CANTERBURY MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1933, Page 4

CANTERBURY MEETING

TOMQRROW:S PROSPECTS

-\ > (By Telegraph.) '(Special to "The Evening Post.") .;:V.:;i;';\ pHRISTCHIJRCH, This Day. ;".''Excellent:'; fields ;been received for the/ Canterbury Jockey Club's Summer Meeting at Riccarton tomorrow,' and there is. .prplixise of highly entertaining racing. The track is likely.to be hard and fast Much .interest is - being taken in the trial -with- the Avm-nrid-plaee tptalisator which the club; is. trying" out for the first time in Canterbury. , If it is the success expected it is certain that practically all boiith'lsland .clubs will immediately adopt m,new . style-for their, future meetings. The principal handicap item is the-Mid-summer Handicap, for which "a good field has paid up. > .-: , ' ■ ' - ■ - . Concentrate .has not ; shown his best forni . ately. Shatter ■'and. Red Heckle had -little between them in the Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap, and they look well after the southern trip. '-They both beat Jaloux'at Wingatui, and they may do so again.- Eiri will: be meeting ■ much improved, class, and'some interest will attach fS^ 58- appearance,: .Tout le ,Mond is a "kely three-year-pld, and may be in the money,>,while'iEocket is .another' of the same age whb can stay. ; - Juniper has won over the distance, while 'Eamo is due for improved ;form soon. ;Ked': Heckle and Shatter may dispute,""favouritism; .Special, interest will also be taken in the .Middle Park: Plate and the Craven Plate. For, the former, whichs is run at' special weights, : Silver Scorn; even though carrying the full 141b penalty, is likely; to go out at a very,short price. For the Craven Plate,: a handicap . event, Cricket Bat, Martian . Chief, and Azalea (it reserved) will be well supported. ; The following horses are in .-form and may be expected to "race ,prominently:— ■ .^^Hornby Handicap: Locksley, J?leet-ing.-Glance. -.-■•" :_ I.36.—Trial Stakes: Heather "Glow Eiipator. , ::. , ■ ;- ■ ■- .' ■ . ■2.ll.—Middle Park Plate: Silver Scorn. TT 2-5 1,-~:Mids,"mmer Handicap: Red Heckle,-Shatter., V ■■■~ J3.31.— Halswell' Handicap: Drum Tire Azalea.. . ■'.".■ ' ' i.-4-Ik7". Craven Plate: Cricket Bat, Martian Chief. .- .'.:••". '■"■ ■ ■ I:~ Ly ttelton : Plate: ' Trivet, Silent i!light.'-. .... ... ...■■• 5.31.—P05t Handicap: Zeebrugge, Importance. ;;■-■■