W. RENNIE'S STORY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 129, 3 June 1927, Page 3

W. RENNIE'S STORY.

STEERS WEDDING MARCH.

OX HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY.

W. Ttennie. whn rode Wedding March - to-day is one of the most popular ox ] Auckland's horsemen, and -.rhen he left I the scale?, and returned to the iookov's J room, liis brother horsemen gave him ; three rousing cheers: and he had to

1 undergo a considerable amount of handI shakint:. When it became known that J to-day was his 30th birthday, there wa> ': another cheer, and it was sometime beI fore the writer coulcl «.'ot a word with j him. "I had a L''»>rt run all the way." j said Kennie, '"and I don't think • I «iis ever further back than fifth. 1 If I was. the field was pretty well j bunched after going :-ix furlongs, and I ; was always handy enough to the leader. ; Archibald. I saw go to the front, ami i five furlongs from home I bepan to ; kick my horse along. I could sec ] Archihald was going to be the harde-t. i but Henderson was riding him pretty | hard and I thought my horse would ; get him: although I think we were all j pretty tired. At the l**t fence. I was up with Archibald and we came over together, but as you know, my horse finished better than hi-, and 1 nin \ glad to say I won. I had a good rid" all the way and wa> never inT• ■ * *"••■«•.] with at any part. His First Northern. "I iiavo been a bit unlucky i'l 'i.: ' jumping (.'vppts, ii'it tn-day I felt rathei i more than pleased at winning because ■it happen? to be my 30th birthday, j j Twice previously 1 have finished second | I in the tireat Northern Hurdle*, oniv on ! Mill o' Gowrie and agnin on l!oyal I ] Abbey. I also pot secrm.! in t!ie Cantor- ■ bury National on Waikaretu. m)A was ; oii'-e winning tlic National on W.utnai. i but he fell on the flat after landing ! over the la* f fenco.'' . ' '1 Kennie tli;>t lio wa~ imi Iμi<l | ■ j anythinj! to nothinsj. bri tlie winning ' fee. £l'2rt. wa« quite a substantial sum.