TOO MANY FALL BY WAY

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 13

TOO MANY FALL BY WAY

• MANY . JUMPERS ARE NOT ■■■.:...:.. THE GOODS U' AVERAGE. Tpp HIGHThere is a sad lack of reliable ■.:> fencers these days and the Northern meeting proved it. QP one hundred and fourteen horses which competed m the' twelve obstacle events during the -three-day fixture, no fewer than forty-three failed to finish. The majority of these registered straight-out falls, while a few were either pulled up, or ran off. It makes sorry reading to give the following details:— '■■ ■ - ■ : . :.'■■.(..;■'■: ■'-■'••...st. iin.:- --\ Greenlane ' Steeples .. .11 8 • Penrose Hurdles . .... . 13 6 L [Great Northern Hurdles . . 12 7 - > Hunt Club Hurdles ...... 7 .5 I Hiiht Club ; Steeples | . ... . . . * 5 3 Remuera Hurdles ........ 7. 7' Great Northern Steeples .: 13' 6 Panmure Hurdles ;....... i 9 9 Tamaki Steeples .......... 8 5 • Orakei Hurdles ....:..... '12 5 Winter Steeples ....... i. . 11 6' Campbell-Hurdles .;...... 6 4 h '■■"..' ■ _____ ••■- --■ , 114 71 . 3 . ■ i -'.; . ■ .. ; IT IS AN ILL WIND FALL PROVED CQSTLY TO ( BERT PEART . (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Christ^-' i church Rep.) '■ v< It is an ill wind that blows nobody good! Ask Bert Peart. • V VJJ7HEN f h.e;. Eo?\ .went , a>. Vsixer' 1 . at ■ . ™ • -.thg 1 -* double 5 ' " br us'hl' : iii the Otago a Steeplechasej Bert was, unshipped 'm £ hurry cracked a cbllartiQne; -vvhich , put tiim o^it^forS'the/hjeetingr,' : ;v ,• Consequently, hew riders had; to be found for Lancer m the; Otago Hur- ■ dies, Mainspring, 'm the Wingatui Steeples, and 1 .; Kaikahu iri the Hack Steeples, , all .on the second day. The three duly, landed, and; Bert missed £64 m winning rides. ' ,I>an. O'Connor and 3Srnie Shaw profited by Bert's misfortune.