AN EXPENSIVE MEETING WATER POLO'S SHOWING

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1932, Page 4

AN EXPENSIVE MEETING

WATER POLO'S SHOWING

v, TIle.' Hastings,: owner-trainer, J M Cameion,,had. no. luck-on any.of the first thr.ee.^ays- of the Queensland Turf Club's i?pur-day Meeting.: Press reports-now' to hand'show tbaf fortune was still unkind on the .concluding-dfljf. •;*'■>■ •' G^ erolV W! nt v^ y';near scoring in-the ' -t' f? nt:^^ the,vfixt V re;; in- ,whi^h' his own - horse,; Goshawk,•,was; beaten .into second place by bnly'a'head in the Epsom handicap, one mile, for which he started tayounte. Earlier in the day, too, Lotus hi\y, who also runs in his colours, finished in a like place in tlxe Flying Handicap, six furlongs, but over a length behind the winner. She, also, was well-backed, starting second favourite and at a shorter price than did Goshawk.

c 9? e T ? f the pleasing features of the Mayfield Hack Handicap at Ashburton last Saturday was the good showing made by thef, three-}-tar-old Pombal gelding, Water Polo^_,states: tlie "Times." He was not .prominenton the early stages of the race, but ho produced a great run over the last two ..furlongs; which landed him into third place at the post. It was the first glimpse or form he has shown. .This, more th'aa half-brother to ' the Derby winner, Agrion, has not had much' racing,.and Saturday's, was his first trial ovei1-' a distance, hi s prev i oua efforts having ; been among ;the sprinters. His latest form, suggests that he might make good later on. as a stayer, and, although he now, has-no immediate engagements, he will^be watched next time lie is produced at distances beyond a sprint.