Rain No Problem For Humphrey

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31660, 22 April 1968, Page 6

Rain No Problem For Humphrey

‘*Th« Prtss” Speettl iervide INVERCARGILL. "I knew that I had the two biggest dangers, Fort Nelson and Stewart Hanover, wall and truly covered at the home turn and from then on I had ns worries,” the Ashburton trainer, W. E. Lowe, part-owner and driver of Humphrey, said after winning the Southland !nv|ta, tjon Stakes, feature event at ths Cote Trotting Club's autumn masting on-Saturday. Lowe said that Humphrey moved off smoothly fr6to the 12 yards mark and was at nla ease on the track, which had the sting out of It. Humphrey led fbr the last seven furlongs and won under a firm hold. His success placed him in New Zealand Cup class. Humphrey wen much too decisively for excuses te be made for the others. It wgs apparent fees than three furlongs from homo that he had the field beaten. At this stage ho was being trailed by the favourite 6 air. Fort Nelson and Stewart anover, but they wore unable to make any impression. M. Holmes, the driver of Stewart Hanover, which finished solidly to cut Fort Nelson out of second, had "no excuses.” ••I took Stewett Hanover to the front early because I did not want to trail Alpine Lady,

which la Hable te do anything when she gets into the open, said Holmes. “We were flat out St the turn and I could see then that Humphrey was going easily.”