Editorial. A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1930, Page 5

Editorial. A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Phar Lap, by breaking the hearts of horseowners and horses pitted against him at Randwick, has done a good turn to the land of his birth by causing a general scatter amongst New~ Zea horses, which, but for Mr. H. R. Telford’s expressed “Mention to. run the champion in both the Caulfield and Melbo P, * . would undoubtedly have campaigned m Victoria .in October ami November, and would have thus been lost to racing in New Zea* land. ' t There is such a thing as being too good, and Phar Lap 1 simply the super horse. He is. unbeatable, as.far of the racecourse go, and it is little wonder f Nightmarch, Paquito, In the. Shade,. Concentrate and other New Zealanders have tired of ruining their equines in to make a race of it with such a phenomenon. New Zealand will see Nightmarch and places in important events here in Novembei, and it goe9Yith out saying that their presence;will make a vast difference to tne spring and summer sport in the Dominion. » i. Nightmarch, despite his 9st 61b, will have a whole host of admirers in the New Zealand Cup, though weight-carryi g statistics are strongly against him. And .. Concentrate, the herp of the Auckland and Wellington Cups,.will have the big two-miler, in.which he has 8.10 In the second in the A.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap with Bst; 81b, must certainly be reckoned with in the New Zealand Cup,inwhic drops 61b. All three are proved stayers, and represent the best handicap class in the Dominion. • - '' ' _v ' '-/‘v ’ Gay Crest, whose fine victory in the Waverley Handicap at, Randwick on Saturday with 7.12 shows,that he « now h« best, is another whose presence in the New Zealand cup, m which he has only 7.13, will add interest to the race Andltesser lights such as White Fang, Ankiwai, Vall .’ ai } d will all be welcomed at Riccarton, making a nicely, balanced field for the Cup, which now bears every prospect of being » very fine contest With the best of our stayers booked foi Caulfield ana Flpminirton there did not appear to be a chance of anything but f mSrci fleid contesting the New Zealand Cup, but Phar ‘ lessee Mr. H. R. Telford, brought about a remarkable change bv deciding to set his champion to win the two big cups .n Vic- , toVa is weh worth l\avmg, Zealanders who have chased the son of Night Raid in classics consider that.it would not be fair to/heir good and game hot.es to ask them to continue the stern chase in forthcoming han - . Caps jvrr Tpif ord’s'lease of Phar Lap expires in February, and it disguise. "Pariiutii.?:!