STURDINESS

NZ Truth, Issue 1239, 29 August 1929, Page 13

STURDINESS

Maori Boy Has Two Races (From ,"N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) When one takes stock of Maori Boy's placed form, it seems incredible that he has not run out of hack company long before this. CTIKL, m minor-. place-money alone, he is just about paying for his upkeep, and is still a hack. That he is of the sturdy stamp he clearly instanced at Pakuranga last Saturday, for after heading- off fourteen others for the 50 soys. third money attached to the mile and a-quarter Jellicoe Handicap, he saddled up as fresh as paint a little more than an hour later for the Auckland Mile, and, with the steadier of 10.13 on his back, had only one horse of the fifteen contestants m front of him when the deciding-line was reached^ — and he was giving his victor no less than 27Ibs. Those two runs into the money m such short time certainly indicatedthat he must get the thick : end of a hack stake at Ellerslie , where the maximum is fixed at 9st.' Of course, Maori Boy is sure to touch the maximum m the minor class. / - , ■