Romped Home

NZ Truth, Issue 1214, 7 March 1929, Page 11

Romped Home

I (By Cable.— From "N.Z. Truth's" J | Special Sydney Rep.) | 1 /^ESTO added another scalp | 1 X*K * to his belt at Hawkesbury | | on Saturday when he won the | 1 Clarendon Handicap from a | | poor field. An odds-on bet, he § | gave his backers a thrill when | | the outsider, Franciscan, head- = I ed him on the turn. , f | McCarten.had plenty up his | | sleeve, however, and the chest- = § nut romped home. He looks § I like developing into a stayer, | I and the chances are that he I I will oppose the all-conquering | | Strephon m the St. Leger. - § | The Tea Tray filly, Pure Tea, .= =, made her Australian debut m | I the Nursery. George Price, | I planned a killing with her, but | | Sheila, which has won at each | = of her two starts, easily beat | | , the filly. § § Pure Tea should benefit by 1 | the experience. McCarten en- | = tered a protest. He should = 1 have been fined for being | = frivolous. =' 1 Rawhetu, which had just | | concluded a spell, had an out- = = ing' in- the High Weight, but § I was never dangerous. He | 1 should win a distance handi- | I cap at the autumn meeting. | .fiiimiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiniimmiiiiHiiimmiiiiniiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiih?