U SCOTT'S FORM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 12

U SCOTT'S FORM.

OWNER'S EXPLANATION.

! DIFFICULT HORSE TO DRIVE.

(I'»y Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON". Thurwlav

The following announcement ha* been madf to the I'ress by Mr. .1. R. MiKenzie. owner of Ihe ]>a<-er I' S<-ott: "Owinjt to the erratic running of n:y h«ir>e. r So.tt. 1 feel I ..«e an explanation to the public who were «• unfoitunatc in Mi|.|».niu- him in the Second yualifyinjr Heat on the -.cicikl day (.Silt in ilav) ~f the A,l,iinpton Mr sympathies are with them, a* if 1 were in their place I probably would have felt as they did. I" Scott "wa* left •U the barrier at the >tari of xhe nr?t da.vV rare, and when he i-trnrk hi> hopples he was about 72yd* behind tile ; field -a hopeless posit ion' fn.iii which t<. i win a race, yet his driver r-ent him after the otheix. ami he showed a wonderful burst of speed to catch the fiold. elthoujrh he was then unable to fini-li on in the utraipht. "Naturally, after hie performance, tinpublic selected him to win at hi* second j start. Owin« to an injury we were j unable to work I" Scott for four month*. j and a<« he wa« unable in receive the necessary work in the short period a\ailabk-. I" S(«»tt. who i< a .i ri.,n. »;is very frtvh and above hinii-elf. "On the second d-.iy K. Holinc«. my driver. tiH-ke<l I" in behind ,<n-tl. V 1 hor-e. I" S-ott pulled so hard that it was f<. r Holme- \,. U\ ;.a k to hold him. and he had difficulty i" i keeping the hnn-c oft" the Milky in front of him. He took the first opportunity of out and letting I" Sci.tt 2" to the front, but although in front he continued to pull, a* he could -re l'i<" field behind him. The h»i*e li<i,J partly choked hiiiHclf through hi- jmllinlr tactics, and although the driver n-.-d the whip fjoin-; up the -tiaij;lu I' S-oti waunable to respond.

"My sympathies are wjih m> ilriter. who had a difficult hcve i.. on ! the day. and I am sure that hr did »hal ho considered would sive him ilie be-t chance of winning. Had he und.-i>t.»od the horse an we have all learned from I this meetiii". Holmes mi doubt would have driven him differently. My trainer and I thi« hnr~e for an hour after his poor showing on the .-ctoin] day, and de<-i<le<l we woiili] inn him in » <-lr>*ed liri<lle on the next or«-.i~itin. one reason l>ein? that he «<>nl<! nett i-ee the h'ehl chasing him. A!-., we *ug?e*ted to the driver that lio -iu uW lot him run two or three lenpihti in front , so that he would not hear the o^lirr I horse*.