THE ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP.
TO THE EDITOR Sir,—Yoar correspondent " Conjurer " evidently appears to be a horae owner who must have beea expecting a "chuck in with some of his horses in the Anniversary Handicap, and no doubt haa been sorely disappointed. He ain.ply mentions, without giving a rea?uu, that Tempest bas beea "chucked in" with 8.9, and merely states that she won the Suburban Welter with 9.0 up, doing the mile and furlong in 2mln 2aec. The time -was good—fast time having beea made in a\l the raceij at the Cup meeting. Your correspondent forgets that in the race Tempest won 8.0 waa the minimum weight—a difference of a stone from what she carried. Now she has to carry two
atone more that the lowest-Exile 8 9, a horse that competed la the last Otago Oup, Where the "ohuckin" appears I oonfeesl fail to see, and would like to be further enlightened by your correspondent "Conjurer."-! am etc, FobbtjrV. Dunedin, Maroh 9.
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Evening Star, Issue 8769, 9 March 1892, Page 3
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161THE ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP. Evening Star, Issue 8769, 9 March 1892, Page 3
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