HAS PACE

NZ Truth, Issue 1214, 7 March 1929, Page 13

HAS PACE

Carmel Is In The Limelight

(From I'N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) Few pacers have, made such an auspicious entry ; into the trotting sport as Carmel. THE half -brother of The Abbey came home with the cash at the last Wellington meeting when making his initial bow to the public and he certainly impressed. " He failed later m the day at the same gathering, but knocked the - clock silly;, at Claudelands last i Saturday. \ '•»'■■ -.-' Asked, to" step 8.37 m the Progressive, the chestnut Avent 3.25 3/5 and did it like a real one when his only serious rival was Mountain Dell. r i;he . last-named ■ was driven by W. Tomkinson, who evidently woke up to the fact that he / was pitted against something of more than average ability. - y ; - . They had the race to themselves with. Carmel getting a short dcci- i . sion, though it appeared as though I he had plenty up. his sleeve. Few take to the business as quickly as Carmel, and he seems to ;know as much about it as a real old -stager. TJNSTEADINESS has cost the trotting mare, : Repute, several races. Like most members of her gait', she is gaining solidity with age, and according to her track assignments she should race kindly m future. ', . •■'-,•■■' . •■■'" '' : . • THE big and awkward-looking gelding, .Countryman, has improved a good dear under the tuition of Nelson Price at Ra-ngiora, a,nd the moody pacer of recent years, may be found acting more generously from now\on.