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PRETTY MUCH THE SAME EVERYWHERE Although not an upholder of reversal of form inquiries it does not surprise me that punters growl when some horse runs nowhere at a long price aiiil then after a comparatively short interval wins when heavily backed Denunciiitinns of the stewards fid low in such cases and they are accused of various degrees of blindness by people who failed to note the alleged doadness of the animal on the first occasion and did not iKnefit when it won It is undeniable that with some Australian stables it is 2 to 1 or ID to I with their representatives ami when at the latter price they never make the mis ¬ take of winning Still practical men who know how much a race and then a few fast gallops will do for a horse are loath to condemn because of improve ¬ ment in its public form Many of our principal handicaps would result differently if rerun a week later and in those at any rate it rarely happens that horse and jockey are not doing their best Keversal of form inquiries reflect on the ability of stewards who are there to see what happens during the running of a race and not to make dis ¬ coveries concerning it two or three weeks later Pilot in Sydney Iteferee
