EASY MONEY

NZ Truth, Issue 1273, 24 April 1930, Page 11

EASY MONEY

Outsider Takes The First Leg (From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) , The majority of double punters took the count when Star Comet bobbed up victorious m the Brighton Hurdles. QENERALLY regarded as the . makings of a first-class hurdler when he first took to the jumping game, Star Comet did not fulfil early promise m all his hurdle efforts, and though he won over the small sticks at Te Aroha early m March, did not look a great proposition for a race like the Brighton. However, the aged son of Day Comet not only won at the right end, but. put up a time record for the race when he dashed along and silenced Prince Lv from the last fence home. He traversed the two miles over eight stiff hurdles m 3.4o— easily a record for the race. . Hannon's pair, King's Guard and Roman Abbey, were keen disappointments, but when the time is deeply considered there is some excuse for King's Guard with 12st., Avhile Roman Abbey was hardly as forward as was thought and was without a x*ace for months past. • Star Comet's victory proved a great "get-out" for the layers, for had the second or third horses survived the test thousands would have changed hands instead of hundreds, Pegaway being a late pronounced fancy for the Easter with double punters.