ENJOYING LIFE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 151, 16 September 1927, Page 6

ENJOYING LIFE

ALLOWAY’S OWNER WILL NOT SELL The useful handicap horse. Alio way, who has been running consistently of late, was sought by an outside buyer at Wanganui and inquiries were made as to his price. It is understood that the sum of l/500gns was mentioned, but that at that figure no business was transacted. Alio way is by Limond from Admyra, and many good judges of racing hold a fairly high opinion of him. He has not been altogether lucky in racing and on several occasions has been considered unlucky not to have won. He began his spring career by running at Marton, but he was too big to do himself justice. NOW IN FORM He looked a. lot better at Wanganui a week later, the racing at Marton having done him a great deal of good. He contested the big handicap each day at Wanganui, and ran two seconds. He bumped up against Mask on the first occasion and went under, while on the second day he looked the best of good tilings half way along the running and then Tresham came with a terrific finishing run and took the race off him in the very ilast stride. Evidently Alio way's owner considers that he has never before had his horse as well as he is now, and that is why he is not keen to sell. In addition, he is in the game for the fun of it. Golden Chance of Winning Rich Prize Was Lost Laughing Prince Had Big Show in £B,OOO Derby SCRATCHED TOO SOON The scratching of Laughing Prince from the Australian Jockey Club’s rich Derby looks like one of the greatest blunders that has been made in the racing world for some time. Laughing Prince was bred in Australia and was given an engagement in the big classic which is to be decided at Rand wick next month. As a two-year-old he showed form in New Zealand which made him out to be one of the most likely ones to stay on as a three-year-old. He was not looked on as as good as Agrion, but there was no reason to suspect that he would not have a fair chance with anything else. FAVOURITES DROP OUT Royal Feast and Agrion were the favourites for the A.J.C'. Derby, but at the beginning of September Royal Feast v/as withdrawn from the race for some unknown reason. That left Agrion dominating the market —if there was any market at the time. However, Agrion bruised a heel and was under a cloud for a while, and finally was withdrawn from the list of the horses engaged. This resulted in horses being hurried from all parts to take their place in the field and their chance of winning—horses that would never on any account have been shouted the trip to Sydney had the two favourites or even one of the two favourites remained in the race. TAKEN OUT

As soon as the announcement arrived that Agrion had been dropped from the contest, thoughts turned to Laughing Prince, who was known to have been engaged at the time that entries had to be made for the race.

It came as the greatest of surprises to find that his trainer had taken him out of the list a few weeks ago. If this had not been done there would have been time to hurry him across to Sydney and wind him up for the contest. And, though no one can say that he would have won, the fact that he was such a good two-year-old makes it look as if he would, and in addition he ran a great race when he won the Eclipse Stakes at Wanganui and downed a good class field. Look at is at you will, it seems that the connections of Laughing Prince made a bad blunder when they took him out of the A.J.C. Derby in such unnecessary haste. And yet, who will say that the astute Fred Tilley overloked 'anything, and that he did not have very good reasons for deciding to keep the brilliant three-year-old in the Dominion?