CHEAP HORSE

NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 13

CHEAP HORSE

Town Bank Is Fast, •■'•'■ * ■ . ■ - i But Unsound (From "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch y .:.;•'■; : ,Rep.) It did not take Bob Marshall, of Timaru, very long to get his money ba.dk on Town Bank, for the exNqrt.h Islander won the Waimate Cup at the first time pf asking. TT was generally recognised that Town •*■ Bank would never have left the north had- he been sound, and this physical def ect i'. was very apparent shortly after lie commenced to run m Jim Samson's colors. At the Dunedin October meeting, he proved he could go a mile at a good clip, just failing by a head m a good handicap, field. At Waimate he ran up to form. ' Though he had the services of Jimmy Ellis, lie was not m demand by the public, and he -vvas the outsider m a flve-horse field.' . Meadow Lark, y which was making his. first appearance oyer ; a distance of ground, was the leader for almost a mile, : Tardy and , Thorndale being his nearest attendants. . ' Beau 'Geste,* which had tailed off. m the 'early stages, went up to the leaders as they'ran for the' turn, and the Issue appeared to. rest' between him arid Tardy. •■-.'- Over the iast hundred yards, though, Jimmy Ellis got some great work out of Town Bank, and he flashed up to secure the verdict by a head. V Tardy was a head. behind Beau Geste m third place, with Thorndale and Meadow. Lark close up next. It was a fine race, with the pace on all the way. Meadow Lark's form for a mile was good, and Thorndale ran an improved' race. >\ .■ ;Y'• '■ ■ ' The run that Beau Geste had to make along the back told on him with his 9.5, but he went a game race. In his class he is a good Stayer with a great finish/ V Town Bank went down very short and pulled up a trifle lame. ' With the sting out of the ground, Town Bank will win more* races, but he owes his party nothing, as Marshall bought, him for less than 200 guineas, and as the horse was fancied for the Waimate Cup it is certain they are more than square on him.