THE AUCKLAND CUP

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 151, 23 December 1935, Page 6

THE AUCKLAND CUP

EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE

(Special to tho "Evening Post.") i AUCKLAND. December 21, 'J

There were no surprise defections 1 from tbp Aiinklnnri rnr. Q .-,ri t?0;i,,,=,, I &cap£ Ua^ result tnal the number of runners in: the big Ellerslie double on Boxingl Day will be as anticipated. With four-SI teen in the big event and nineteen ? in the sprint, the range of prospects^ will be particularly wide, for it is diffl-1 cult to find an outstanding favourite-! iin either race. ■ ■) i _It is -now possible to give the riders•> of most of the horses in the Auckland, Cup. They are: Cuddle, L. J. -Ellis;-, Kiltowyn H. Goldfinch; King Key R.i S Wilson Vanest^r^Sb^^balt'i^ A " Messervv® Mon'anui A HornlGay Brone7'R McTaTs'h- Munaatoon 3 HayWiggin^' andsSv^Thfrnson^ So far no rider has been announced' for Gay Rose (whose usual pilot, L .:. Clifford, is going to Taranaki) and Fer-S sen. So far as Erinatian is concerned,' he is also engaged in the hurdle race: and that may be his mission. ,; : Erination took on the hack seven.! (furlongs at Te Awamutu, and after being badly placed early and off the: course. all the way, he ran quite a good race. Gay Broney will have to ; carry between'6lb and 71b overweight, and Monanui'and Mungatoon may also; be carrying apound or so over their actual impost. It can be said at pr&: sent that,the only doubtful runner is Erination, so there ought to be a dozen starters. ' , . ■ . .. Ther.e is a disposition to favour Cuddle for the^Aucldand Cup by rea- : son of the fact that she is the only one -that has won over the distance; and the effective manner in which she , ran away irom-the New Zealand Cup fleld in the final stages made it ap- , pear as if she was the only stayer in that event. v She has certainly got 151b ! m?re on Boxmg, Bay, against this at has to be remembered that with 1 9.4 she defeated all except. Silver .Ring in the .Metropolitan; Handicap, after endeavouring to lead- all the -^ay.Kiltowyn is again' going to carry a" lot of northern support, for he is- in fine'fettle and if he' is to-be- beaten if is because 'he ■ lacks stamina. He has ■ failed :■ twice: over two -miles, but •therie is an old saying, that, the third may Be, lucky. ~,',' ..What of .the minor'place-getters in. the New Zealand Cup, Vanestep -and Argentic? I/The former ;has rosy pros'bectis of following ■in > the successful 'footsteps of, her dam, Warstep, who' ♦>♦>♦♦*-♦'»♦ •♦.♦♦■♦♦♦ ♦.»♦♦»;♦»♦♦; -Further Sporting News -will be '.l 'r . Found"on Page 18. .-.»♦:♦ ■♦'.♦■'♦ ♦:.♦ M»♦ ♦♦ ♦ M,t> »♦ ♦M ♦ f won: the Auckland Clip' twenty-one years ago," but she.will be at good odds. Mention of odds suggests that with -betting, likely to take 'a wide range the favourite, whatever it maybe, will be at a fine price. Argentic is going to be one of the prime, fancies, for there is a feeling that,he. will be a better horse here than he. was at Riccarton. He looks the part, and if he should prove successful hei will only be adding one more Auck-, land Cup won by South Island horses.. When he went out to contest the Ali- ; son Cup at Ellerslie three weeks ago; Kelly looked better than hitherto this season, and he was handy enough and going well when'he crashed intothe false rail, which' began just before approaching, the five-furlong- bar-, rier, and fell heavily. As Kelly defeated Sporting Blood in the G.N. St. Leger last Easter and has shaped like' a stayer, it would not be surprising if.-he is conspicuous in the critical stage of Thursday's race^ exasperating! as it'may-be to some. ■ Tybalt is well and the rain. last week, 'when • about' three inches; fell, spread over a -three-day period,; and doing a vast amount of good,.not; only to race; trades, would i assist him, ior;fce.:wajs;getting a bit;tender;prior to the chsingei in the weather^ -..-,-^e-'.is-a game, gelding,, as .'was seeni'by; his fine . finishihg' burst into'- second' place; itt 'the: Mitchelsqri Cup, "and, before; thati'when'he>came';from/ last,at -mcl turn tp': first !at the. post iri the sprint: at Ayondale in the spring... Monanui has'won .bvet a mile and a half and' a good race (iari be expected from her.^ especially if "a wet track is'met: .with.;. Gay,Broney is"a; really, good,prospect; if he can,"stay,: and, of coarse; the) same ' applies '.to King •;: Rey, 'Whose; spring form -has been.-excerienfi; cap-; turing as-he' did very,.easily both the1 Avoridalev'and W:aikato'Cups. : , . , : :,; Eerseri was fourth' in-the-New Zear-: land-Cup.SßVen if it was. a poor fourth,, but,he as likely to: show improvement.! It is in his ■favourithat he has alreadyraced' the Teverse way. round. Ciay Rose' sticks pn, r "and Senior appearsi a much: fitter' /horse than, when he! was here in: the spring. That com-! prises i-what, is a 'every; even' field,'..so/ even;:;that a .really,-good, filial trial; byariy one ofihalfadoEen. pandidatesi would: be sufficient tb make-that gal--loper:favourite.••', .: : ■■" •:; • / Apart from: this last-minute informa-: Uon,. .the .fancies comprise Cuddle, Ar-, gentic,: and sKiltowyn, but half. a dozeh: others'could- be named who arc fancied almost-as strongly.: :> i ' The position is somewhat similar in the Railway: Handicap, with:a lot of horses, almost equally, fancied. Among these are Impasto, the Takapuna winner; Silver Streak, wfnher of the race two "years ago;' Diatomous, who *has finished third- in the last two Railway contest's; Star Artist, Rereatii (working -'very iwell: indeed), Galilee, Variant, Pasha, Royal-Secret, and II puce, the last-named having, done, some .exceedingly* fast sprints, before .leaving home. ■However,,.two good sprinters are Diatombus Cahd in his case also he may, be luckier the third' time> and' Star Artist. :; ; ■-■-.•'.'•• r. .. '•■"■.- V