CANTERBURY JOCKET CLUB.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16360, 4 November 1918, Page 9

CANTERBURY JOCKET CLUB.

METROPOLITAN MEETING. I NEW ZEALAND CUP DAY. I The Canterbury Jockey Club's Metro- | olitan Meeting, which will Btart toay, bo continued on "Wednesday, and , ompleted on Saturday, promises to g° own to'history as one of the meet sucessful week's racing ever held on the amous Riccarton coursc. Owing to .abour Day falling so lato in October his year, visiting horses did not ar- | ive from the North as early as i» | suallv the case, but all last week every | oat from "Wellington was filled to tho B tmost of its horse-carrying capacity, fl nd tho stables are now full to overowing with visitors from Auckland to nvcrcnrgill. . _ The field for the New Zealand Cup o-day will be a big one. and as all the andidates havo been responsible for one fine work, it should be a great ace,' the only possible defection being (Ward, who. is not considered forward nougli for such a race. Sasanof and vilrush have, perhaps, pleased more rack watchers than tho others, bufc toso Pink, Client. Menelaus, Snub, and lorko's Drift will havo many friends, rhc Welcome Stakes never looked as ipeu as it does this year, and it isppo- t ible that the unexpected may happen, or there' aro a grand lot of two-year-)lds engaged. Parisian Diamond will >robably go out favourite for the Stewirds' Handicap, but there is little to rhoose between him and the two other op-weights, Croesus and Hymestra, for ho three of them are in great buckle. IVrestler is aJso galloping well, while a lumber of the light-weights have been ihowing fine pace, and with a little luck >ne of tbeni may pr6vail over the briliant top-weights. The Derby, owing to Gloaming's presence, will only be a small field, but the others engaged are riuite capable of giving him a race "or tho coveted blue riband. To-day's programme is as follows, and the first rac© is timed to start at 12.30:— SPRING HURDLE HANDICAP, of 200' both. Two miles. ■Vascular .. 11 1 Good Hope .. 9 0 Vacuum .. 10 11 Vaseonia ..9 0 St. Kevin .. ]0 S Sentcnca .. 9 0 Kimbolton ... 10 5 '.Doubtful starter. THE SPRING PLATE, of 400 lors. One mile. Royal Star .. 7 13 Matatua .. 7 4 Sacramento .. 7 13 Melee .. 7 4 Torchlight .. 7 13 Onslaught ..7 4 Warform .. 7 13 Pelm Oil .. 7 4 Cooing ~ 7 11 Liontkin ..7 2 Robur .. 7 11 Afterglow .. 7 2 Sabine 7 11 Bonrille .. 7 2 First Salute ..7 7 Braid ..7 2 Maioha, .. 7 7 Karo ..7 2 Aotivo ..7 4 Meli ..7 2 Algidus. .. 7 4 Moutoa Iranova 7 2 LINWOOD HANDICAP, of 200 eova. Seven furlongs. Rosevear (inc. Missouri ..75 101b pen.) 8 7 Killiney .. 7 4 Taunahtt (inc. Bombproof .. 7 4 10lb pen.) 8 5 Larissa ~. 7 3 Oratress ..8 4 "Wild Night .. 7 3 Palm Oil >. S 3 Indua .. 7 3 Sleepy Head .. 7 10 Love Match .. 7 3 Spyglasß .. 7 10 Arihia .. 7 0 Red Pool (inc. Sisyphus .. 7 0 101b pen.) 7 10 Belli* Noir .. 7 0 Moorabhe .. 7 0 Bondage ... 7 8 King of thd' First Salute .. 7 O Valley 7 7 The Sapper .. 7 0 Claverhousfe ..7 6 NEW ZEALAND CUP, of 2000 »ors. Two miiea.. •t lb W. Euncaa'g ih g Client by Elevation —Bouheur nged .. .. ..9 1 V. and U. Eiddifofd'e b g Menelaus by Martian—Lovelorn' syr* .. .. 8 11 W, G. Stead's br g Sasanof by Maxti&n —Ukraine Syrs .. . .. . .. B 9 A. Boyle'a b m Margerine by Martian —Starshot 6yr« ..' .. .. 8 3 F. Selwood'# b g Volo by Husbandman —Beautiful Star, syi«' .. .. 7 13 W. R. Kemball'e b g Snub, by Martian —Lady. Disdain, 6yx* .. .. 7 11 F. A, and V. N. Price's b g Rorke's Drift by Calibre—O'Rorke's Fancy aged .. •• •• . •• '' 8 H. D. de Lautour'a b h. Cynio by Henry the First—Cynan® 6yTS ..7 3 3. B. MacE*an'e bile m Devotion by All Black—Culmination 6yrs .. 7 3 V. and E. Riddiford'a b m Mascot by Martian—M»ry of Argyle 6yrs . .. 7 9 G. Wrelling'e b r g Detroit by Fneco —Fishermald aged •J. B. Reid'a. b g Killard by Kilbroney —Siberia syis .. •• •• 6 1' J. Si McLeod'a br m Tw*sida by Trea■ady—PrincAse Mdton 6yrs ~ 6 11 H. Whitney's bf in Rose Pink by Kilbroney—Rose Madder Syrs ® 1* Mrs H. M. Campbeli'e b g Dusky Eve _ by Signor—Swift 6yrs .. •• 6 7 A. W. Rutherford, jun.'s b g Kilrueh hr Kilbroney—Prank 4yrs .. .. # 7 P. Soamee's br g Battle Song by Signor —Armistice 6yra . •• y G. Hunter'B blk g Mazama by Emg • Guest—Eland Syrs •• _ 67 Lanco Wood's br g Risingham by Rokeby—Rose Red 3yrs ..8 7 • Doubtful starter. WELCOME STAKES, of ItKJO sovs. For t two-year-olds. Colta and geldings, 8 o, , fillies, 8. Four furlongs. G. L. Stead's ch c Surveyor, by Nassau— o Pedometertt ig { Lady Ball, by Demos- a thenes— Sunlight , q,.- a Executors late W. J. Douglas sb c Stam- , mer, by Demosthenes—lkaro* j H. Friedlander's br f Marjory, by Beaonian ~W? r b f Miaagold, by Lucul- « 1. Perty's ch g Crenidea, by De- t moathenea—'G old Thread , , „ , B R. A. MoKenzie s br f Solace, by Solf6Vn°andlaE!° Riddiford'a b c Solfanello, by S Tf r sSri? RWdiford's br f Chrronia, by < Demosthenes —Formality c , . Sir Geo. Clifford s. br c Royal Stag, by Queen, by King WS°V e Amythas, by Demo.- ' d dy ? a r br olrch Salute, by Marble 1 bo Affectation, by Kil- i b i Wreath, by KU- j by Sunny ciw^blk f Sycoraz, by King Mark i b g Bitb°li», br Demosthenes J, Boring-Johnston's b c Warplane, by Johnston's b f Ermine, by Mar--4i I). b f Link Up, by Birkenhead—Secret Link E. S. Luttrell's br e Flight Commander, by Martian—Nerve \*EW ZEALAND DERBY STAKES, of 1500 . :* go7g . For three-year-olds. Colts and geldings, 8 10; . fillies, 8 5. One mile And a half. . _ . Sir Geo. Clifford's ch g Heatheieoto, by b g Gloaming, by The • W aD7GSnwood' 8 bi f Afterglow, by Demosthenes —Sunglow i ' G. L. Stead's b c Kilmoon, by Kilbroney— i S Mra° l S! , A. Perry's br f Karo, by Demo* cli g Scornful, by Bonny . Glen— Lady Disdain STEWARDS' HANDICAP, of 1500 sots. Six furlong®. > St. lb. St. lb. ..9 9 Demagogue .. 7 10 1 .. 9 6 Birkenvale .. 7 9 • Bo Peep .. 7 3 "iamond 9 3 Mortham .. 7 2 N>tad "g9 Glorify* V. 6 13 r S a? 8 sff" :: r? .. 8 1 Tremena .. 6 7 ' r.nwri* 7 12 D*m:en ..6 7 ! -;»"»« " s ' r. Kilboyne .. 7 10 RICCARTON WELTER HANDICAP, of 400 0 sovs. One mile. • Volo .. 10 12 Punka .. 8 12 | Glondower' .-9 13 'Oxenhope ..8 8 1 Devotion •• 912 ? r in ,?_ ".I \ Matty 8 4 Barleycorn 9 H Achilledes .. 8 0 e Sedd-el-Bahr .. 9 1" Slr i ' anclhli " 8 0 Linden , larter . ° divination by names. 3 (Bt Watfabee.) At Eiccarton to-day the feat we ? all ehould like to accomplish is to pick t! the winner of the New Zealand Cup, [ 0 not for any financial benefit it might hriue us, but fo v the satisfaction of put-

ting our friends on to the c In the first war Cup, that of 1914, t&is o ought to have been easy enough. aa f Warbtep, by all the mysteries of signs 3 and omens, plainly was destined'to and though she had to halve the stake j with Indigo, the significance of her t name -worked out all r .'Sht. This yeai j none of the horses left in the race; bears f a name that -would fit into the circum- t stance so well, but people wedded to t this system of selection need not tie- : \TI the Martians must be set aside, 1 as none of them will accord with the suggestion of peace. This will dispose of tfenclaus, Sasanof, Margerme, Snub, .. and Mascot, but there is a sound or ■ probability about Client, he being by Elevation from Bonheur and perhaps , about Devotion, by All Black from Culmi nation, j It would be a pretty compliment to President Wilson to pin one's faith to Detroit, on account of his American name and extraction, and though Battle Song's own name is repellent at tne moment, tho naine of his dam, Arniistice, mav suit the new conditions. Then Mazattua's breeding by Kings Guest from Bland completes a sweetsounding combination, and might meet the requirements of the searcher after big dividends as well as anything else. But the holiday-mater who wants the maximum amount of fun for money he can afford to lose need not wor?7 his head, and his heart over tips and systems and the rest. Whatever happens, he will have the satisfaction of knowing at the end of tho day that the bulk • of the money invested upon tho machine has gone towards winning the war, and that neither he nor the community is a penny the poorer for its expenditure, provided they have observed the golden rule of not risking a pound they could regret.