SOME WERE HAPPY

NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 13

SOME WERE HAPPY

Bat Majority Were Really Upset (From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) The Herries Memorial Cup at Te Aroha proved a knock-out for punters, and let the double merchants out first barrel. TT was a case of the second outsider *• of a field of eight hardly giving the more favored section a look-in once he got to the front — about a mile from home. From then on, the lightly-weighted Mosque, which came fresh from victory over a mile course at Rotorua, hugged the rails out m front, rounded the corners m great style, and, stalled off the ""determined efforts of The Lover' and Royal Doulton m the run home, to win convincingly. Mosque has no great size to appeal strongly, but he has always displayed some staying \ ability m minor engagements. He is owned by Bob Porter, ex-book-maker ' and publican, who has experienced a fail- trot of "ins" since taking on racing horses. Bob has been associated with the victories of Mosaic / and Nancy Lee, and now Mosque threatens to carry on the good work for him. In the Shade hardly ever looked a winner, but met with disappointment at one stage, and it may not be safe to condemn him entirely.