The Archive · 1929

Point to Point

Tpr. Landale Wins Annual Competition A cold wind with driving rain rected all those who turned out to the Light Horse Point to Point January 20, Portunately for the riders und their ponies the rain had only just start.

and was not very heavy, so' the going, which was a Dit on the heavy side in any case, was not se The course was about six miles Jong and included practically all the best "known jumps, in the home country, and as is generally the eae when it is fairly heavy going, the remainder of the field found it very hard to catch up these with a higher handicap, and it took a good Fider well mounted like the Squadron Sergeant Major to come where near the leaders.

Trooper Landale on Black Beetle deserved his win as he the trouble to walk over and had thereby: acquired a know: iodize of the country which enabled him to save extra distance for his pony, and in spite of two falls, to comfortably by at least a hundred yards from the winner of many previous point to points, Capt. TI. M. Spence, The card read us follows:—

1. Thr, Landale om Black Beetle (2)

cap. thee. Minutes, 2. eH Spence on 4.8, 8. 34 Drom on Neutrality om!

Hivea toro, Minton.

Cyl Camming om White Sarnia Cv)" Heap. to. Minutes, Tye, Levis um Douglas (2) Serateh, Cyt Mewelinge on Captain (2) Heap Minute, American Troop Ride After the Light Horse ride was over the Ameri their annual Point to Point.

This event was not laid over anything like as stiff a course as that taken by their predecessors, as the American Troop wished to encour-fave their new recruits to Team to their mounts across country. The card read as follows:

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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