aUTUMN RACES. WEIGHTS FOR WELLINGTON MEETING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1911, Page 2

aUTUMN RACES. WEIGHTS FOR WELLINGTON MEETING.

ADJUSTMENTS REVIEWED. There were no two opinions as to which of the entrants for the Thompson Handicap, to be decided at the' Wellington Autumn Meeting next week, would be awarded top weight. After his brilliant form ia both the Great Easter and the Great Autumn Handicaps, Los Angelos wae bound to be at the head of affairs, and it remained but to speculate as to how much weight he would receive. Mr. Pollock has allotted him 10.0, or lib more than he. carried in the seven furlong event at Riccarton, and even under such ' 'a burden his chance cannot be ignored. He will meet Madam Madcap on 61b better terms than he did on Monday, and if there is anything in the report that he was a trifle at Riccarton he should beat Her. Equitas showed brilliant form at Feilding, and in being awarded 9.2 she cannot be considered harshly used. Obsono, on the other hand, appears to have been exceptionally well looked after. After leading into the straight he failed to see the Great Easter journey out, and ultimately ran fourth, just ahead of Gold Lace, who was finishing strongly. The latter was then conceding him 31b, whereas now there is an advantage ,of 21b- the other way about. Full Rate last met Los Angelos in tha Summer Handicap at Trent-ham, in which each carried 9.0. Los Angelos won, Effort (8.6) Was second, Birkdale third, and Full Rate fourth. The placed horses were only separated by half lengths, and on this form Effort appears to be very nicely in. Id, the interim, however, she had run badly, whilst Los Angelos has further distinguished himself. Still, .the old maxim, ' horses for courses," sHould never be lost sight of, and if Lowe has Advance's daughter 'at her best- on Friday week she should render an- excellent account of herself. Penates ..is set to meet Geld Lace on the same terms a-s he did in^ tho Great Easier, and might perhaps iiave reasonably been let off with a ftw pounds less. Boanerges, however, eecms to be in. his right place, and Iranui has been given an undoubted chance. So, too, has Sharpshooter, a horse who nearly j always runs better on the second day of a meeting, however, than the first. Sunburnt does not appeal to me as a likely winner under 8.4, but Vice-Admiral, who got a bad. passage in the Great Autumn, may be dangerous, and of the others, Kakaina, My Lawyer, aii3 Wimmera may be those most worthy of respect. Wimmera, it should be remembered, carried 8.0 and won the Pearce Handicap last October from Sir Tristram, whom he met at even weights, Merrivonia"(7.7), Iranui (8.4), and five others. T.aking the handicap as it stands, however Mr. Pollock appears to have set us a pretty problem, and a first-class acceptance is to be ex--pected. • Many of the Thompson Handicap candidates^ are also engaged in either the Railway or, the Waiwetu Handicap, and allowances have been made to the extent of two or three pounds one way or the other in view of the different dis--tances. Hermia, Gipsy Belle, Obsono, and Sunburnt would each probably have a bettor prospect over a six-furlong course in the Railway Handicap than over the Thompson mile, and Sea Queen is another that will be better suited by the shorter journey. Ribstone . Pippin is handicapped to meet Ms stable-mate Torbelle on 181b worse terms in the- FirsUHurdle Handicap than he did at Wangamii, when he beat Prosser's- gelding by three-quarters I.'1 .' of a length. Bally Shannon will probably make his debut as a jumper in this eyent, in which he has_been by. no means harshly treated. He has a lot of pace, and if he gets over the obstacles quicidy and cleanly he should take a considerable amount of catching. The hacks engaged 'in the Silverstreara Handicap are far from a high-class lot, and those' at the head of affairs have been set a by no means impossible task. On his Riccarton showing Montifovm reads attractively in the Tinakori Handicap, in ' which Parawanui seems to have paid rather dearly for beating Allurement by a head at Awapnui. Culprit won the Autumn Nursery ■ Handicap" easily under 9.5, and an ad' dilional 71b should not put her out of court at Trentham. Royal Scotch, how. ever, is evidently a fairly smart colt, and the same may be said of Bandiera, who had the distinction of making his 'first appearance in'-so important an event as the Challenge Stakes. He then showed a fine turn of speed, but failed to see the journey out. The experience ho so gained should benefit him ccasiderably, however. Danube's withdrawal from tho Challenge Stakes plainly suggested that all «vas not well with him, and 1 now learn from a leturned visitor to Christchurch that one of his legs recently filled considerably. It will, I understand, be impossible for him to contest the St. Leger. In his absence the race will be very easy to win this season, and no doubt more than one ownei will regret having allowed his representative in this event to drop out. Nominations for the Wanganui Jockey Club's winter meeting are due to-mor-row evening. Acceptances for the first daj of ' the 1 Wellington meeting close at 9 p.m.' on Monday next. COMEDY KING'S DEFEAT, » Either Comedy King was off-colour yesterday, or he is not" quite such a; smasher as we have been led to believe. Some time back *'Pilot," of the Referee, ' expressed the opinion that Malt King would keep him busy over any journey up to a mile and a half, and the latter'a Buccess in the All-Aged Stakes was probably not entirely unlooked for. For the crack four-year-old to be beaten by Fla/inius, Beverage, Lady Medallist, and Desert Rose was something, however, for which few can have been prepared. Seeing that he had had a hard race earlier hi the afternoon, it was a bit ''rough on the English-bred colt that he should be again pulled out to tacide Trafalgar and others in the Cumberland Stakes. Here again he was not only beaten, but beaten badly, and his form was clearly considerably below that he showed on the opening day of the meeting, when he beat Trafalgar in the Autumn Stakes, and greatly below that he exhibited in the All-Aged Stakes and Essendon Stakes at Flemington. There is no question that he is a great racehorse, but it can scarcely be maintained, as some of his most ardent admirers would have us believe, that he is the oqxial of Carbine. '