CHANCE RIDE DOES IT

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

CHANCE RIDE DOES IT

Offers PlMfylf "':i : <- In Future '"> . ■ (From "N.Z., Truth's" . Auckland Rep.) :! Young Frank Foster, who steered ;: Uralla to victory in\tlie r . Great Nor- . ' them Steeplechase, has not ridden much over obstacles. -;/ OTILL, he is not .. likely to want for ■. mounts m the future if he is -veiling. ' ';' . '.'.. ■. ■ ■'■;. ' ': ■ '- : - '" He first took to the riding game with Dick Hannon's team,^ and scored quit©., a lot of success as a light-weight, and wag always noted for being a heady horseman on the flat. V , ;

His trouble is that lie cannot go to scale light - without h^r'd pasting, and wasting- too much does not do anyone good:-'' ■ . ■■■•.-■'■.■;■. -.-.•/■.■_■.'-■-•..■ . '-.':': ■ . "N.Z. Truth" kept an eye , on Foster " steering 1 -TJralla so. far as .she went%in the Winter . Steeples. „ / ':\ '•■'■■■ : ; ' .In this particular event Uralla was fencing slovenly before she fell. . on the hill; the last time. It was only by chance that Frank climbed aboard Uralla to earn the £126 , percentage attached to the win.