TUI WILDWOOD WAS DOUBLY UNLUCKY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 319, 2 April 1928, Page 10

TUI WILDWOOD WAS DOUBLY UNLUCKY

SLOW STARTING COST HER PRIZE AT WANGANUI

If there was one competitor at Wanganui that deserved to meet with better results it was Tui Wildwood, who, after being unlucky each day in the running of the principal event, finished in the money on each occasion, registering two meritorious performances.

The daughter of Wildwood Junr. was not greatly fancied by the public for the Wanganui Cup, nevertheless her connections and backers who study form were sanguine about her ability to pull off the prize. That she did not do so is due to the fact that Tui began slowly and was early in a bad position. With a mile covered the Carterton-trained mare was on the outside of several competitors, and leaving the straight was nearly off the course. She made up a lot of ground down the back, and turned for home behind Lottie Advance, High Sea, Lady Barrington and Master Cute. Tui made a da)b in the straight but failed to get through and Green pulled her to the outer, where she made a determined effort to overhaul High Sea and Lottie Advance. but she was a head only behind the latter at the box. Tui Wildwood’s time was 4.41 3-5. Great Second Day Effort Good and all as the performance of the Wildwood Junr. mare was in the cup, it paled to insignificance when compared with her remarkable effort in the Liverpool Handicap on Saturday, for which, in view of her showing on the opening day, she was made a solid favourite, £ 356 being invested on her chances. Kevinbrae £157, Lottie Advance £149 and I-ligh Sea £122 were the best supported of the remainder. The favourite refused to strike a gait and lost a lot of ground, her chances appearing hopeless when the field had settled down. Kevinbrae went out smartly and soon opened up a big gap with Lady Barrington and Wakefield at the head of the others. Down the back High Sea moved up behind the thre© leaders and Clive Bell and Lottie Advance doing best of the others. Kevinbrae was still showing ! the way to Lady Barrington and | Wakefield past the stand, with Lottie Advance and Cliv© Bell close up and Tui Wildwood still at the back of the field. Tui’s Brilliant Run Down the back the favourite began to move up fast and the order crossing the top was Kevinbrae, Lady Barrington. Lottie Advance, High Sea, with Tui Wildwood just behind them going at a great rate. The latter was third into the straight, Kevinbrae having a slight advantage over Lady Barrington, but it was evident the issue was between these three. With a great effort Tui Wildwood caught Lady Barrington and the pair challenged Kevinbrae, collaring him inside the distance. A tremendous struggle ensued and the two mares momentarily headed Hughes’s charge, who came again determinedly to win by a neck from the favourite, with Lady Barrington a similar distance away third. Then came Dillon Huon, High Sea, Lottie Advance and Wakefield. Tui Wildwood’s performance was a meritorious one, as she lost fully 60 yards at the start and was a certainty beaten. Her time was rei corded as 4.41 2-5, but allowing for | the lost ground the Carterton mare went a lot better.