ON THE WINNER.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 6

ON THE WINNER.

HOW DEELEY STEERED HIM. TOLD BY HIMSELF. After the raco Deeley gave the DominioS representative a very interesting account of the race. "I was an easy winner at the finish,' 1 he said, "and anyone could see that tin further tho horso went the more e.as'lj he would have won. His superb condition carried him through, and it would Ji.iv* taken a good horse to have Beaten him 10-dav." . , "At the jump off I was in a good postlion, but he was nut anxious to hurt him. self, and so I did not bustle him. At 111! mile 1 was third to last, but not ton far out of if, and the pace had not been slow up to this. Here ho was running quietly, and not pulling an ounce, so I just gave him a reminder, and ho went up a bit. "This look me on to Oliver (Merrivonia), and thinking him a good man io fo'low through f just, sat there, t'p to this I had had a beautiful run, and my luck stuck to me, as we got through on tho fence the whole way. "llalf-v.ay down the running I wna kicking liin'i to gel to the front, but, when j got there, in endeavouring to spell him, I took hold of his head, and, to my utter astonishment, he started to null, aiid then 1 knew it was nil over. '1 hey say Miscount was unlucky, but my horso won easily."