SOUTH ISLAND AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1931, Page 6

SOUTH ISLAND AGAIN

BLACK DUKE'S -CONSOLATION

The: Consolation ;H"andicap--furnished <: a further: .illustration- of how- southern horses benefitted at' the/meeting by the fyw estimate placed on their ability by the handicapper,. , the. two first horses, Black.'. Duke and First ■ Sight, outclassing their opponents after having anything but the..best- of. .the running.. Black Duke scored convincingly,— and there was no fluke'about his win) for'he was squeezed put at the start, and.-had-.the whole field to pass with a mile to go.'-,-It. was not his first" success at a mile and..'.a quarter, and the wonder is he was let in-the race so. light; It,was! the drop from his Usual poundage that enabled him to play with the opposition in- the manner that he did. ■ . -■- -. .- • .---.:,.'

. Desert Song, Goshawk,-, and. White Fang : were the first to show-out; and when the; field had settled-down;-they-were leading •My Own, Count .-Palatine, - -First Sight-, First .Acre,: Otairij. Moutoa T-reasury, Ad* miral Drake,. Star .stranger,. Black Duke,, and Shrewd. Moutoa Treasury improved her position rapidly along the back, and Black.Duke and Admiral Drake moved up steadily. Desert Song was still in charge as they swung into the straight, with AVhite Fang, Moutoa Treasury, Black Duke, Count Palatine, and :Admi"ral Drake ■ iieares't of "the remainder; but he quickly compounded, and Admiral Drake (on the \rail) and Black Duke ran through, the last-named assuming command at the distance and -continuing!"oh" to beat the fast..finishing First Sight by. a^eng'th, Admiral Drake being three parts of a "length fur- ' thef back* third.- My' Owh; came with a .]ate,run into fourth" place, ahead of Count ..Palatine, White Fang, Moutoa. Treasury, Otairi, Star Stranger, Goshawk, Shrewd, and Desert Song." '■' ■ :<, •

. First Sight hsd' over" £200' more invested on his chance^than - Otairi, with drops to My Own, Black- Duke, and Moutoa • Treasury. First Sight raced-in-the middle of-^he field to the. straight,".but, then unwound a characteristic, run that took him past all except" the"lek'iter, "'on wliom he •^vas..closing .at the end. Otairi made a forward move passing the' half-mile, but he did not go far with it." My Own held a good position early,i and;1 after drifting over the': middle stages, was putting in some "'useful work again- at'''the finish/ Moutoa ■•. i Treasury ... .was -somewhat too anxious to reach the-leading; division, and the effort found a weakness in., her armour when the final tussle was begun." Admiral Drake went his best-race for some time, and he looks .like proving a profitable purchase for his new. owner, the Dunedin Mr. J; M. Samson.; •