Ngata Makes History

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

Ngata Makes History

A Real Horse, Wins A Real Race It is grand to see a good hors e win, but somehow m the city of Christchurch it takes something extraordinary to raise the crowd to a state of receivings winner m- fitting manner.

PERHAPS it is. the conservatism of r the Canterbury city that accounts for the situation; but against this must be considered the manner m which the crowd there can cause a lot of noise when anything happens that does not suit them. Take the performance of Ngata m the Jumpers' Flat race at Ric-.-carton'.on Tuesday. Burdened • with all but a- pound off 13.0 he won the , race 'm brilliant fashion, but on his return, to weigh m the applause was of a negligible quantity. ■ ■ • ... ; .,. .. ■... ;, . ..... ... Since the day the handicaps appeared Ngata has been favorite for the National Hurdles and to-day,he is, is going to see a short price. His • running m th& Jumpers' Flat points that way. Alan Moponald - got" hini. away well and lay m behind on the" -fence for most of the journey. '"! At tKe five furlongs Ngata was moyv ed up to about ' thii'drv. but running lilllili!l!liSliiiil!iiiilil!liii(iiiiiiiiii(iii!iiiiililii(!iiiiliiiiiiiiiili!!!i!i(iliililiiiim

round the bend the horses went past him on the outside and for #, few seconds the position appeared to be anything but good. Still McDonald, sat quiet and he vyras not having' any too easy a time of jtwith beaten horses dropping back on him. Coming into the straight Ngata was sent along and at the false rail Me- ' Donald pushed him through and at the distance post he was m front. ■''■■■ From then on It was only a onehorse race. Win or, lose-torday vNgata; will go down m racing history as one of the best horses we have seen m recent years. ..'. - x - . He has been at everything and made a success of the lot. He. is a real horse and "Truth" likes to real horses win. TT-would not be surprising to note the A Taranaki 'hunt meetings engaging the .attention of some northern * trainers. l '■'• . .'♦ • fSICK McCAIITEN will have two good rides at Randwick. . He will be on Limerick m the Derby and on Counf Cavour m the Metropolitan. ■■■•■■ „ * . # ' • DAHUDTJB, , .entered , hunten v events at : Pakuranga, gave som promise when trained by F. Stennin^ t last season at Ellerslie.