HE DENOTES CLASS

NZ Truth, Issue 1213, 28 February 1929, Page 15

HE DENOTES CLASS

\ Torpedo Huon Is Quite As Speedy \ As His Name c ■ . (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) I The "Aussie" fraternity must have been well represented at \ Epsom on Saturday last and they must have had quite a good * time.

s A T least such appeared to be the case j /\ when Jack Shaw topped off the reputed unbeatable Wrackler with the Australian-bred entire Torpedo j ! # Huon m the two-mile Papakura Han- * dicap. 1 So loud were the "coo-ees" that the officials m the judge's box evidently thought they had made some mistake 2 when hoisting the numbers. ? But such was not the case, for after pulling down the "shutter" g it was hoisted again m the original manner. % As far as the running of the event f is concerned, Wrackler was well and truly beaten, but, even so, Nicholl's iiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: him

three-year-old put up a game bid foi victory. Torpedo Hu on gave his younger riva nothing over the sixteen furlongs, taking command soon after the .startei said "Go." He showed some inclination to hang out on the bends, but when it came to the fair hard stuff m the straight it was a case of "Good night," and home he rolled. Torpedo Huon, making his first appearance m old "Noo Zee," certainlj impressed, and "N.Z. Truth" looks or him as one likely to capture cvi honors as he graduates to the select class. iimiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiitiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiii: