A DEMORALISING RUN

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 132, 2 December 1930, Page 8

A DEMORALISING RUN

SPEARFORM FAST AT FINISH

Spearform. came with the same rattle over the final part of the Rongotea Hack Handicap as lie -did iv his race on Saturday, when he finished a good second to Acmil, and lie won comfortably, although there was only half a length in his favour over Hawkshaw, "who finished on with, plenty of resolution, and is due to break hismaiden status at any time. Calarnine also finished strongly, and with a better run he might well have been in a dividend place. Joyspear, Grand Jury, and Acmil were first,.to break the line, but Acmil and Nightmare ran up to the front going out of the straight, and led into and along the back from: Joyspear,7 Goldlike, Bon Acre, Grand Jury, Callamart, Hawkshaw, and Fitzquex. Acmil and Nightmare were at a game of cut-throat, and they were weakening at the straight entrance, where Goldlike was up with them and Hawkshaw, Joyspear, and Spearform just behind. Spearform came through to the front at the distance, and continued on to beaA Hawkshaw with comparative ease. Calartime finished fast into third place, a length away, and Goldlike was right up, next were Cailamart, Grand Jury, Nightmare, Auctioneer, and Acmil. Acmi! was a much better favourite than. Grand Jury, but there was also fair support for Joyspear, Crennatown, Spearform, and Fitzquex. ' Acmil and Nightmare set a torrid pace and this settled their chances. The speed at which they went is shown by the fact that the time was only, a tick slower than in the open race. Grand Jury and Joyspear had plenty of opportunities, but neither Crennatown nor Fitzquex was ever a possibility.'The last-named has failed so often that it is unlikely he will hold his constant friends;much longer. Hawkshaw was at a good price, but he will have more support next time he steps out. So will Calamirie, whose performance was a particularly fine one, as he drew on the very outside of the big field, and had to cover a lot of^extra ground. . Goldlike went his best race for some time, and appears to be returning to his true form.