Roi L’Or was Good Thing Beaten

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 572, 26 January 1929, Page 11

Roi L’Or was Good Thing Beaten

(Special to TH-ti SI M DUNEDIN, To-day. T , . , , vas a certainty beaten in & balance quickly he journey. _ th wor st, for after But this ":‘L ,1 var “ s Real Light colgoing a huudl-bcl y r thg inoi dent costlided wnth Roi LOr lentcths and lus lug Roi BOi -e flpld hal i travelled a°furlong tenth fovmation . a The field ra^ e £ ‘ w ith his head on and though pacing sto pped twice bis chest, Roi LOT Bor when wlth ,n in the nuddle eta Withers had to ?Xe t 0 IO S6t " lUn fr Roi‘L’Or “ into the flight, and s ‘ tiU was seven in line for borne i leadeJ . He *uslengths behind 11 ht the finish, tuined hie £ ondeaway ac the end beating aU^but^y 1 twQ lengt hs behind her and going UI a reasonable With anyt'mut. * wuuld have romped passage Roi home. . awav to a good The field was going to the dispatch. J®'’. chimes, Desert Star, front, with Jo . •,j Event, GlideGemnne, Firelight and Roi past the mile d.se > l o gan Chief and With a round to go tQ the bunch. Author Jinks n as st ni in possession nt a t n he M mfie V> and a-half station in 3.30 4-5.

When thev straightened for the final run down the back stretch Desert fatar Genuine, Talent, Pluto, I* ireliglit and Event began to knock up. Rounding the far bend (that is, two and a-half furlongs from home) Jean M TT 5 r n was the pilot still, with Glideaway, Harvest Child and Jolly Chimes after her. At this stage Roi L’Or could be noticed mowing down his field. Into the straight Jean McElwyn came, with Glideaway full of step. At the distance post Glideaway headed her, and all interest then centred as to whether Roi L’Or could overhaul Glideaway. Lie was going two to the latter’s one, but Glideaway got .to the judge two lengths clear of her opponent and for her trainer, W. J. Tomkinson. she secured the Dunedin Cup of 1929 - . , Glideaway is an Australian-bied mare, ond came to New Zealand about seven months ago. She showed most promising form at Alexandra Park last month.