WAS NOT TO HIS LIKING

NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 13

WAS NOT TO HIS LIKING

The Turning Track All Against Havaspot At Takapuna

JAMIESON'S CHARGE HAS SPEED

(From X 'N.Z. Truth's" South iucHand" Representative.) Havaspot was the aristocrat, among the hacks engaged at Takapuna. . ' .

VT'ET he failed to win m either of two I starts, simply because his lengthy frame and the turning track were not suited to each other.. ■'„. .■;.. : ' The boom he received over Trentham doings and his general • appearance appealed to punters to -such an extent that he was made a warm favorite' m: -Of the £3835/10/- which /was piled through the totalisator on his prospects, only £124E>/15/- came back by reason of his second on opening day. : Still, punters can rely on Havaspot being worth following on a more roomy track. N If looks count for anything, J. T. Jamieson is m for, a rich period with the son of. Tippler — No Belle — even m a much higher grade [ than tne hack class he encountered across the 'JWai.temata. „-■•' They were not a classy lot Havaspot met on opening day and the main object of Stan. Bagby appeared to be to get the son of Tippler to begin. Havaspot was ' rushed down the straight the first furlong to be eased rouftd the bends — probably for safety sake, and though he displayed speed from the - middle bunch at clifferent stages, others were heading /him off at the home bend. 7 :• 'r- . Straightened up from on Havaspot finished on like a train, . but m the final rush he was still a neck behind Kaiwanga crossing the line, . In .the Wynyard Hack Plate on the final day, he got awa^y fairly well, but being outside two others he struck trouble' negotiating the top bend and

then his chance .of snatching the trophy was lost. He finished about sixth jin a field of seventeen. .;■ Havaspot is a gelding and, ds only worth: what cdn be earned on the turf. i^-Provided . nothing unforeseen happens, to the 1 chestnut he certainly promises to more than pay his way. '„'..; However, it must be on roomy and; firm tracks, while he will be y better suited with a strong rather than a light horseman. ,' He does not appeal as being a boy's horse, not being an easy one ta manage.