A NORTHERN "HOPE"
TOUT LE MONDE PLEASES
(Special from "Early Bird.")
AUCKLAND, February 26. Easily one of the most impressive displays over hurdles for a novice was seen on Monday last; when Tout-le Monde scored at his first attempt in public over the sticks. The way he took to his fences made it appear as if he was a veteran at this branch of the sport, so that big things may pardonably be expected of him. He is now racing in the. colours of his trainer, .". Fryer, who has always been able to do well with jumpers, his most important success of recent years being to win the Great Northern Hurdles with Stanchion. When' one has every justification to make bold enough to say that a Great Northern Hurdles would not be beyond Tout le Monde, the southern critics may scoff at the suggestion, and I not without reason, for in their eyes .this gelding is anything but a genuine racehorse. However, it is wonderful !how racing over the sticks changes I some horses for the better, and Tout le Monde may prove to be another !apt illustration of this maxim. He revealed plenty of pace in his handicap races on the Taranaki circuit, and again at Te Rapa he was right up in 'the bunch that was on the heels of i the place-fillers the first day. . That latest outing was a good pointer for Tout le Monde, for the pace and stamina he displayed on Saturday indicated that he had only to jump well to be a good prospect in what was. after all, just a fair-quality field on the Monday. He was supported by his neople, and while he was kept well back in the early and middle stages— his rider displayed good judgment in giving him every opportunity to sight and take his fences without bustling him along—he quickly ran up to the leading division near the half-mile. Thereafter it was not a race. It was simply a question of just.how much ho would win by. It is obvious that Tout le Monde has been schooled thoroughly, for he never chanced a fence at his first attempt, taking every obstacle boldly and outjumping many seasoned hurdlers. If kept for.a. race like the Great Northern Hurdles, with a race or two in between to gain further experience, he would be a good proposition. ' ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 13
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