BIG C.J.C. DOUBLE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 22

BIG C.J.C. DOUBLE

EASTER AND AUTUMN LIST

(Special to the "Evening Post.")

/■■.' :,CHRISTCHURCH,,This Day. • A slight reduction in numbers, as compared with last year, has .-been recorded in the entries that closed yesterday for the two principal events at. the Canterbury: Jockey Club s Autumn Meeting,: the -Great . Easter Handicap and the Great Autumn Handicap. Twenty-four nominations have been received for each race, which represents a decline of eight and two respectively on last year s ,figures. There are less than the usual number of candidates from the North Island, but the full strength of the South is engaged. In the Great Easter the North Islanders are Martara, Chief Ranger (owned in Christchurch),. Mandamus, and the stablemates Lowenberg and Friesland. In the Great Autumn, besides Martara, Chiet Ranger, Mandamus, and Lowenberg, there are the Trentham pair, Sunee and Arctic King. Interesting entrants are Kinnoull, Wino, and Trench Fight for the shorter race, and Trench Fight and Silver, Sight 'for the longer race, as these. horses have. recently been off the active' scene. . . Mandamus is another candidate of interest, as his nomination suggests that the, stable may be sending a small team south at Easter, as well as going to Ellerslie, and in this case another of the team may be the highpriced two-year-old Courtcraft, who is engaged in the Champagne and Challenge Stakes , but. has' no■'. classic engagements at Ellerslie. Courtcraft and Mandamus both, carry the same The double win in the Easter and Autumn is not often achieved—indeed only Lady Zetland (1894), Lady Lilian (1903), and Grand Knight (1926) have been so successful—but it is often attempted. Horses with the double engagemen 1. this year are Silver Ring, Concertpitch, Chief Ranger, Lowenberg, Davolo, and the three-year-olds Wild Chase, Trench Fight, Martara, and Mandamus. -..*■■ , Last year's respective winners, Concertpitch and Queen of Song, are again in the fields. • - , - - ' The nominations received for the two races are as follows:— Great.Easter Handicap, £800; about 7 furlongs.—Epris, Concertpitch, Martara, Invoice, Silver Ring, Rebel Chief, Dollar Bill, Cyrillian. Fiord, Travenna, "Gold Boa, Viking, Chief Ranger, Paper Slipper, Trench Fight, Wild Chase, Davolo, Lowenberg, Friesland, ' Kinnoull, Knockfin, Great Star, Mandamus, Wino. Great Autumn Handicap, £800; about li miles.—Concertpitch, Martara, Sky. Lass, Sunee, Silver - Ring, Queen of Song, Heloise/Chief Ranger, Trench Fight, Wild Chase, Top Notch, Davolo, Osculate, Lowenberg; Arctic King, Rebel Lad, Tunneller, Willie Win, Argentic, Mandamus, Silver Sight, Ponty, Palady, Travenna. .