SPORTING.

Otaki Mail, 15 June 1923, Page 2

SPORTING.

Thus "The Cypher" is the "Critie":- ! H. h. Kyder i.- a capable horseman, and anything I say in this paragraph must rot be taken to reflect on him or his connections. However, he has 33 v, ins to his credit, being actually fourth on the total Dominion jockev premiership list, and well ahead of such men as A. J. jlacFlinn, Barry. G. Young, A. Oliver. Bagby and others. Byder is j followed by sixteen other apprentice, in double figures, and it is obvious that i the rule of weight alloTvar.ee in favour] of apprentice, is being well overdone.! The 0r.,,,.-, r.r,.....-!,. T .i.,„,..i ._ . ~._. i

ine game properly played on a three' days' meeting i, too absurdly simple.! V.r.-i day out the moke carries a good ' sturdy horseman at full weight. Getting beaten that day means a pound or! two off next time, and if by any un-' fortunate mischance the journal again' meet;, with misfortune, a pound or two comes off again. Then, la.-t day, up with an apprentice with a 71b allow-j anee, and the bell should ring unless ! something very serious comes undone, j Another aspect of the matter that has ' its serious side i* fb* fact that while ! these numerous good apprentices are j getting the rides, experienced horsemen are standing about, and if they bet they are breaking the rules. " Thev! may come up to be solemnly judged by ' ■s set of local st.-war,.- s v n „ -".ink it juite meritorious to run a row of bets; jn their own club event;. even if there' is a chance 0 f their having to sit ju- • iicially on a ease of interference with j , :he horse that earned their invest merit.l ;

Quite a crowd watched the shipping' ] of Gloaming al]r j Co . hy tbe vnia ~ Ii)Z J , The sharp comparison between the gi-'i gantic son of the Welkin and other'gal- | topers is quickly realised at « ucr , ah time. The two three-year-olds lboicd ' hke toys when he sighed past, aad) I burly and big as he is. he gi veg more a sense of enormous power and 1 irresistible force.