TIP TAKEN

NZ Truth, Issue 1294, 25 September 1930, Page 11

TIP TAKEN

Advice From - Stipe

HAND IN BRIEF

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) Supremacy's "come-back," after an absence of close on two years, was highly spectacular. IN the Flying- at Avoridale' on opening day he was handled m anything but tradesmanlike style. So bad was the display that the chief stipe was so disgusted that he expressed to Supremacy's trainer the desire to see jockey Lewis hand m his license, otherwise his brief would probably be withdrawn. The hint was taken. ' Lewis, who ~was having his first '. ride m a race for some years, was probably deserving of some pity In being asked to handle such a , brilliant customer as Supremacy ; m anything' but a classy mob of sprinters. • : With lack of present-day experience of race-riding, he could hardly be expected to know how to steer his mount the wisest course, and the result was that his exhibition suffered when compared with some of the more practical Horsemen, arid Supremacy's defeat by a head came about." Under the adverse circumstances, supporters- cf the son of Chief Ruler may be considered fortunate m participating m such a healthy second dividend. To secure' Lewis's services, two pounds overweight was declared, and though his prominent display ;after such a long spell would hardly be exj pected, Supremacy made it plain to punters that he is going to be a' power to be reckoned ' with as a sprinter m the future. ' So far as the connections of Supremacy are concerned, it may have i panned out far better had ; their sprinter been left m the stable. j As matters now stand, he might easily have gathered m the thick end of the stake, while by missing Avith two pounds overweight not' only is the chance lost of securing anything great m the matter of a big dividend m future, but the handicappers, as well as a big army of punters; are all awake to the fact that Supremacy is still class. ■'■'■>. It will be remembered Supremacy proved himself a brilliant two-year-old, not only when . victorious m classics, but also when defeated m "the Royal Stakes, k .y In the middle of his two-year-old career he was discovered to be suffering from some nasal complaint, and was temporarily retired from .racing. The treatment he was subjected to and : his compulsory spell evidently worked wonders, but the spell Lewis had undergone had a decidedly detrimental effect on his ability as a rider.