TRENTHAM TALK.

NZ Truth, Issue 82, 12 January 1907, Page 2

TRENTHAM TALK.

Handicaps Reviewed. The Summer Meeting of the Wellington Racing Club will be held on January 22, 24 ;and 26, and if the present fine weather continues should be a record one from an attendance point of view, though the hard tracks are sure to cripple a lot of the contestants. The weights for the various events were publisbe* on Saturday last. The hundioapper has given Achilles two .pounds less m the Wellington Cup than when he failed to heat Ropa last year. Then comes Par i tutu, 8.3, who seems rightly placed, and Armistice and Submarine, 8.0, who 'both have plenty of weight. Master Delaval, 7.11, on his Takapuna 'and Auckland Cup form appears to -be the ptek of the handicap. Zionmerman, on the same mark, I do not think is any wonder over l'jjr mile and I-wifl not have him- Polyan"thus, .7.10, may find the distance too far: St. ■ Joe, s 7. 'B, is said to be a rodi n pickle for this event, and on Ricfcarton form he must 'be hard to beat. Mystification, on the same ; mark, is well enough m, but he does not show . to advantage on the hard going. Bourasque and Doucjie are on the same mark with 7 .f5, and the latter should prove the better of the pair- Nothing lower down the list appears to possess more than an outside chance. The winner should come from Achilles, Master Delaval and St. Joe. Pink 'Un, 8.8, Fontenoy, 7.3.,, and, Probable. 6.9, should supply the winner of the Telegraph Handicap. , G-olden Gate, 7. is, -Golden Cairn, 7.(5, and' Declination, 7.4, look the best trio m the Electric Handicap. m the Anniversary Handicap Marguerite. 0:0, is placed I2lbs higher than, her stable mate Exmoor. Riflemaid, 7.11, and Aeolus, 7.7, m the light of their recent successes look to be remarkably well treated, and ) J should select one of this pair to win. The Nursery Handicap" should produce a good field, and fast time should 1») recorded for the four furlong?. The winner should come from English Rose ( 7,&) or Gold Crest (8/7). The name of Mahutu and Barley commend themselves to me m t* ie Ruapehu Hack, and Merrie Rose and Silken Rein appeal' to have chances m the Torogariro Hack race. :

I ,>■.■ : ! M^Bix^ell has tired of Aberration, I ani|sß(»%iH endeavor to win the Disposgrstaker- «.(, the W.R.C. meeting and Wien ge* rkl of him to someone already possessed of an aberration.