CANTERBURY CHAT

NZ Truth, 6 January 1917, Page 10

CANTERBURY CHAT

(By "The Looker- On.**)

Anything of much account at Riccartoii is being got ready for the Wellington meeting. " .. Adjutant has been nominated for the Cup at Wellington, but it is wot a certainty that he will, start, as Albert Cutts does not consider the Martian horse capable of seeing out twelve furlongs. •'■ This was the reason he did not start at Wanganui. Petruchio is going short. He finds his heavy top- to much to carry. A useful galloper if it were not for his robust constitution. •'■;.' . Varnish, who is still trained by his owner, is said to be keeping bright and well.' „ . Snub gave a foreleg rather a severe wrench prior to going south, and as his trainer has scratched Lady Disdain's soft for all engagements- at the: Southlaritl meeting, it looks as If the leg is still, causing some bother. When doing his preliminary prior to. the big race on the first day of the Diihediri meeting, Wardancer collided with Snub and 'lamed himself. G. Murray Aynsley sold Matty to Mr. Bert Taylor while down south. The llliy, who is a sister to Marsa, is not a big one, ; but she can gallop well enough to win in ordinary cbmpany. All Riccarton backed Kiljoy when she won at Wingatui. The little daughter of Kilbroney had been galloping in a style that looked as if she would beat the rather poor lot opposed to her.. Bee is being brought along steadily ■With a view to racing at Wellington. She does hot appear to have as much dash as she had twelve months ago, and is probably a bit stale aftW her' hard campaign in Australia. Zuland is not in the best of Health, arid will riot, be asked to do any racing ■for some time yet. At last Kaminohe has managed to win a race. Paul Holmes bought him in November, 1915, and this is the first race he has won since; .'- \ f ■ The English-bred fllly Henrietta is coming on slowly. She used to go lame In one of her hocks,, and McAuley had a lot of trouble with her on account of it. , . Banian is not ttf be worked hard during the sumnter months. Both he and Art will be got ready for winter racing as soon as the tracks v get softer, They may be tried over big country. Local punters supported The Toff solidly for the Auckland Cup, but the; gelding did not run up to expectations. OtheY members of the Yaldhurst stable got them out of it with a Credit 'balance. ; * ; The "Evening' Snooze" writer says that Cease Fire, wfro won the Palmerston North Stakes, is a two-year-old! Some sporting writer. Local track watchers, did not expect . Marc Antony to show a very bold front ih any of his. Auckland engagements, as he was not galloping at all well before leaving for the north. Biplane ; carried good money from here in the Great 'Northern Foal Stakoß, though there was a doubt as to whether Mason's colt would quite see out the six furlongs. To date he is the best two-year-old seen out "this season. , Peronilla is to be sent over to the West Goast to contest some of the big handicaps. If caught in the humor she should win a race or two. Samisen has shown herself capable' of seeing out .six furlongs in moderate company, but the "last; furlong or so will fl rid' her out in the cbmpany she is set to meet at Wellington. Hap Dim, ho wvrenehed a knee on the eve of the Methven meeting, is in work again. /Jimmy Pino has leased this horse from Mr. F. Nelllgan. The going was far too hard for Bombproof at Wingatui. The big gelding has bumpy knees and on account of them will not hit out freely on a dry track. Fiory, Cross is a regular attendant .with the after-breakfast contingent. He looks big and well/but hts trainer does -hot iwant *to race him for some •tine yet. 'He went all to pieces after the strong preparation he got at Cup time. - y ■■""', Wrestler is likely to go at aiy time. If > a battler could get this c> -It and potter him about he would win plenty of races, for^the son of Aiuukoiu si h!lii flpeetl In pfenty. A coarse oJm|^l work might harden ht.s soft J°J^^^^H| Daytime has proved a woij^^^^^j good investment to hi& preuen^^^^Hj and, on looks, there Is a race <^^^^^^| him yc>t. Comctly was galloping gn^^^^^H^^l fore going south, and It w^^^H^^^H ticipatell thai .she would j during the trip. Bomb is an improvinn^^^^^^^^H Jones gets him ridden and the change of meth^^^^^^^^H a success. Kilrea won vory two opjiu.sod t<> Ikt i -'c^^^^^^^^^^^l miKlrnHos, and slu> il^^^^^^^H^^f uontH ;\t WolliiiKtMit a "J^^l^^^^^^l to (Hsposc of. i^^^^^^^^^l l-'i!iciliu;'n Is coiniiiu* l^H^^^^^^f . wclglils. inul son)"' of thosjj^^^^^^^H

the climatic conditions are in his favor he will give a decent showing:, but he will never reproduce his best form. Sir Tarka does not look as if he will ever pay his oat bill. Several times his work at home has been of an almost brilliant nature,, but he has never run up to it in public. Glen Helen is a disgrace to her breeding:. She is the first of her dam's progeny -which has not been able to win in first-class company. Lovesick has been nominated for some of the minor races for juveniles at the Wellington Cup meeting 1 . She went all to pieces at the last Trcntham fixture, and, on. looks, has not- recovered from it yet. .Kilmeny can be numbered with the has beens. The old hurdler can still feet over his fences as smartly as any other jumper, but the hard going soon settles him, and he has not got much of his old-time pace left. , All going well with him In the meantime, feill Terry will be a fairly good class hurdler next winter. He is still inclined to take too inuch liberty with every fence. Don Pacifico is going very short, and he does not look like standing up to his work for long. With better understandings he might have proved himself a racehorse. Sisyphus is the makings of a useful two-year-old. .Sam Trilfortl is trying Yes over longer distances: Mr. Parsons's lease of this gelding lapses towards the end of this month. When it does the Finland gelding will probably be tried at the jumping game. Such a bold galloper should get over hurdles well. Week End's knees are giving her trainer a lot of trouble. She is always more. or less lame in them. One or two Riccarton horses have been entered in the Waterloo Plate at this Wellington Cup meeting, but it is very doubtful if any of them will be asked to take on Desert Gold on the day. The Varco— Ploughshare gelding. Cincinnatus is nowan inmate of Bob Derrett's stable. So far*, he has given the bad-legged bay a fairly easy time of <it, and to date he looks like standing ' a preparation.