CLOCKWORK BACK

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1068, 4 September 1930, Page 12

CLOCKWORK BACK

BRIGHTON HURDLES WINNER QUALIFYING AS HUNTER A long spell having been accorded j Clockwork, it has ben thought advisable to begin on him again, and he returned to the Ellerslie ranks the { other morning. He has his share — i and more—of condition, and it will re- ! quire several weeks’ work for him to get into racing shape. Clockwork is now 12 years old and little improvement can be expected from him: but as he is being qualified for hunterc 1 events he should prove equal to paying ; his way in that class. At the Auckland Racing Clubs | autumn meeting last season Clockwork met with success in the Brighton Hurdles (defeating among others ! Beau Cavalier. Kawini. King's GuardWiltshire, Mangani and Odin), and later won the hurdles on the second day of the Avondale Jockey Clubs autumn meeting.

HATS OFF Have you heard the story of the two “commercials” who were travelling bv train to interview the same storekeeper? The shop was a long way from the station, and by great dexterity on of the travellers secured the oni> conveyance, an open cab. He aro off chuckling. . However, when lie arrived at sliop he discovered that his rival already doing business with the rn chant. “How on earth did you get ne n he asked the other, in dismay- • came the reply, “I bribed a man „ a motor hearse to drive me “Good lord.” groaned the man, “to think I took off my ruddj as you passed, too!”