PUNTERS CENTRE ON ADDINGTON

NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 15

PUNTERS CENTRE ON ADDINGTON

FOR THE MIDSUMMER HANDICAP

Forbury Form Will Lead Punters To Plunge For Wrackler In Classy Field

CGNCLIFF WILL BE SOLID OPPONENT

1 (By "The Toff") ... All eyes will be on the Midsummer Handicap, of 1000 soys., to be decided at Addington on Saturday. The journey is two miles, ajnd the class is 4.30. ' . ,

AT Forbury, Athalone was responsible for two good races and a repetition of that form at Addington on Saturday will take him into the money. He should account for Harold Thorpe, but he will need to take his boots off to finish m front" of Jean McElwyn, which registered two seconds m the biggest contests at Forbury. At present, there' is no more consistent pacer m the game than Jean McElwyn, and frofn ,every viewpoint her chance of winning on Saturday must be conceded. . Regarding Lindbergh, it is questionable if he will begin correctly from- the front of a handicap.

He has yet to get away satisfactorily on Gold Cup form, Concliff should from the front or the middle of a han- W alk home. dicap. But he will jump from behind j n that race he had the rich prize m a field. his possession when he made a break According to private information thirty yards from the judge. T ° m 1 , T u lUmb iS \ n wonde ? fu i buckl , e ' He was then defeated by Wrackand if he is a real racehorse he would to conc y ede Conbe able to win with lengths to spare. . JJ^ n l2yds> q more than . when h e Bonny Logan was m the picture all beat tne | a tter at Petone. the way on both days at Dunedin, and Forbury probabjy will m each contest she was close to the lu^™ r Wrackler l n \ he gelding's place-fillers. jn tne Dunedin Cup up till the The racing will do her good, and time the accident occurred. . it is quite on the cards that she when all the cards are' put on the will be inquisitive at the finish. table, the order at the finish may be: Then on 24 yards is Linkman, whose CONCLIFF, showings of late have been discon- , - W R Ar i<LFR and certlng, and Logan Chief appears to be TL«^. liei %*fvw m his place. JEAN McELWYN.