IN ANOTHER BATTLE

NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 13

IN ANOTHER BATTLE

Hurdles .'"V&^ill \!^ithess" /IVleetnig. of Mister Qamp and Qverhaiul There seems nothing else for it— that Mister Gamp and Overhaul will fight their Trentham battle again on Thursday.

"THE only line backers could - get out ■*•" of the, first day of the . Grand ■ .:,;•; National meeting, as far ■ as the Hurdles was concerned, was the form shown m the Jumpers' Flat. There were eight Hurdles candidates, but only one- — Aberfeldy — came into prominence, and he -won. -'< , However, a multitude of circumstances prevented the others from showing out, and it may be best to foi'gefc the race of the first day of -.the meeting. There are only going to be two hprses supported with any seriousness, • Mister Gamp and Overhaul, and it is quite possible the weight of South Island cash will make the latter the favorite. TTie records of the race do not favor the top weights, and many for this reason will desert Mister Gamp; but the fact that the -top weight triumphed last year makes it on the cards that another can do it .th' 1 * term. '■••••: •• ■ • . Overhaul had a nice easy race m the flat event on Tuesday, and though he did not get into . the money

he was by no means' knocked about. It is ' most hard, under all the circumstances ioi^ go putside this pair. .-. ■ ■ :-\ ■'■■; -C^OY^'' : \,. : On ; account of -the good schooling she has indulged -in, the^e'is^ going to be spine coin for the Taranaki mare, Hdr omea, which' won. r two &t Trentha'm. . ■■..;'■. V -^ r ':'.':■.■> '■':■ '.-.'• ■ . • •She. ls %. great Vsiayery aiid at the pace i which' will be set the fences will beCeasy for her. : Neither of Mrs. McDonald's p"air, Hed Piichsia and Locarno, has any great claim .to - recognition, it geiiierally being ' conceded that the will find them- out. . : , Aucklanders have a hope that the lightly - weighted Mangani will' bring home the prize, basing their contentions on the fourth he ran m the" Northern Hurdles with a ; • great deail more 'poundage. '- • ' As far as the majority of those who are intent on 'picking the winner are concerned, : they! will be quite satisfied to leave it to the Trentham battlers, Overhaul and Mister. Gamp.