Black Melody in favour

Press, 14 June 1978, Page 22

Black Melody in favour

J 1 Black Melody and Selector ? r |made a favourable impresijsion in training at Wingatui 1- yesterday morning when wet ruled out fast times. !. Black Melody appeared to; ,v be travelling better than' CSamsmiuncle when complet-l Jing 1000 m in Imin 6.Bsecs| )-!on the sand, the opening i: 400 m in 25.25ec. Black ’ Melody, a runaway novice r winner at the Otago winter ;! meeting, should make an im--I'pression in class five ranks.! '■'Selector led Bold Design by ?]a length with .wo lengths to ' s'Laurentine at the finish of an 1000 m run in Imin 7.6secs;' Con the inside grass, the open-' : ing 400 m in 25.55ec. Selector' iwas a good second to Prin-i i'icess Camille at the Otago; !;(winter meeting, Swell Gent! and Layby will race in blinkers at Oamaru on Saturday. Boxing.—Muhammad All is embarking on a 10-day tour of " tire Soviet Union, where there is '' no professional boxing. “I’ll be looking to do all I can to help relations between our two coun- ’ tries.” All said. » Athletics.— Britain’s hopes of ] ■achieving its first-ever men’s] I win over East Germany in an! e athletics international fell by the' .! wayside at Crystal Palace. The I Germans won. 104-96.