WEAKENED CUP FIELD

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 105, 31 October 1933, Page 6

WEAKENED CUP FIELD

(By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Evening Post.") CHEISTCHUKCH, This Day. Four horses failed to survive 1 the final payment for the New Zealand Cup last evening, and while the absence of Speedmint and Water Polo caused no comment, the defection of Polydora and Takakua was unexpected. Polydora had been favourite for the race for some time past. She had won the two races she contested since the weights .appeared (the Kurow Cup, 1% miles, and the Eanfurly Handicap, -1 mile, at the Dunedin Meeting), and since then she had continued to do good work,, giving her trainer (H. Nurse) no cause of anxiety until last Wednesday, when, while being led along the road, she 'took fright and swerved quickly, giving herself a knock on one of her legs. After working lightly yesterday, she was again lame, and her trainer was, left with little option except to cancel'her Clip engagement. , The: withdrawal of Takakna, though overshadowed by the non-acceptance, of Polytlora, was another unwelcome incident. This five-year-old had won twice, and had been placed four times . lately, his Trentham form being attractive,. and he was one of the.most fancied of the North Island candidates. The Cup field has been appreciably weakened by the failure of this pair to survive the. final acceptance.