NEWMARKET HANDICAP AND AUSTRALIAN CUP.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 32, 8 February 1890, Page 3

NEWMARKET HANDICAP AND AUSTRALIAN CUP.

The first acceptance for the Newmarket Handicap has seen a pretty fair Veeding out and prominent among the absentees are' Caibine, Maxim, Manton, Russley, Tirailleur, Cinderella, Antreus and Sinecure. In tho Australian Cup the only notable horses struck out are Maxim, Manton, Tirailleur, and Antaeus. The post of honour in the short race is now occupied by Boz and Fishwife, who have 10st lib each. Despito the tremendous weight, tho last named has' of friends among backers on the other side, and latest reports state the mare is doing uncommonly well. Merriment (Oat 101b) is talked about as having an uncommonly good show of winning, and so are Ginger and Consequence. Personally, I havo a great fancy for Scots Grey, and Rudolph is another member that should be dangerous. In the- Australian Cup, Carbine, Dreadnought and Chintz must each have a good chance. ,'_ « _ ■.„ According to a late Sydney paper, the betting done on tho Newmarket Handicap shows that Ginger, Rudolph, and Dreadnought are most in favour at 100 to 5. "Vigilant" picks Fishwife, Jerusalem, atld Merriment as best handicapped in the rletvmarket Handicap. In tho Australian Cup he pins his faith to Dreadnought, ; ijebusite, and Chintz.