STAR STRANGER'S WIN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17156, 5 October 1926, Page 7

STAR STRANGER'S WIN

FINISHED MAGNIFICENTLY NEVER LOOKED LIKE LOSING (Received October 5, noon.) ! SYDNEY, Oct. 5. I Commenting on Star Stranger's win { in the Metropolitan, the Herald says; "At the four furlong post Star Stranger was going along better than anything in the race. From the half ] distance he left the others and won by nearly two lengths." I The Telegraph says: "The race is 1 easily described as the New Zealander did iiot look like losing at any stage. He was never further back than sixth. He run into fourth place* at the half mile, and that was the beginning of the run which carried him to the front at tho distance. At ihis stage it looked as if Donald would make a race , of ii with Star Stranger, but the latter j finished magnificently. , ( Roy Reed, Star Stranger's jockey, ! savs he-.hftd nn excellent run through* j out, and although Star Stranger seldom i displayed any anxiety to pull hard, on j this occasion he was going strongly all | the way. At the half mile one of the i leaders dropped back, and to avoid any checking of Star Stranger he took the gelding slightly to the outside. "Star Stranger went through like a shot out of a gun," continued Reed. "He finished very determinedly, and needed practically no riding over the last few furlongs." .