CONSISTENT TE HAI
FIVE TARANAKI STARTS STRATFORD SUCCESSES The connections of Te Hai were. ' onfidcnl that he would win a race on the Taranaki circuit but they had to wait until the final day at Stratford' for their hopes to materialise. Te Hai was a little unlucky in the Christmas Handicap on the first day. at New Plymouth for had Namara ’ not carried him out coming into the • straight he might have won instead) of being just beaten into third place; in a blanket finish. On the second day at Stratford he made no errors in the Malone Memorial. He left Bronze Step at the distance and. though I Notium challenged, Te Hai at no : stage in the last furlong was in dan-! ger of defeat. He was produced later i in the day in the Toko Highweight to dead heat with Prince Rangi. Te Hai was started five times on I the circuit for a first, a dead heat for| first, two thirds, and a fourth, a fine j example of consistency and a tribute' to his condition. 1
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 5, 6 January 1940, Page 4
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