TONY COLLECTS TWO CUPS

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

TONY COLLECTS TWO CUPS

There Was Pace When His*h Court Won At Feilding ■ WILL BE USEFUL STAYER NJg XT SEASON Two cups have come the way of Tony "v^r_e within a week and there is jubilation m the family circle.

AT Hastings, High Court accomplished the impossible >when he gave the field about forty yards start out of the barrier and then succeeded m scoring r. clear-cut victory. Those who went away together .. certainly did not go fast that day but the fact -remains that High Court had to keep going all the way to make up the lost ground. Possibly had he gone away on terms he would have been out of the money, for he needs a true-run race to show at his best.. At Feilding High Court got what he wanted — they ran the,, ten furlongs m a tick over two -five— and over the last half-furlong there was only one horse m it. The lightweights, saw that there was no loafing over the first mile, and when one or two of the fancied division found it necessary to go up and 'get them a bit early. this suited Green on High Court.

He let thenty go and what was his worry if they trah over a bit of extra ground? ; • Those horsefi!,; which, on paper, looked to have snlendid winning chances, were flying cgj^stress signals with still a furlong tOf/ cover and when High Court rarigeyt up alongside them he was just jog{{fmg along. To the ovjj ncr of the winner there went a handfe ;ome\ gold cup, and Tony took it and limited. "Brusher" ; { Gray, who trains High Court, richly deserves these two recent succesisj as, and his share of the spoils Was au pair of binoculars. Taking #4 line through these two • winning ij,liPorts of High Court it is quite naasonable to expect him to go arKjd win bigger things next season. A i He is o]Q|ly four at present, and as staying sea ms to be his forte one of the next season's big' cups are quite within his. compass.