THE THORN

NZ Truth, Issue 1050, 7 January 1926, Page 9

THE THORN

Punters Miss the Right Day Suihiiiei^ Gup (From "Truth's" Special Auckland ; Rep.) Plaice an, improving three-year-old m .any middle, distance handi- ' cap underrweight-forrage and there is always "the possibility that itvvill" come home. " And so it was m the case of The Thorn m the mile and a quarter Summer Cup at Bllerslie.'- -\- : 'i He had bejen,[et:in al^lbs. under weight-for-age^^/ \- : .-'';,.':'"x.. - This is riof meant to infer that other handicappers; would not have done the same ithingyifor m the 1 Christmas Handicap mile on opening 1 day The Thorn, after- being -prominent , m the early stages, did not v close enough up to indicate^that^he would win a race like the Summer Cup. ■-. ■ ; That effort on opening day must .;, have been just what he required, for m his next outing with his minimum poundage, the son of Ab-surd-Rose Queen was always m the - picture.;."- '.'Z';~'.'.'.i 'Z. T'-rr. -V.v :."."': '~'.'\; v, . That there was some tnerit m hi 3 victory was proved by the fact that he ran 2. 6 4 -. 5 : f or > the . ten\ furlongs, and that Fool's :P£iradise (who was second

Prominent m a very close finish for the. President's Handicap at the Wai-

rarapa meeting,

to him that day) got on the winning list next up from a big field. The Thorn afterwards ran a, really respectable third m the Derby, over which distance his sire|s . stock have not' been regarded as really reliable propositions. ■ "- But up to at least ten furlongs Th> Thorn gave distinct evidence by his Sun \;j.er Cup victory that he is a power to be reckoned wjth when treated at all leniently m the* matter of poundage. It may be mentioned that Automne was another Summer Cup candidate m well under weight-for-age, but he ran unplaced.. , ; ■_;.■ There is reason to believe tha't'The Thorn's connections were quite prepared for the colt to make a respectable showing m the Summer O,up. . V - But the public who had made him a good second favorite to Lady^ Ridicule on opening day, thought-- so ■tittle .of his showing that day as to allow the son of Absurd to return more than quarter of a century when, he captured the important handicap on the second : day. liiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipiiiiiim^

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