AUSTRALIAN TURF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1937, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN TURF.

ON PARADE'S WIN WELL BACKED BY CONNECTIONS, j A known soft track galloper, On Parade | assisted to balance the accounts of many 1 backers in the A.J.C. Handicap at Rahd-! wick Day, states the "Sydney Referee." The muddy track was right in his favour, and his win was timed to a nicety by K. Cook, who is in splendid form at the moment.. On the strength of his fourth in the Villiers, it was not surprising to find Mananui favourite, but the rise in weight, plus the soaky conditions, were all against him. At no stage of the race were his supporters on good term« with themselves. For that matter, On Parade's connections were also far from happy until the closing stages, when he loomed up on the outside of the field. Once he got within striking distance of the leaders it was seen that he was going through the mud much better than Bundar or Fireman, and he made short work of them at the finish. X. Cook, who rode the ex-New Zealander, is enjoying a good season, and for an 8.0 horseman his record is really splendid, as Saturday's win was his twelfth (including a dead-heat) in a couple of months' riding. THREE ON END. LYNCH LAW STILL UNBEATEN. The unbeaten, two-year-old Lynch Lawhas probably had his last race hi Sydney for a coliple of months. After three successive wins Lynch Law will now be tafeeh to Melbourne for the Caulfield and Flemington autumn carnivals, an.'l he will give the Victorian youngsters something to chase (states a Sydney writer). A week ago Bartle stated that Lynch Law was the best two-year-old he had ever ridden, and by the colt's December Stakes performance at Randwick on Boxing DayLynch Law might even be one of the finest youngsters to have graced the Australian turf in the last twenty years. On a fairly heavy track, to miss the jump out is a tremendous disadvantage, and although the December Stakes field numbered only six, Lynch Law lost at least two lengths in the first 50 yards. But he has a tremendous burst of speed. In leas than a furlong he had gone right through along the rails, and Bartle was so confident of success that, instead of betting Up a winning break before the turn he had eased the champion back until he was only a length in front turning for home. Straightening for the post, Lynch Law shot right away, and over a furlong from home the "result was beyond doubt. Over the' last furlong, when the pressure was off, Lynch Law. showed his greenness bv changing his stride at least twice, but it made no difference .to his pace, and he was never really troubled.