MIXING IT

NZ Truth, Issue 1079, 29 July 1926, Page 11

MIXING IT

Nukumai Is Back To Hurdling

Unless plans are altered, Nukumai is to be set the same tasks as were allotted him m 1924 and 1925. \ ( ■THE first day Nukumai will race m I the Jumpers' Flat, and then two days later he will contest the Grand National Hurdles. For the last two years Nukumai has been successful m the Jumpers' Flat, but the big hurdle race. has just been beyond him. In 1924 he ran unplaced, but to say he' was a little unlucky is putting it mildly. ' ' mmmmiMmiiinmiimninimmmmimmmmOTiOTii^ii^ liiniintiHiMiii)HiiiiHininnniini<iMniMiiMi'''ii'''M*'"'"''''""''™*^''* IW ''"' H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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