A NOTE OF PRAISE,

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 55

A NOTE OF PRAISE,

After the success achieved by the New I Zealander^ at Randwick it was only natural that their performances should call forth laudatory notice, of which the following may be taken as> a sample : — " Now Zealand very unselfishly provided sensation and excitement and many pleasurable surprises. The string of horses she has sent over to do combat against the nick of Australian blood seized upon every race of the day and carried it off. And" (says the Sydney Morning Herald), "by the way of showing how sup_erbly easy the thing was, she placed pets or her stable one, two, three, and four in the Steeplechase. Yet Sydney people smiled, for the New Zealanders had shown their worth on Derby Day so well that yesterday it was very simple to pick winners. It was only necessary to pick a New Zealand horse, and with the exception of the great race of the day itself — the Metropolitan — people did back them till they became favourites in the betting. La the big race Maniapoto despite his aggressively Maori name, found few triends, Decause he liad made poor showing in his effort for the Epsom, and so when he won there was nothing for iti but Maori horses for the rest- of the day. --This New Zealand rout was witnessed by men from all the States, and many a notable fisrure staid and 'mild in the humdrum of private walks, moved excitedly or earnestly nere and there in a preoccupied crowd. The sensation of the day furnished ever-freshening topics of conversation, and each i\cw Zealand win was a sensation, and it was something now to taik about. Here were a knot of back-country siudmasters, breedei-o of the proudest Australian steeds, discussing earnestly with a couple of sporting politicians on, the causes of the iar colony's ascendancy, ' temporary, only temporary.' That was their "decision. It is the way with these cattle kings, because they have held undisputed sway in their own little kingdoms. And the while well-known New Zealand sportsmen like Mr G. G. Stead, of the Canterbury Jockey Club, and his colleagues, Messrs P. Camp- ■ bell, G. Gould, and A. Boyle, smoothed | their chins and smiled." I