman drew very wide out arid when the field first lined up he was m his correct position. But gradually he got m | closer and when the field went away !he started from ten.