GREAT RACING CONTEST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18530, 15 October 1923, Page 8

GREAT RACING CONTEST.

RIVAL HORSES IN.TRAINING. 'SOME FEARS FOR PAPYRUS Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 pan.) NEW YORK. Oct. 13. Papyrus startlingly surprised those who I ..three days ago prophesied ho would prove / • a poor opponent for Zcv. In yesterday's work Pam-Tus covered a mile and an l eighth in" lm. 54. 4.55. without being ". extended, and pulled up full of running. - The British colt gave his stable male -'•''Bargold a lead over half a furlong, and, breaking from the standard position, picked up his opponent before half-a-mi!e was covered, going past Bargold as if that animal were standing still. /"'This tryout was so impressive that it ■-"-is considered possible if the horse main- - tains his showing during the coming week ; he will enter the race a favourite. Zev., whose condition is splendid, , : is also showing great speed, yesterday covering a mile and a-quarter :in 2m. -•-:6"2-55.:-.-.:' : - .■■ ''■ - . Papyrus was somewhat sore after his : tryoui. yesterday, and a very alight lame--7 ness was.noted, his near foreankle indi- _-, eating that the hard dirt track where tbe race ■ .-willj-be held is having an adverse efiect on the horse. • v. . To-day Papyrus covered a mile and ahalf easily in 2nt'39 3-53. His. trainer, Basil Jarvis,- contrary to expectation, \, kept ..a kidney blanket upon the horse, whose soreness . and slight- lifmeness have gone. Papyrus finished i strong .withy"lota of 6peed behind him. Mr. j.- B. ' Joel, the - well-known British -•- sportsman, predicted before- he sailed for England, to-day. that the international •,horse race between Papyrus and Zev,. fixed for next Saturday, would have .to be post- •:; '■> poned or caneiled, • because of - the j condi : < lion of Papyrus. Mr. Joel; who 5 released the jockey, *S. Donoghue, to ride Papyrus, -" ' said ;he ' had abandoned his intention of ~ witnessing, the race because the sporting 'quality had been taken .away by the in- , equality;- of the horses. Papyrus, he declared, was in bad condition, and would carry greater bulk than Zev. ,