MIDDLE WATCH'S WINS
w ti en t W- Tlnddll Purchased Middle thought that he had ocqmred a brokendown stallion who might bo worth, as a t-tua oi station proposition, the amount B™, But T.ndall had other ideas. He put the horse back into- training, and after winning a sprint event at Moonee wi'^iim 011 th° V- RC" °Ctober Stakes
' Then came. another spell, during which doubts concerning Middle, Watch's condition were- .expressed. It- was asain thought ithat the'son of The Night Eatrol would not stand another preparation, but -Tr-n, d,I}l * T?r gain' triumphed. He produced Middle Watch in the first division of the ilanne Handicap ,at Williamstown on' iebruaiy 10 last, and for a time his,presence in the race was scarcely noticed. All the talk was about Palphar, L'Elite, Hose .Minion, and Ogwe!\. Jumping away smartly Dose Mighon led to within ii_few yards, of the post, where' Middle Watch, who came very fast, caught her ■} l«!■ yoh by half a neck.;-After the race Middle \Vatck was again lame, so*one cannot know yet whether or not he has run Ins last time. , : ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 47, 24 February 1934, Page 21
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