THE OUTSIDER COMES HOME

NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 11

THE OUTSIDER COMES HOME

A■■"Prad" Named Peter Maxwell

I The National Steeplechase is over and the winner turned up m an outsider which hardly came into the picture during the sum* ming up of, the race. ;...: ■■.$ ■

KISL the acceptors went out to do or die and the field, as' it paraded, >resented a fine, sight. 1 -.', The condition of eaoh and all of the runners was just as it should have ieen* - The pool was a good one and K awl n Tended up most in v ( favor. : The first fence brought faster, for Hanui got/ into it and tipp§d .Tricklebank over his head.' ' . , ,The pncpming hordes then pjayed football with the fallen jockey, who was bowled down the course ljkq a hoop. . ' . The first' round saw a beautiful exhibit{bh-;of fencing and the one which was pleasing most was Mas- . ter Peter. ■•,.■■/'■:■. . "' ■:' ■, ' He -was; gaining lengths at jievery 'ence and the only mistake he 'made iver the first circuit was at the first >od wall wh.{ch he rapped hard. Passing : , the stand the second time le was gp.ing so well that it looked inly a questidn of his standing up to pin. ' ■ '.■■ •'.. ■ • ' ■ ..:■'. A dashihgvleap by Peter Maxwell vhen cleaj<Jng the second pf the stand loubles" brought him. into prominence, md he ran up third going out of the rtraight. • : ' . ' ! Mrebligfit slipped into Cutts', a.n,d houghi"W^rnep made a grqat effort to jet back he was put on the ground. - Then the next fence, the sod wall, brought Birkenella down.

Over on the far turn Peter Maxwell took the lead, and he ran away from the field over the last three furlongs, winning m a. canter. Master Peter stopped. a§ though he had been shot, and Kawlni and Char> latan were left to fight out the places ?pr geeend money, the fgrmer getting there by a length./ ■' To desoribe the running of most of the competitors is almost unnecessary. Over the last bit it , was just a "cake walk." ' Passin' Through, Tuki, Birkenella and Fireblight were never near enough at any stage to have a chance, even after allowing for the ground that was Btill to be cdyered. Outside. the placed horses the honors were with Frenchman, which went a stinging good race and. finished fourth. Uncle Bofi is another horse which did well for three miles", but of the rest— '-■ the less said th§ better. '