CHRISTCHURCH

NZ Truth, Issue 1031, 29 August 1925, Page 12

CHRISTCHURCH

' (By "The Toff.") Prince Pointer is now m( the big money. It is only a question of how many he will win. Florrie Bingen .has openei? her account this. season, and she promises to go on with the music. Master Audo was backed as if he was a certainty' at Addington, but' when it came to business he never, looked like Nantwick ought to have been named gem. She was brilliant at Addington. Glenelg has only started., Some are beginning to think that he is finished. Tut! Tut! Royal Oak is . trying .to blossom again with the spring. It will take more than nitrate of soduini to make him flower .again. Drone nearly blew the pi-ess- fellows put of the stand after completing a mile and a-quarter at Addington. \ Nyallo is racing true -"enough, and

Bellfashion who chased Bonny Logan home at Addington has been purchased 'by a patron of M. B. Edwards' stable. Royal Chance had no chance m saddle at Addington. That doesn't seem to bo his game. , When Maurice Holmes' won on Bonny Logan at Addington it was his first win. He is a promising lad and one certain to make good. : Rex Coronado cracked up, and was soon m the rear m the Lightning Handicap at Addington. ' 1 Did you notice Johnnie Bells going for his life at Addington to get third money! He got it. , ■ ■• . Rarebell Direct is beginning better but she is stopping quicker the other end of her races. Teneriffe was regarded' as a certainty tor the Lightning Handicap at Addington, but when everyone expected her. to come on she got the stitch. Hint was tried' in saddle at Addington but Ave'nt like a cow. Audominion has settled down a lot, and he has only to keep solid to make up all losses. : •Sol ran fourth at Addington ; — but at Forbury ; he must have been .train sick or something, ho ran nowhere. Rouseabout is as rough as a sucli. You ought to have seen Jockey Were trying to Tod Sloan him at Addington. What a beauty! . \ If .-.Freddy. Owen could have held Marvin Drift together he would have had them all scratching at Addington.

should win another race when she is ready. Kotuku Jack did not get safely on the journey at Addington. His. soreness prevented him from hitting out at the start. William the Great is a peach. He is well named. GranTte City can go along a bit for for a mile and a-quarter, but he takes a lot of driving to make him do it. Whakatana must have thought that he -was at the Maori Pa — entertaining the admiral instead of Addington after stake money. ■ ' ■ ' Jack Messervy was confined to his bed during the August meeting, his team were piloted by young Jack. Onyx is on a tight mark. There cannot be many shots left m the locker now. '■ ■ '. :■ In the Federal Handicap Hope Dillon jigged and his stablemate Avenger did the, same. One would have thought that. one was giving the other a lead m dancing lessons. Alto Chimes died badly at, the end of two miles at Addington. He is getting old Jimmy. I Vilo will win m her turn. It is only a question of time. Logan Lou was the hero of the August meeting. She was m great order. Jack Potts was sore after his race m the National Cup. He didn't have it on his own. . Delavan Quest nearly won the National Cup. . Dolly Dillon was inclined to leave her feet at Addington. The track could not have suited her. ■ Latona lost the Lightning Handicap through going' to a "tangle at the start. After doing a bit of a can can she finished third. %'••,■ Pearlie Chimes kidded everybody m her work that she was going to beat the world at Addington, but she beat nothing. So after Forbury Geo. Barton sold her. Olive Huon is up to her old games again B .That o£, jigging at the start.