DUNEDIN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9020, 5 February 1895, Page 3

DUNEDIN.

Dunedin, Januavy 28. Some of the watchers at the Forbur* think thai Uippouienes does not shape oirer promisingly,, and that if. the. stable win the Cup It will be with Outpost, who ran a really fine'trial over a mile and aquarter just before the Gore races. Since " then, also. Outpost has put In one or two smart sprints with Gipsy Grand., , The last mentioned colt Is admittedly the best of the two-year-olds in ,this part of the oolony. He is welt furnished and very forward in condition, and a stranger would never guess by his extorter that bo is only In hi* sapling season. - If he keeps . as well as he is It will .take a really good one to beat him in the Dunedin Champagne, for which race, however, it w as waft to bear in mind that he' has a 71b Penalty for winning the Dunedin Stakes, ringing his weight up to 9st 3lb. Caribou, the-only other, candidate that is penalised, _ hat also 71b extra, bringing up her weight , to9st. ' a • ' It Is impassible to make up a list of the probable further acceptors for the Chaat'.psgne, but I reckon on finding tha unpenalised Euroclydon among tho number. I had a.look at this colt after a sweat he did on Sunday, aud was pleased to find him looking well-not so forward as Gipsy Grand, but he should be fairly ready by the end of next month, and at his best probably by Easter, when* nil being well, he may have a cut In for the Challenge Stakes. Euroclydon Is a big colt, as Is known by race-goers, and decidedly the bast looking Gorton yet seen on our turf, and he belongs to a really . good sportsman—Mr Hugh Craig, of Lawrence. Goodman has altogether seven horses In his stable. First there is the colt Just mentioned; second, little Winchman.who notwithstanding a puff on his near fore pastern is apparently quite sound, ha vinocome through a lob of recent galloping I without showing the least thing the matter with him; third, Casket, who is doing a sound preparation, now well advanced, for the Dunedin Cup, and wIU atrip perfectly fit unless something should occur to Interrupt hta preparation; fourth, the disappointing Claremont, who will be . taken to Lawrence with Wincbman in the hope of capturing the Maiden Plate; fifth. Pique's brother Rancour, who seems to be doing well; sixth, a recent arrival, in the shape of Black Pearl, the daughter of Burlington and Miranda, who ran in Dora's Oaks; and seventh, the yearling filly by St. Leger—Bangle, of .whoso', purchase by -Mr Goodman I advised readers last week the tno««nfc I heard it. The price paid was £70, and I /- reckon tha* theouyer baa a bargain, for a nicer youngster one could not wish to see,, and if anything is bred for speed it la her. I am glad to say that the whole lot are doing well. - "" Tapanul races were the attractions of last week. Molly Darling was coming back to ber field at tha finish of the President's Handicap, but she managed to hang it out, and Jane Eyre, who was apparently likely to trouble her, only got third place, this being due to getting . blocked at the last bead. Molly's time for the six was lmin. iTesee. Mr George Smith's. Alpenstock, ths biggest youngster we have seen for many a aay, won the Maiden Plate. He is a son of Gorton and Lasso'the Hills. Towards the . finish he started off on an old track instead ot following the course, but his rider straightened him in time and he won* It wonld have been a shame if he had loss, for on his merits he was by far the best of the starters. In the Tapanui Handicap , Wolseley and Paramo made a great dash for the lead, and if "Wild Wave had been made the best use of she would probably have beaten them both.' As *• wai Paramu ran himself to' a stand--stlll, and Wolseley being a gam© horse straggled on till he passed the pes* barely a length In front of tbe grey mare. The time for the mile and a-quartej waa 2aiinl7Jsec Native, ridden by James Allan, won the Three Mil* Trot fron> scratch in very fast time. Native is a son of Le Loup. Oatrana had no trouble la beating the more highly fanoled Songsfet in the District Race, sod Why Not, thsaki to Native's penalty, beat hlon by aboul 40yds in the District Trot. Reflection wai lucky in the Grand Stand Handicap, fot she won by only half a length, and tha second one, Jane Eyre, lost nearly six lengths by swerving at the eight of fca* whip being laid on to Wild Wave. - . Messrs Mason and Boberta passed tha sum of £2202 through the machine, exactly £100 more than lasc year. The elan forbade the presence of cash bettors* and rigidly enforced the rule. It is about the. . only club that I know of that has really . taken a firm stand In this respect. J. Longhlin is giving up the training of , , Mr M-Ke wen's Horses, Aldershot and others. The reason I know not, but X. am - assured that the parting lain all friendli- V ness. When Lnughlln walks out he will t take only SfcockOafi, the property of Mr,Ti- • Sitt. • ■■ , • ."•; *, ' ' :•*■ ';.. ■••