WANGANUI MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1933, Page 4

WANGANUI MEETING

(Special from "Rangatira.")

HIGH FALUTIN' SCORES

EARLE STAKES VICTORY

'. .. ' WANGANUI, This Day. One of the unluckiest horses racing this season has been High Falutiu', who has ■- been placed.in,all his. few, starts, but the •-." change of fortune came in the- Earle Stakes, the main item' at Wanganui yes»terday, .which he. won characteristically with a sharp run from the back. Eminent, the favourite, had charge a few; chains ■ .. off the post, but High Falutin' finished too solidly. It was the winner's first start ■ since, his. second to Spearful in the Mana- ; watu Cup last Boxing Day. : -High, Falutin' -was always well placed -,'■'- to win; his rider; B. H. Morris, who was . . having his first mount since his Egmont :■•'• suspension, evidently fully realising that • he had to have him handy at the entrance ; t6-the'short straight. Shrewd,. Eminent, and . Brambletorn swung for home in -'near line, with Grand Jury and High Falutin' just behind them. High Falutin' ■ was away from the fence, and, as Eminent - drew. out.from the other leading pair, he challenged determinedly down the outer, | •finally' passing Eminent, a chain or two ; from the/post, and winning by a short neck. .' .;■ -•.' ;.'' ■".'■.."■' ■ Eminent was ridden differently from ;■". • what: he was at New Plymouth, Voitre getting him away well and keeping him lin front with Shrewd all the way. He. finished stoutly, but did not have quite sufficient in reserve to hold off the winner, . who Jhas-a notably final run.- ---', Voitre got: the most out of:him .and .can- _. i-not be blamed, for the change in tactics, ■ ■ "', which was practically forced upon him -.' by the: way the field settled down after •.. the start. -'." .-. ■■/ '■' ■: ■ - ■'.'. : ■',-'• Shrewd,; last-year's winner, attempted ; to' win: from end' to end, but he. was not ■■;•■• . quite vp v to the task, being beaten,into ■'■-'■ third place a long neck back. It was : . his usual race, and helooks.tobe in.better ' -•■ form, at,present than,he has'beeh for a ■ .couple-, of seasons. .• .'..'.■ ;: ■■?.-" Brambletdrn;'' who was showing no ill effect: from the kick lie received at New Plymouth, was poorly ridden, but he might not have won in any case. Ho was taken up from last to outside the leading pair going into the bac,k, and, with the extra ground he covered on. the turn, he was unable to go on with it at the end. He finished close up fourth, but was ■well beaten. . He is down to about his i correct weight now, and another win may be coming his way shortly. Grand Jury was always handy enough to win, but the final sting he possessed of .old was lacking. Still it is an improvement on his early season's form, and he may strike a winning patch,again before the autumn racing is over, jhrst Acre, as. big as-a bull and ridden by a stable .apprentice, went with, the leaders for half: a mile, then tired; and was not unduly pressed for the rest of the trip. "