SADDLE AND SULKY

NZ Truth, Issue 1052, 21 January 1926, Page 12

SADDLE AND SULKY

DOLLY DILLON'S DAY Popular Gold Cup Victory COUNTRYMAN WILL WIN SOON Dolly Dillon went her best race to date when she won the New Zealand Trotting Gold Cup by a little over a length' from the hot favorite, Countryman.

It was a popular victory, her owner, Tom Fox, being one of the stalwarts of trotting and one of the best sports m the game. Had Countryman, enjoyed a good passage he would have made mat- i ters hard, for the wi"**"After a slow beginning, he was forced to cover a lot of ground. With a round to go, he was oh the outside of two sulkies, which cost him several lengths on the turns out of the straight and going into the back stretch. Once he got ..clear he finished fast to gain second money. i Native Chief had \ the services of an assistant at the start. ; When the bar-

longs, where she made an . effort to race Dolly Dillon home, but the pressure was too great, and she was beaten into third place* Bell Harold and Talaro were well placed, for three parts of the journey, but after that they drifted

riera were released he made a couple He went to the front at the end .of three furlongs; .but after leadn n e 9 fai) |ed Vi t t o i «ta a v f o Urr long °f h °m he failed to stay on. Becky Logan was tucked m behind the leader for a mile and seven fur-

out of the contest. She paced m her best style, and,'the race is certain to do her a lot of good. 8 The "*xt time Countryman goes to the -^ it wi|| t * ke some. thing above the average to beat ' him.