Tabs And Topics

NZ Truth, Issue 1105, 3 February 1927, Page 11

Tabs And Topics

RESPECTABLE FOU RTH , ■7DEN HALti ran quite a respectable m^ fourth m the Takapuna Cup with :.13. \ : .'■■ .-...■ •■ ■ There is not a great lot of Eden lall but what there is of him is solid. ■■■•.,. * „' ■ * . ■ JIPO was up about eighth m the * Takapuna Cup. -He never really ooked like a winner over the latter >art. * ' , # , •»■■■• * ■ • .- . . SPOONY A PUZZLE - SPOONY is a bit of a puzzler to most -* people, for though he manages to jet into the money m distance handi:aps with medium imposts he has ailed m weak country handicaps with i bit of -weight m the, saddle. He is very . lightly framed, and hough a reasonably good stayer is no >etting proposition when saddled with ttver Bst. m a 7st. minimum event. W 4» • « Bn the hack class ■/ING EMERALD'S turn was a long BS time . overdue, but m T. Green's ■and s he broke the ice m the Trial at Bakapuna m a fashion which suggest■d further victories m the hack class Hp north. >•'■'■ : ' H Green was not m so. great a hurry H; some of the other riders and when X did make his. effort at the right time ■ was all over bar paying out, for his [Hount was more forward than Bold ■ront,' which finished second. : ■ ■ # * * ' ■THERE was a falling-off m tote V- figures at Takapuna :of £19,376 B os, over # 14,000 of ' : which happened Bn Monday, when the attendance was ■mall. g)ESERT dLOW'S^VICTORY ■THERE was v - nothing outstanding Mr about Desert Glow's victory m the ■big handicap on the final day at ■Takapuna. K. It was > merely that He stood racing ■better than the medium opposition. ■ It is woi-th noting that Transformer ■gfuJ himself also fought out the finish ■m 'the same race last year, the only ■difference being that Transformer deIfeated Desert Glow m 1926. ■*" . :• • ■• ..■*■. • I OOLARINA is nothing to look at, and ■ ■J^ the best that can be said of her is I that her heart is too big for her body.

STILL TROUBLESOME YORK ABBEY gave some trouble again at the barrier on opening day at Takapuna and is always risky on that account. . ' The fact that He does not make matters too rosy for those drawn outside of him is not' relished. THOUGH horses drawing No. 3 at the barrier and one drawing No. 2 won at. Takapuna on Cup day, it is worth noting' that three winners drew No. 9, one No. 1,9 and another No. 17. That knocks the "near the fence" argument badly. * * * IN THE SHADE JT. JAMIESON experienced a win- • ning turn with one candidate racing m his own name last Saturday. That 'was In the Shade, a two-year-old by Australian Sun — Violet H., which threatens to do even better m the future. In the Shade 'must certainly improve, for he was giving Paganelli a few lensrths over' the last 1 two furlongs, but finally got up m time to gain £350 first money. .It was* a 1 bit too close for the owner to think ita moral, even after they had passed the post, and a' couple of friendly waeers went against him. when the were hoisted. But the win was worth* it. • * # s ft AUSSIE UNLUCKY i ATJRUMAVIS registered her best *• deed when she took- down the sprinters at Takapuna on Monday. It was a very rough race throughout, and but for meeting with trouble on the journey Aussie, which finished third, would .have been home m front. He was not the only competitor to strike a rough passage. - , • . •■ ■ • # ■ • • A QUEER individual has been un- ** earthed. He reckons that Carbine never won the Melbourne Cup. He calls it the Melbourne sweepstakes. He couldn't have gone to school m New Zealand. . ' ",# # # OUR JACK, after strolling m at . Foxton, failed to deliver the bacon at Pahiatua. He was anything but well ridden. «;■■•*, • . MOT much has been seen of Fiery Comet so far. but what is known of him is to his credit. He . was second at Pahiatua after sweating off about a ton of condition. ■-. # ; '* i. ' # A LOT of people asked why the clerk ** of the course ,at Trentham was mounted on a paces. • * '. . i # ■ # JUDGING by his showing m the concluding event at Pahiatua, it will not be long before The Tank wins a race. ■