CORRESPONDENCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7872, 6 January 1904, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

LATE OPUNAKE RACES.

,(To the Editor.)

Sir,— l would like to insert a few lines in the columns of your valuable paper in respect to the running of my Horse Hawera at the late Opunake meeting. In trie report which appeared in Saturday b issue it states that from the start Hawera was a "non-trier" in the Hurdle Race. aow, Sir, I would like to ask if such was the case why the stewards did not take I action , immediately the race was run? ; But it must haye been quite clear to aay person that was watching the race* closely that Hawera lost any chance he h.a,d od running prominently through' junipui" into the first hurdle,/ tha imi&Qt of which brought him down on his knees and unseated his rider. By the time he recover ed and got going his opponents had established a long lead. My brother, who wa a ; riding him, states that tire mistake seem j ed to take all the dash out of him, so i when, he called- on him to make up some of the lost ground ha responded "' Ver\ feebly, so after trying a coupi* pf furlongs and dnding he had no/ ijeasjjnabb chance of winning he flowed hjpA fo run along m case one^ o^ the ojtfeeja made a mistake, My investment tro tha race were £1 on HaW hv)£l(ib Ranan:|. With regard ty fcfce fafcter'a jumping, your report is wro^g i« stating that he smashed two hurdles down, as he only broke one, the other being levelled when Ha wera jumped into it. When the Maiden Plate came up for decision I nad quite made up my mind to scratch him, as paddock talk pointed to \ an Courier as a certainty, but at the request of my trainer agreed to, start hint and not invest a shilling on h^in and backed Van Courier, being quite e»ntent to let my horse, run for $& stakes. Kawera got the best o| && «t ar t, an d. assisted by hi?, snsrow ?<Mi^ition, managed to last long, eofjjjgh t© win all out in the poor time o$ l,st*. This performance, com- . Eared yfiih Banana's easy victory in the lg handicap, proves conclusively that my< j horse had no chance of defeating him. \n\ conclusion I challenge any person to proved that I' or any .party connected wifch the I horse had a single penny inv^sjte<J W hi.n in the Maiden Plate. Apowgisjng for trespassing tojsuch, ©2 Your vaiu able space,— J a^ «te, A ' . ' 1 " JAS. MITCHELL.

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