SPEED THERE

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

SPEED THERE

Age and Youth In The Classics MEETIN(TOF TRIO

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) Despite the fact that Honour will not be found up north, coming autumn classics are already being discussed. THE desire of the Supremacy con--1 nections to wager a thousand against Honour has wakened the world up to their ideas of Supremacy's ability. ■•Not that there was any necessity, for he has already won all three classics contested .when meeting the best of his age at that scale of poundage. Big allowance must be made for his Royal Stakes defeat owing to his being: left, and the rush tactics adopted. Therefore he has only to strip m the right order for the Great Northern Champagne at Easter to be made a firm first favorite, and at present he looks like taking the prize. The Great Northern Oaks looks like j

Prodice at present, though there are hopes held m Taranaki that Llanore may possibly upset the good thing. As for the G.N. St. Leger, Red Heckle is training on best. Then there is the Avondale All Aged Stakes which always creates interest. Among those engaged at present are Aussie, PaganoJli and Supremacy, and if Aussie happens to remain m the country it ahould develop into a stirring contest between the trio named. The two-year-old will have a decent pull m the poundage, but that fact is hardly likely, to twist punters into the belief that the stake will go from the older pair of sprintews, for. both Aussio and Paganelli have proved- themselves sprinters worthy of class.

since breaking down m the Craven Plate m Sydney, and when pulled up he was putting his doubtful foo N t down very carefully. There was no money for either Aussie or Rapier, and the Auckland challenger was actually the outsider of the field by £5 and returned a very remunerative price to his supporters. Rapier tailed off from the start, and Aussie and Limerick moved off under a heavy pull. They reached the furlong post m 15 seconds, quarter of a mile m 2S, three m 40 3/5, and the half m 54. At this stage Aussie was almost a length clear of Limerick, which had the outside running and was still under a heavy pull. Bagby let him run quietly up the hill at the turn, where Bert Ellis set off to haul m the leader. Limerick's great stride cfuickly brought him alongside almost on terms, but before the distance Bert was busy on him. ;

! but his owner at present intends to remain m New Zealand until the spring and then take his champion .across to Australia for the Randwick carnival. His great deeds m the north have been enhanced by his latest success, and he has established his claim to be looked upon as the successor to brilliant Reremoana up to a mile course. Secretary L. G. Hill, of the Dunedin Jockey Club, and those who worked with him to arrange the match, have every reason to feel gratified at the result. The gate receipts for the day were up £500 on the second day last year, bringing with it a consequent increase m totalisator turnover for the day of £5000, making almost £7000 increase ■for the meeting. The interest the match created must be reflected m a revival of enthusiasm m racing m the south, for the meeting, apart from the Limerick-Aussie match, was one of the best held m recent years.

know him to be a better horse with a race into him, and after lumping his 10.4 into second place on opening, day northerners, who swear by Audsie's prowess, feel a little bit aggrieved over the fact that Rapier was preferred to the son of Fortafix. I One thing the result will do is to cause Australians to wonder what sort of a horse this Aussie is, and to bring home the fact that they let a great bargain slip from their grip when they allowed George P&ul to become possessed of his freak .for the pittance of 75 guineas at the Sydney yearling sales. Just what the Sydney enthusiast thinks about alfowing his option m the spring to lapse is hard to imagine. Aussie .was under offer then at £2000. In the meantime he has added somewhere about £1500 to his earnings, besides still being able to command considerably more than the : £2000 if George Paul wishes to sell.