GREAT HACK

NZ Truth, Issue 1227, 6 June 1929, Page 13

GREAT HACK

Great Star (From fI N.Z. Truth's" DunecHn ,Rep.X . Great Star forfeits his hack status with a brilliant performance at Wingatui, whan he won the hack mile race from a field of . nineteen runners. > : JACK PROSSER'S hack claimed : ? aii r ■ apprentice allowance, but even then he carried 10.4 a^id led all the ■ way. ■: : ' ■ "•. ■,'"■' ■•";■■ : . .' '£■.- ■;• He began smartly from No. ls,,atna after half a- furlong he showed ;out from Narrative. ' < ' ■ ; The Ricrarton horse was never bead- ' ed, though Salmo Solar, ridden^by Jimmy Ellis, put m- a challenge ? ahd failed only by half a head to catelrthe top -weight. ":; : Honeycombe, "with Charlie Emerson up, made up a lot of ground after getting badly away, but he stopped down the running. It was a disappointing performance. ' , - : i?l Narrative stuck on well, "While Pukemaori and Little Queen showed up for seven furlongs. v Great Star has ndt (been overwork- , ed since he ran second m the Great Easter and he will not have too much racing in' the winter, as a spring campaign to Australia is in. view, v ;' He is entitled to. run out his hack nominations at South Canterbury, but after that meeting he: must 1 contest open events. .--..■ ' s .;'.::■■■'.■.■ . -'\ ■■• " ■ •-. ; , ■ ■ ■ ■ .-. : iiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiimimimiiniiiiit