CANTERBURY CHAT

NZ Truth, Issue 568, 6 May 1916, Page 10

CANTERBURY CHAT

(By "The Looker-On. M ) Crib would have won both Jiurdlo races at Rlccarton had he not carried bo much lead on tho second day. Considering Unit ho wag top weight hid rider made too much use of him. Boro cannot bear to havo anything go with him. Wbon this occurs he compound!) very suddenly.* , Gold Pin broke down - badly while running- In tho Peers wick Hurdle Race. Art won tho PeerHWlek Hurdler' very comfortably. So far tho Snrto gelding has not managed to Trln a hurdle nice, and many think that he cannot see out a strongly-run nix furlongs, All going well with 'him, and If the weight, adjuster dopa not crush him,, Mr.' FuJtbn..wJ»^6ri.U" ( hli '3umpor' u$ to Wangapui tola winter to contest 1 the Contury Hurdler. Wo will then bo able to see how. ho stays m good com-, pany. So far he has not met v good class field. Froo found tho hurdles at Riccarton toobig, and the mllo and three-quar-ters too far. Given light fences, a light weight, and a , nice not more ' than twelvo furlongH and the grey may win a race, but not under other conditions. Kllmcny ran one good race ut tho, meeting, ~but tho second time out the' old fellow could not raise a gallop. Killona Is a good (Illy, and all going well she will be hard to beat In the. Oaks next season. If ever v horse was bred to ntay ; Thestius won, but ho cannot go a yard past five furlonga. With a furlong to Ifo In tho Auturun Niiraery. he walnut m front, and it looked a good; thing for him, but ho stopped to a \Vallc over the last bit, and was badly beatenInto a fourth place. Ceaso Klre Is a banging fine, W filly Uuit should bo capable of doing, anything next season. Scadown won the Yaldhurat ■ Welter 1 eouler than ho gathered m the Autumn'Plato on the llrut day. Once more they let Oliver upon tho fence. Rlngform is racing much bolter now that tb« tracks are getting softer. ; M. HobbK will leave for Melbourne i by tho Paloonc on May 18. Of »»Jb | owa Hor«e« htt is inking Carrie, P<'«, : Deltonlo, and Down. JUivat will ko al»o. ; DcHonio wit» schooled ovt-r tho pijny hurdtcut la»t Suturd&y, and show^l ; iiitnself to bo ft bold jvmU cl^un te-nci*r. Marc '."Antony would have b<M«n wry' unlucky if ho. hud not won iUv Qtv^ r Autumn Handtcflj). AH through ih-- ■ race, ho cnught all tho trouble Uih; i vu going, atul was onu of the Uuit iaio i

mtnwr" i" ■" ' i '" ' ' —"——■'' the straight. From the turn home he nut. m a great rim and eventually won comfortably." 1 Peg was given a lead over~ a few hurdles by Corrie on Saturday morning. The Charlemagne 11. mare r is very careful- of herself, and has a lot tolearn about jumping. ,- ' *■- >iThose who backed Margerene'in iC the Gimcraek Handicap on "Easter Monday had bad luck. The little mare fell over one of the fences of the exrings after being saddled, up for i fib race, . and gave himself < a nasty ;Wnst: . '- ' 'Oliver rode a great race oh Balboa m the Autumn Handicap. All through \he journey the top weight looked to be going well m a winning position, and It was hard to have the black Varco colt swoop down and settle him m the last hundred ■ yards. 'When the. field had gone two'fur'lttngs' in' the-"Easter/ Oxenhope was being hunted .alongf m the second to lost place. In> -the Autumn Handicap at the end of the first quarter' he -was- being sooled along. On- Riccarton running the Thompson Handicap field must/have been of much inferior, class than usual, when Oxenhope could make such hacks of them. On consideration, how many Thompson Handicaps could Adjutant run second m? Not one m ten. Nones looked to have a chance three, furlongs from home lri the Great Autumn, "but she could not see ft out, and finished a long way back m seventh place. 1 , Silent Way did not run up to exI pectatlons <m the Final Handicap. | Though looking well beaten a furlong j from home he struggled on gamely and finished, third. Snub's trainer was so , disappointed with the gelding's showing m the Sockburn Handicap that he would not start him m the Great Autumn. The aiartian gelding is going to Ashburton, where he> might run better m the weaker/ field. - Adjutant 'has been lame ever since, he returned from the.north.: The trouble is said to be a badly bruised foot. Fender broke down badly last week. It is- expected that' she willbe turned out with the idea of going to the. stud next season 1 , Ogier finished a bad last m the Great Autumn Handicap. Red Charm , won two races at the meeting ,m very convincing style. Rovalenta should certainly have won k race at Riccarton. The first day Hell let Seadown- up. on the fence; and i had to be content with second place. Tho English filly got hopelessly left m the Addington Handicap and finished close - behind the placed division on the second day. , * ' Bellshire raced I . better this meeting than at any other -fixture during the season. He is sure to salute the judge very shortly.' , / ( • \ San Sebastian is on the improve^and can be looketTfor amongst the dlviderid payers m the near ! future. ' > „ - Glenowl „\vas' sold for ' £16 on the West Coast ,at fiaster. " . .■ ' Op ' Kubdy's ' showing" .in' the 'Challenge Stakeß, it is hard to understand i how he got beaten m the Champagne Stakes. •* The Ivilbroney "• colt made" hacks of the Challenge Stakes' 'field, and must certainly, be placed at the top of this season's two- year- olds, His three-year-old prospects look very bright., ' f ' • One or two- horsemen that rode m the Easter Handicap told their friends after the race that Flndhorn should have been home and weighed m. If one could take any lino from his running' m the Templeton Handicap it ldoks as if the said remarks ,were correct, for he met with a lot of interference • in' the • Templeton and then walked m" from three good class sprinters. „ Egypt was doing good work prior to the meeting, but he did not gallop at all well with the colore up. Eligible could . not go the pace, set by the two-year-bids m the first part of the Challenge Slakes but was running on at .the finish and got into fourth, place.