NEW ZEALAND CUP AND STEWARDS'.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 106, 31 October 1914, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND CUP AND STEWARDS'.

Twenty horses remain in the New Zealand Cup, and most of them will survive the final payment of 10 soys ta be made on 4th November. Although ■not yet withdrawn from the race Rinaldo is considered an unlikely starter. Maniaroa may not see the post, Mysteriarch, who has another engagement on the opening day; may be withdrawn in favour of his stable companion (Indigo), while Guiding Way, Bongahere, and Elevate are considered unlikely starters. This will leave a field of fourteen. Of those seen out at Trentham Expect gave far the best exhibition, while of the others and Kooya shaped best. On their running in the Champion Plate the writer does not fancy the chances of Kilrain or. Merry Iloe for a two-mile journey. Sinapis is reported to have been giving her trainer an anxious time of it, but I have not been able, to confirm or contradict the report that all was not well with last year's winner of the race. Expect is tlie best handicap horse in the Dominion to-day. He gallops with the least exertion, will be carefully handled, and it is only a matter of his staying the last half mile for him to put up a good performance. Sea Pink is a proved stayer, and for that reason he will be galloping when most of the others have stopped. Kooya has won over a mile and a-half, and may get the other half. On his form at Trentham Tannhauser does not look a likely winner. Labour Day came into request after defeating Expect at Hastings. She was considered lucky, and after Expects running at Masterfcon and Trentham I am inclined to think she was. If F. Davis can send, her to the' post in condition good enough to win it will be a great performance on his part, as two-mile races are not tho sort that patched-up horses win. Warstep has been responsible for some groat gallops at Riccarton. Her three-year-old form was good enough to give her a chance with 7.11. Multiply must also be placed among the probables. Below him the only one likely to show up is the three-year-old Indigo, who has done pretty well all that has been aslced of him this season, and in his last essay put up a decent race with Reputation in the Hawkes Bay Guineas There is also a final payment of 10 soys to be made in connection with the .Stewards' Handicap. Most of those left in after the first acceptance are already at Riccarton. The distance of the sprint event — taking her Champion Plate form as a quide — will probably suit Merry Roe better than a two-mile journey. Mr. Hall's, other string (Bleriot) does not look dangerous on her form in the Nai Nai Handicap. Postillion must, on his form at Trentham, be considered to have a chance. Chortle won at Hastings, beating Downham, who is expected to be improved with the race there. In tho South, First Glance is considered good enough to win a race of the kind.

Trentham form points to Sauci, Beldame, and Bee as all having excellent chances. Crown Pearl, Blue Lake, and Reval, recent winners, make up a field of twelve that appear to have chances of success., Bimeter, the first selection for the race, does not appear to have made a favourable impression in a try-out with Rencontre on Thursday morning. Meltchikoff, Mr. Greenwood's other representative in the race, is a three-year-old maiden brother to Mowbray. Never mind about the other man's figures — check the race time for yourself by getting a reliable chronometer from O'Connor and Tydeman, Jewellers, Palmerston North. — Advt.