STILL IN TROUBLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1079, 17 September 1930, Page 12

STILL IN TROUBLE

KING MARCH’S FAILURE DUNRAVEN TOO New Zealand jockeys have struck more than their share of adverse comment over their handling of the three-year-old, King March. But apparently King March is an impossible colt, who must have everything his own way, for, in Bartle’s hands at Canterbury Park (Sydney) on September 4, he was in more bother than ever others struck, and finished near the tail end of the field. His Derby chance has definitely gone, for allowing for the interference. he showed neither ' dash nor stamina. Though Surgon had beaten King March in a seven furlongs gallop at Randwick during the week, Jamieson preferred the latter in the Three-Year-Old Handicap, and the scratching of Sargqn was a lead which backers were not slow in accepting. Temporarily there was a possibility of Dunraven rivalling King March for favouritism, but there was a lack of solid support for that New Zealander. and at the finish it was impossible to better short odds against King March. Yet for only one furlong did he possess a chance. He jumped away fairly, and Bartle had him sixth or seventh passing the post the first time. Then horses rushed round King March, and before Bartle could force him through to escape serious interference. the New Zealander was hemmed in and, with Lady Cannes, dropped back to the rear of the field. Tried To Go Through Bartle tried to make up his lost ground on the rails. Stokes, the apprentice rider of Lady Cannes, decided the outside gave him the greater chance, and, while Lady Cannes, with a 'dear run, shot round the field to third place. King March ran into further trouble, from which he never extricated himself. Bartle had one of the hardest rides of his career. He did everything in an attempt to get a clear run coming to the turn, hut King March seemed to roil everywhere, and at no stage did lie give his backers even the semblance of hope. While Kins March was being knocked from pillar to post, the outsider, Algiers, was bowling along nicely from Prince Balloon, Lady Cannes (who had made a fast run) and Kogerson. Johnstone, on the latter, was sticking close to the rails in toe hope of a run, but he had to pull outside Algiers right on the bend. temporarily it looked as though he would come on to victory, but Algiers raised another effort and, though he was again tiring right on the post, he was never in danger of defeat. Had Galloped Well Algiers had done an exceptional galThneifi Keinciwick on the preceding Thursday running right away from the well-performed Frontier, and Wh 1hJ e ™.Y| Ul f < ai L ed l ' vic « at RoseSciillv lo , P L nducod hi « lessee, J. bcully, to hack him substantially. nr L!“ a track galloper will show liis ,n/ at A e ,o.? aCO ln puhlio sooner or later and Algiers was no exception He was always going comfortably and though ho is unlikely to develop into a Derby co t, he will prove a useful horse in the minor three-year-old Tlfo he has pa, ' e and stamina. The only excuse possible for Dunrat en was that he covered a little moro ground that was necessary I;ui. it was insufficient to account for his moderato showing, and evidently that hl°t S tp h o succes ». giving promise of better things, was a flash in the pan lake King -March, he has definitely '5“ ste ;; s a Derby proposition, and the more the three-year-olds race, the better become the prospects of the favourite. Veilntond. tlle