AFTER THE "TREBLE"

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 14

AFTER THE "TREBLE"

COOK'S AMBITIOUS TILT

It is the ambition of every trainer to land a winning "double," but it is not often that a racing man attempts to win a "double" with a galloper and a pacer, et alone catch a "treble" at the mixed business. It is quite on the cards, however, thnt the Te Awannitu racing trainer A. Cook, who also owns the line pacer regaway, may this year furnish the winner of both the Auckland Cvip and Auckland Trotting Cup, with King's Knave and Pcgaway respectively, and also the winner of the .Railway Handicap with Bambury (says the northern writer "Abydos"). This, of course, is a very tall order, but the horsed referred to are all capable of sterling performances in their respective sections. King's Knave won the Avondale Cup like a real stayer, and in spite of failure in the Mitchelson Cup, under a big weight on a. wet track, he will have friends with 8.0 in the Ellerslie race. Few horses in the Railway Handicap will have anything on Bambury for early speed, and as he is running on better lie is certainly a very distinct possibility. The Takanini trotting trainer F. J. Smith has charge of Pegaway, and has him in great heart. Cook stated at Takapuna that he had been to Takanini to give Pegaway a look over and expressed pleasure at the gei era! improvement in his horse since he won the Epsom "double" on* Labour Day. Smith is also well pleased with the manner in which Pegaway is getting through his preparation, and he expects to have him very- fit for the big race. AVhile it is generally conceded that Indianapolis will be a hot fancy for Epsom he will find Pegaway a foeman worthy of his steel.