DICK TRIPS THE WORLD

NZ Truth, Issue 1270, 3 April 1930, Page 11

DICK TRIPS THE WORLD

Was Confident, but Punters Laughed At Him

The punting fraternity— it 'all depends m what humor they are in — have all manner of names for tacking on to Dick Johnson, but Richard treads along, oblivious to the fact that there is anybody else living. • >

DICK is blamed' for a lot of things that "Truth" knows he is not guilty, of, but the most serious complaint heard; of him is that .. an oyster is a gasbag as compared with Dick. ; • /. .■•*■■ / Surely it is A no sin to refuse to tell yourself the? time, and they accuse Dick of being that close.

At Awapuni last week Johnson pulled a fast "one on an unsuspecting .public, and after the race. he -was only * popular m . one quarter— with those gentlemen outside the pale, and palings. „ Dick started The Swell m the big handicap/ and had he told the wiseheads he thought the gelding had a great show they -would have laughed at him. • "Truth" knows he did tell a few, 'and. if they did ; not laugh they certainly did not follow the gratuitous advice; . : . There was very, little money for The Swell, and when the tote closed he was only entrusted w.ith £157 m a pool well over £3000. ; ■ Most racegoers contend that figures tell their own tale, but this time they did not. In a desperate, finish The Swell ridden with great judgment'by Dick's apprentice, got up and won by a mosquito's _ whisker, and the price was a royaller. \ Dick was happy, but not happy enough to smile, for that would be giving the crowd something for nothingi . • rrVi e second day Richard brought another one home— Belle. Star — and she paid • a 'great pricer seeing that she was strongly fancied and the right money went on the. machine.! (/-. The crowd may think Dick a queer individual, but as far as "Truth" can see, Dick's queerness is m the right direction, and he is . not to be blamed for refusing to share that queerness. unimiiiimiiMinimmmiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiimmiimmiiinimiwinimiiimr:.