HIGH PRAISE JUSTIFIED

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 59, 10 March 1936, Page 13

HIGH PRAISE JUSTIFIED

By his remarkable performance to win ■ the Stewards' Handicap, Lynworthy confirmed in some measure the high praise bestowed upon him by Auckland critics. Apparently unable to handle the going in the early part, he drifted to what looked a' hopeless last, -.and it was not until five furlongs had been covered that he began to pace with any confidence.

■ Going into the back he at last stretched out, and it was a terrific dash under the shocking conditions that carried him through to second place at the far turn.

Brigadier had had the best of' the running, going well from the outset, but Lynworthy, vigorously driven, got up after a desperate duel to clinch a neck victory; Smith, earned the plaudits of the few remaining enthusiasts. He performed the seemingly impossible with a good and game three- ; year-old. • • ; Lynworthy is by Frank Worthy, a grand stamp of • American stallion whose early demise is becoming all the more regrettable, as his progeny continue to display the greatest promise; and the three-year-old's dam is Evelyn Locanda, a good race mare by Brent Locanda from Evelyn, who was -a sister to Emmeline, 2min 8 3-ssec, champion mare of her time. A Lynworthy was bred by his owner, Mr. E. H. Cucksey, of "Auckland. '

There was nothing so inspiring about the-form of they.third horse, Eastern Prince, and Parochial was a moderate fourth. Great-Ghum..broke after, leading for a little more than a mile.