GIVEN AWAY

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 13

GIVEN AWAY

Owners Get Mon^y For Nothing ;

(From "N. 25. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) . v The Henderson family l at Green-V; lane were certainly m luck's Way -. when they practically had Lady.'s j :".'■•'. ',. Boy presented io them. : ; - ; .: ': JUST: how- Harvey Nicolson feels over .'./ J the matter is hard to imagine, for ;, the gelding is at the most useful stage of his. rading career. ; , t . J ' --,-• He'has always been dabbling m. race-. ,. ; . horses, and he probably knows that It? :; costs money to race them to a.proflt. . . In the case of Lady's Boy. that geld--..- ' : -r ing was practicaliy giveriaway on twoj- :;j different occasions.; ;; v , ; -. ■■'•". ■■> :-poi\v: It' is understood that when his pref : sent connection-took possession they . did so on a lease with a purchasing; clause of £300; but with" no parting of winning percentages — truly great terms.. ' -' ■ - : "-' ■■-.-'.■'■. •■ -•...'■■ ■ '• ■ . '•■ ■■■■' : In the first: place, Cuarlie Carmonti senior, had the training of Lady's Boy ; for his relatives ■ and it was not;lorigr before he^tarted off at Matamata last v autumn on a winning trot; of five /race's: V. '. : Later, Lady's" Boy was trani- c ferred to brother r Tom Carmonty and of late weeks the gelding has ; accounted for two open sprints arid two, seconds up north. ')].:- ;i'--/[ : ■" He is better than most people imagined, and one' sportsman who was/ offered a half T share for £ 3tfO some lit- ' . ' j ■ tie time back would have had nearly , all his money back, now bad he clinched : ; the deal. ■'/'.. ■■' ."■ > ■."■'"'■' /':':•' At a big advantage m weight on the; first day of , the Dargaville fixture, Lady's Boy defeated Aussie fairly arid, squarely, "but on the second day it. was \ hot good policy going "eyes-put", with., Billikins in \frbht' overi the, first part. This played right into Aussie's favor and thus brought about the defeat of Lady's Boy into MbonA plftos.