RATHER LATE DISCOVERY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 21

RATHER LATE DISCOVERY

.;-:i;or;s.Beyeral seascroa''Patearo'a'd efforts j^ere^con|ined to sprint events, but; it >yo\ild:;ii^TC'appear that he;is better ;«uited py.^loiigeri'distaiices, particularly "journeys pfcatrmle and ai furlong or ,-two further! ;As: hfrji's now-, seven',yeap old,. ; the dib-coyefy-Jias been made none too'soon'. After winning the hack sprint on the sedond day at Martoa. recently,'Patearoa made- a later appearance\'to■ run; second to;.Pqratqo over a mile and a distance. He then won the mile event on:the secoDd day at Foxton, and- followed it up by adding the mile and 110 yards at Ashhurst: Continuing1 on to Pahiatua, he wasvtried again 'at six furlongs, but the best he could do was a poor second'to ; Gold Sandiiand he: lost the fruits of that effort through weighing in at nearly. 41b overweight..Then on .the second day jo£. the meeting he was stepped out once :nore" at a mile md 110. yards, and ho showed his preference clearly by winning decisively 'from 'the fir<rt day's victor, Thrasher.! In'-his: last sii:; starts he has won four times, tlirice at a 'mile- or beyond. • '' '

• Pateciroa is quite well bredj being one of tlie descendants of '; that' snciesitful colonial taproot, Ouida. He is a bay gelding-'by Acre from the San Fran mace Mangaoroa, and :J3,actually ,:tKe: lgstr'foal sh'q had before she .died. v'Earlier' offspring included Tnunaha, a good performer who since, as a sire, has recently produced some good jumpers' in Taranaki, also^Parearau, the dam of Pewa, and Te Tahi, a good winner in the : Auckland district. Patearoa has done all1 his'racing in <-the colours of Mr. C. Louisaon, president of the Manawatu Racing Club, and in spite.-of his recent succeMes he is .still eligible for entry in hack' races. '