NEW ZEALAND CUP

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 34, 4 November 1918, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND CUP

To-day the thirty-sixth New Zealand Cup is to bn run. There are nineteen finaj acceptors, and all of them may go to the post. ' , . Cup Horses' Performances. " The lop weight (Client, 9et. lib.) was favourite, for last year's Cup. ' Ho ran unplaced; but since then he has ium sacond 'in both the big events at tne Maiiawntu Summer Meeting, won the oWaiiganni Cup and the big race'on the second day/of the Wanganui Meeting, and "vrpri the llawke's Bay Cup. The three cup events .were run over mile-and-a-half courses, und'; each time Client carried 'big wcights-up lo«9st. 31b.?' With Sst.'.salb. uif he ran third in,the Maß{crton;~Ciip last month, and a week' ago he wafetihpiaml in the Champion Plate at' TrcmKaui. , He' looked well at, the Wellington 'Meeting.

Last year's Now Zealand Cup. winner, Tifehelaus, who ran second to Gloaming in the Champion Plate 'last Monday, was among tne fittest horses stripped al Trentiham. and fit ana well he is one of the best handicap horses in the country. Ho carried,Bst. lib. to victory last year,■•'and, th ! B: year ho has been allotted Bst. 1111). Since the Cup ho has run second (to.Kstland) in the Canterbury Cup, won tho lhile-nnd-lhreequartcr event on the second day of the' Wellington Summer Meeting, third in the \Vanganui Cup, and second •in the Manawatu Gold Cup (won by Desert Gold). Like Client his performances read very attractively,* but the history of the race. is studded with instances of good horses being beaten by big weights. Coupled with Menclau's is Mnscbl. (7st. 81b.). who looked to bei one of the fittest of the Cup candidates" seen out al the recent meetings. She has improved in her racing recently and in the Great Autumn Handicap, one mile and a half, she ran second to Glehdower. At the llaslerton Meeting last mtfnth sho ran second to Battle Bong. ~- ' Sasanof. - (Bst.' Sib.) lias a, Melbourne Cup to his credit, but when he won the big Msmington race ho carried only 6st. 121b.. Since his return to New Zealand he has dono little of public importance. He will lie ridden by li.. Gray, and is the present fancy for the Cup. Although the weight, is against him some of the support comes iroDi quarters well experienced with Ne-.v Zealand Cup candidates.

Marfferinc (Bst. 21b.) has some Rood milo-nnri>n-hnlf performances to her credit. She. vvoil the Me TJnucdin events'of tin's distance.., at the Summer and the Autumn Meetinufi, and was third in the Great. Autumn Handicap at lliccarton.

Vnln ITflt. 131b.) has not been raced over more than a mile and a. (luartcr. hut his performances reveal that lie' ha,s speed, can carry weight, and can gallon in the mud. Since.' last, December ho him won ten races. At llawcra in February he heal Impediment, and at Awapuni in April lie ran second to .Honnii: Maid, when the mile and a nunrter wan left behind in 2min. !i l-sscc. In the winter he was in (rood form, n'lid placed Ihe two chief tint events ct the "WaiiKaniii Mcctinc to liis'ereilil. n-'don the s""ond (lay atOtaki shr-nly walked away with the principal handicap. Me won the big handicap on the second day of the recent Mastcrton iMcetinE.

Snub (7st. 111b.) is chiefly noted for liia two good performances in the New Zealand Cup? of WIS and 1917. Two years pu-3 he dtfeafed all but Ardenvhor and last year, tlioucch third, he was less than a length away when Mcnelaus passed the post. His last appearance wan in theChampion Plate at. Trcntham. in whieh he ran very well, although the distance was only ten 'furlongs. Korko's Drift (7st. 81b.) ran second to Jlari;erinc in the Utago*Haiidican last, December. an(l'\sliico then he has won several limes over courses up to ten furlones.

Cvnic (7st. ?.!h.) performed well a!, the last Auckland Onp' Meetinc. nnd on tlio eoncliidinK (lay ran second lo Multinly in th" mile-and-a-half event, in whieh Desert Gold was third. Devotion lift, 21b.) had n Rreal run of success over ten-fnrlonp courses last seaEon, but sho lias not shown up much so

far this season. She struck one at Trcnlliani ns being in vct-y good racing trim. Detroit ITst.i has been very consistent in . /iiili!-aiin:.'i-i|iiai'tcr races for some months past, lie was third at Otaki m June, second twice at Trentliam, first at Jlarton. seoond at Kgmont, first at Otaki in *->eptembcr and fo.cond to Kilmoon at IrenIham last month. He has not been racing over big distances, hut he looks tltu kind of galloper that tin: two-mile conrso may not trouble, and it is also interesting that bo was sired' by a winner of the big southern event. , , ... iCillard (Cst. 131b.). a promising handiest) horse, was reported a few days ago to be an unlikely starter. He has done Well in eight and ten-furlong races, una last autumn made a very good impression by his.wins at Waimate and at Duncdm iii fast, times. . ' Trossida. (6st. lllb,) has not. a good iccord to support her claims to consideration. vSho won an event of a. mile an<t , 110 yards at Wanganui last Fobrnary, and subscnuelitly was third twice in twelverurlong riiccS, She did not race- well at •rrcnth'am.'but lto corns was not to her U &Plnk («st. UHTjlias raced so ■well and so consistently this season that sho is looked nnon as one of the likely light, weights. Her successes are so recent tniii there is no need to mention them here, but It Is worth remembering that it -was in ono of her failuros that she allowed to lhe greatest advantage-when she fan third to Kilmoon and Detroit, at, Trentliam. Had the little mare not been blocked ii) tlie straight there misht have been a different talo to tell. • Dusky Kvo fet, »lb.) ran fl sood second I'd Client in the Hawkes Bay Cup.\ono ma Za a half. He has shown signs of ab'Uitv to stay well. . • Kiirush Hit. 71b.) .has won twice recently over, seven lurlong .courses, and, from whal can be .gathered from, the rather uriMormativo track re.wrts, lie has done .exceptionally well in his preparaHon JJitUle Hong (6st. 71b. with ft IBM weight up, iv'oii tho JUasterton ;Cu,; las month, and km sfesoa won wvico m the Wanarapft over middle distances. Mwama (6st 7fh,i won a welter ei cut in his only start at Trontham just lately. Ho onlj von on the post, .and there has licorintendency'to write h s success down afa very narrow one. but there is no doubt that tl o victory, could have been made innre tccisivo had his rider Chosen. Ho uM n 1, 1 a fairlv good horse, and he along at the business end o that welte ? in tt manner which marked splffi ho'won nicely over a ]»>"> com so . Trentliam.

Oeiiiments by "Olencoo." 'this year's dp meeting liasi not f.U'CTct ed the interest, that it lias done in jire *louyear.- There ?«*"/,«?&»* $ this, but the. principal one is f^. Mid Mavgcrino, 891. 21b. rhe lirt name Jailed.. Ittst- yea-r.wtth In. Wss ..to tan when Metietatts.scored -wit} 01b. lea.. "J are expected to show^up bit' short ot work, "« hw plies.to Marserme °cve.4l iti^ii^sSS^ ffi" « is for ? r "f teiiily, lion ha. been raw»« »/ tn " wlciv b i r v^or»fieid = t„j, provide an. mlerest...|t me _ Vacuum is ™ c V o t,nuld g , im, and ta^ n , on i i, h ?imc»nrtitulh !^^e^XiS^^'a4 l V| shed n the varr.oii every occasion, lie von tl" Elder Stakes at Adelaide and tin Stake rui. at Canltleld last mouth, an on ..noli uoeasion he won aa he likeU, but on Surday'only his Wip™***" won tho imported horse the, race, ami on Uis occasion he was only a nee.k-io the good. Magpie is <t™? A , h ? ", E F.T sportsmen Avsm . 1 obinfon aiid. W«rk and was bred by Major \ • AStor. Dunn the 191 V season in England ->'agpie W bealcn-a head by the, crack cot ot I hi season-Gay Crusuder-m the Two lhoua um'l Guineas. That performance alone rtamped'aagpie as a. horse above the or uinary. What Dr. Lang, the V.tt.C. hay, Stopper thought of Magpie when he mad his adjustments for the Mellionrno U can be gauged from the fact thai he bUc; ed both Magpie and Desert (lold on toi. with 9st. 61b each. Desert Gold has hat her engagement continued, but Magpie was allowed,-to drop out, there being somt ..viibt as to .whether 'lie is a .•ro.miim stayer. Magpie was foaled in 1914 ami « by Dark Ilonalil (Bay Ronald-Darki* from Popinjay (St. Sinion-Chelandry , Dark Ronald was sold to the Germans fo £25,000, and was a big bargain at thai neuvc, for among the sons lie loft bPh'.M him were, Son-in-law (Cesarwitch, tioqd. wood Cup, etc.). Brown Itonald, and others 'The fact that Desert Gold finished ahoao of Wolaroi would be a sharp set-back t« the lattcr's admirers, especially after tlu reported statement of W. M'Lachlan (whe rode Wolaroi in the Craven Vlatc ant D"S"rt fkild in-her engagements last an. tumn) that he had Desert Gold's..rocasuw in any part of the ,Craven I'lcUe. anc that-Wolavoi was the best horse lie-bar ever ridden. The honours are even'Witt the uair now, and it will be interesting tc see how thev are placed in thc.Linlitli cow Stakes (one mile) run-on Thursday. "The slowest Dorby since 1885 (Norden Mat's vear) proved to be the ease in lh< V.Tt.C. Blue Miami on Saturday, won 1)5 liusehius/with Outlook' second, and Fm mark third. .' To take 2min. 47|jscc. 10 riu: a mile and n half is ridiculous m tin extreme. Finmark finished a length and i hair behind Gloaming initho A.,1.0. Derby which event, took a, fraction over "a>, hill on Saturday the Finland colt, had, to b( content with third place in a race, wlnej took 14acc. longer to run,- On Kawlwicl .foVin Finmark should have finished at lcasl 'half a furlong in front of the rent of tin fWd and it is not extraordinary thai there should be adverse comment on the way Mr. Lo'wry's colt was handled., ihi 1 Australian record for thirteen furlongsa rui-long more than the.Derby-is helfl h; Baw Bee, who went the journey in 2nini 4< 3 «c<\ which is one second .better thai the' time registered in the Derby on Sat U 'lS)iu!> who won the V.li.C. Derby wa' BtHKieEornl in the Memsic Slakes a?d Caul field Guineas this season and a fornighl npi ran third in the Caultlcld Cud. Out look won the F.clipsc Stakes from Wolaroat, Caulfield. whilst, Finmui-k ro far lias finished- second in two and third m tin omor of his three starta. The news received on Saturday that J n'Slica had severed connections with Mr T H .Lowry was not altogether unexpected in sporting circles. The news ii significant as it. means that the Drncrt Uold-O'Shca combination has been dissolved, and thai, in future we will sec-sonic other horseman on the marc's back in New /.calami. Trior .In Saturday's race Descrl Gold had started in no fewer than 41 races in Sew, Zealand and Australia. Altogether the' marc has bad -eight tlilta-oiil ■riders-.!. O'Shea, It. Gray, 1!, Berry, L Wilson, C. Knicrstw., A. o" v ™'- °- > rl( r and the Australiau jockey IV. 11. M Dadi lan. O'Shea. first, Tndo t*o mure in tin aiil.umn of 1915. and up lo dote he. had ridden her in 31 races, for 21 'firsts, tliret ' seconds, and three. thirds, whilst, he will in tho saddle wlicn the dauglitcr ,or Al Ulack flnishcil fourth in J lie. Craven I'lnte Nightwatch, who rrtKi second in the Hot, , bom Handicap at Flcmingtou on Saturday, in by the imported .SI.-'Alw'yne from Wake fill.'and is eugaged-in the Melbourne Cm: with the minimum. Thereis no reason to expert NiKhtwateh will If able to bettei Ids dam's record and win Ifie. Cup. though the honours or the 19-15 contest, were un i douhtcdly with Wnkcrul. slic onlv beint i beaten by half a h-nelli by Ijord'.Cartligan I who was'in receipt of 3st. 71b. i though if wi>" reported that. Vi. Vouls ham was to, have the mount on Deserl ' Cold »n "Saturday. K. Bracken folic llu > mare in tlit- Melbourne Slakes. In tin ■ F.amo race Mist year Bracken was on tin rtmner-np plignu. whilst Foulsham steerei , the winnei"(V>iguo: Kraelien had the sat. . isfnetion or beating Desert tio|jl when I'oi i trel rnrrh'd him to victory in the. Sprmj I Stakes last,'month. >