HE HAS BIG TEAM

NZ Truth, Issue 1233, 18 July 1929, Page 13

HE HAS BIG TEAM

Heavy Jask

-Training racehorses .is not all ' beer and .{skittles \by any /means— - ■ it is mostly skittles. ' ; : (TJUT at Trehtham Sid. .Reid; 1 has a v/ ' ; big; team \under his charge; and it is mostly made up of rising two-year-olds.: .■;.. " • ' :. '/■■. ' -,-.. ; ; , ..'. ■' • ' . Looking ; after , youngsers .is • bad enough at. any time,, but Reid -has un:der his care the ■ recordrpriced Limpnd — Waiterwings colt^,Zetes. ; • : -i . ."• . Medium-priced * ' " enough worry but, recoVd- flgun yearlings giv< him. grey hairs.. But it has 'ti be said m Zetes'i favor that -hi knows hqw to ac the- gentleman. As far as thii season \ is con cerned, Reid hai turned out thir teen winners, bu both Panther an< Historic . wen wrong on hi n just the; threatened to go • ahead and win a' string of races. Historic made ' his reappearance at Trentham last week, and he will need little racing to : bring him back to his best. " : . ■■■•:. Trainers are by nature an optimistic crowd, but Sid:, with the cattle he has at, his disposal, has every: reason to think of a rosy future.