Photo Finish?
JECK and neck, stride for stride, I think the New Zealander: has just got his nose in front. Or is this rank parochialism? Listening to the broadcasts from Trentham and then to the description of the Caulfield Cup, I felt that the odds favoured the local artist. On the other side of the Tasman the commentaries are less impassioned, the brake is on. Over here we are conditioned to a certain rhythm, a mounting tempo, a familiar pattern. Commentator and listener alike are more involved. Each well-known phrase stirs an exact emotional response. What warm reassurance lies behind "tucked in on the
tails," a slight cockiness~ cannot be suppressed at "bowling along nicely in front," and how the death knell sounds on "catching him at every stride"! For most listeners the few minutes of any race are emotional ones. Even when the result. seems foregone, a catch in the throat acknowledges the vaunting champion as he comes down to the winning post, with ears pricked, two lengths clear of the
field. Something was lacking in the to the New Zealand commentators. On account of Tulloch’s victory. For colour, the nose. ee
sweep and excitement my money goes-
N. L.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 951, 1 November 1957, Page 23
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202Photo Finish? New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 951, 1 November 1957, Page 23
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