FAVOURITES FARE BADLY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1938, Page 13

FAVOURITES FARE BADLY

THE MIDDLE DAY AT TRENTHAM

SPLENDID RACING MAKES SOME ATONEMENT

Although the winners were very hard to find, and not a single firstpr second favourite was successful for the straight-out investors, splendid-racing helped-to atone for the reverses on the middle day 'of the Wellington Racing Club's Summer Meeting at Trenthamyestefday." . trentham is notorious for its pitfalls, particularly on middle, clays, bjjt bytomorrow form should come back into its own. . 'this year the club is unfortunate in having the holiday and the Saturday coincide, so that there are two off-days. Yesterday's turnover of £44,^ satisfactory by the stewards, for it was'onlf a little over-£1000:less than on Cup Day, and it was better than last yea'fsCup Day.' No other comparison with last, year can properly be made, but U is clear that this gear's aggregate for the .three'-days^must be a long way below last year's. •■■;■■' /'":'[ The feature of the day's racing .was Oratory's equalling- the New" Zealand'record for a.mile recentlyestablished byCourtcraft at Elierslie. Oratory cut no less than a secondand a halfoff the track record previously .held by Rere'moana and Autopay.