PESSIMISM NOT WARRANTED

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22435, 23 June 1938, Page 14

PESSIMISM NOT WARRANTED

STEEPLECHASERS FOR TRENTHAM (By CARBINE.) Those who have been so pessimistic about the Wellington Steeplechase must feel brighter since the entries have been published. The entry of 19 should ensure a field which will provide a good contest. In fact, the very large entries for all events indicate that there will be no dearth of horses for the Grand National meeting, either. As expected, the Great Northern Steeplechase winner, Valpeen, will not contest the Wellington Steeplechase, but it is understood he will go to Riccarton. Clarion Call and Jolly Beggar, who failed over the Ellerslie country, are among the good performers in the list, which includes the Grand National winner (Nocturnus), the Wellington Steeplechase winner (Santoft), and horses who have run prominently lately, such as Erination, Smiling Thru, Kinkle, John Charles, Flashlight, and Bryce Street.

Pessimism was not warranted. The best hurdlers in commission are engaged, among them Erination, who won the Great Northern. If the Wellington Racing Club is as fortunate in other respects as it has been in its entries, its meeting is certain to be one of the best it has ever experiencd.