Miss Myrtle’s Party Accepts Short Odds

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 689, 14 June 1929, Page 12

Miss Myrtle’s Party Accepts Short Odds

WINNER AT THE PONIES When trained at Ellerslie by J. Buchanan, Miss Myrtle showed promise. Since being transferred to Sydney Miss Myrtle, evidently finding the climate agreeing, has made much improvement and won at the Victoria Park ponies last week. She was a hot favourite. J jot favourite for the first division of the Maiden Handicap, Miss Myrtle, from the popular Bruce stable, won by only half a length, comments a Sydney writer. Nonsense. comparatively poor galloper, ran her cl but it was apparent that Miss Myrtle could have won with greater ease, and she is likely to win in far better company. Bruce, however, was given little opportunity of backing Miss Myrtle# fo.r the best price ever offered was short of Gold Money proportions. In view of tho opinion of the mare held in manquarters, however, it was comparatively liberal, and the closing price indicated that her connections were satisfied. She had run only once in Sydney since coming from New Zealand, and though she did not fill a place in Maiden company then, her effort was sufficient to attract great attention to her future chance. Short Price Certain Her win will assure a short price about Miss Myrtle when next she runs —a peculiar trait about the majority of Bruce horses—but the stable has many influential followers who do not dislike a short price about an apparent certainty. Miss Myrtle dropped in behind the first four shortly after the start, and it was not till the straight had been entered that Atkins asked the mare to j move forward. Even a furlong from i home Nonsense had a substantial lead, i but Miss Myrtle did not appear dis--1 tressed to pass her inside the last hun- | dred yards. j Considering that most of the runi ners in this race were unknown quantities, it was remarkable that plunges should be asssociated with three candidates. In addition to Miss Myrtle, Nonsense was backed down and Neat Lady finished firm at very much shorter odds. Nonsense made a great effort, but struck a potential champion. Neat Lady, however, was never a possibility. She could not gather pace in the early stages, and though she finished fairly in the straight she was a poor fifth at the post.