CLASS ABOVE OPPONENTS
Siegmund, backed down to odds on, completely outclassed his three opponents in the Champion Hack .Handicap. Except for a few chains after .entering the straight, he was not off the bit till the last furlong, and when he was given his head his enormous strides literally left the others stand, ing. He was easing up again on the bit nearly two lengths ahead of WhetUSiegmund'has taken time to come to hand, but now he-has learned his job there is no saying to what heights he might not go. He is a big, handsome eelding one of the biggest horses, of his age that has raced in the Dominion in recent years, and he has the qualities that go to make a champion. The Trentham Stakes or even the Derby might not be beyond him, for, not only ishe such a splendid type of horse, but he "s bred v/itlvthe best; of them. . ..Whetuma ran.his.best race yet th s season, but he had no chance with the winner. Hatuma futilely attempted rmrsuit of Siegmund from the five lurloliS and then had to- yield second j money to Whetuma in the . straight, (inheritance, a surprise second favourlite, was always at the rean
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 18, 19 October 1936, Page 13
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203CLASS ABOVE OPPONENTS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 18, 19 October 1936, Page 13
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