TRUE TO NAME

NZ Truth, Issue 1301, 20 November 1930, Page 13

TRUE TO NAME

Waikato Cup Victor In Soft Going

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) TRUE BLOOD is one of the luckiest horses racing these days. Lucky because he. has been always more or less sore, yet has got away with three important handicaps of late months, because he has . been especially well treated m the handicaps when he has won, and has fluked the going to his fancy when most of the opposition would have preferred it the other way. For a Waikato Cup winner of last season, he was extremely fortunate m getting m at the minimum m the last Cornwall Handicap af Ellerslie. Then, after winning the Cornwall, a couple of failures, and we find him m again under another handicapper at only 9lbs. above the minimum for the Parliamentary at Trentham, 'and he brought home the bacon. Then a few more misses and a. third handicapper is tried at Waikato. arid we find True Blood again, m within 121bs. of the minimum for , the Waikato Cup. That was probably no chuck-in for True Blood under firm track conditions, but, early m the afternoon, down came the rain m torrents, and just prior to the event there was a deluge. This was all working m favor of True Blood once again, and there was a , late rush to make him second favorite. It all panned out according to late calculations, for True Blood was always handy to the leaders to eriter into the final struggle with Flying Prince" (another mudlark), and -Wenzl Scholium's chestnut proved the master by half a length. The aged son of Archery — Bonny Helen is certainly of great financial assistance to Wenzl m his racing movements, for few of the others of his team have been paying their way of late On Monday he won again. The conditions were again on his side. When True Blood won his Waikato Cup last Saturday he did so for the second year m succession. It can be said of True Blood that he is game to the core once he enters into a final fight. 7 In a close finish True Blood does not belie his name. He usually sticks it. right out and gets there first.. ......