TRAINER KNEW HIS TASK

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

TRAINER KNEW HIS TASK

Winner of Hurdles Does Plenty (From "N.Z. Truth's"- Auckland Rep.) Now that Mister Gamp has got through safely with^his Great Northern Hurdles, it is interesting to delve into at least one -feature con-nected-with the .doing, TN the first place the son of Bronzctti proved himself a glutton for work, and it would be hard to recall any Great Northern victor standing up to such a solid twelfth-hour preparation as Mister Gamp did, and yet thrive on it. ; ■ ■■.-■ ;■ . ■ From the., time that - the chestnut arrived at. Ellerslie — about eleven days before the event— the victor schooled over the hurdles on no fewer than four occasions," jumping'' about IS obstacles all told, only once giving his admirers real anxiety as to whether he would get over the .ten fences on the day. . That was on Tuesday of last week when he cracked m two the final fence m a schooling bout and surprised onlookers by standing up and displaying not the least sign of the impact. This mistake was not entirely his own fault, but it caused his trainer to decide on yet another schooling task before .the real test — as if to let his charge know that he must clear his obstacles with safety... Mister Gamp certainly fenced more carefully m that final schooling 1 task. . That the horse thrived .on such a solid pi-eparation he proved by taking the thick end of. the purse last Saturday, but had he chanced to miss the honors it was dollars to doughnuts on his trainer, coming In for a shoal of advei-se criticism for having done too much with his charge. " However, all that is saved, and Jim Coyle knew best, and must be given all credit for knowing 1 his horse well.