CANTERBURY CHAT

NZ Truth, 5 October 1918, Page 7

CANTERBURY CHAT

("By Waimangu.")

Dunedin next week. - • Scornful is m the Dunedin Guineas. ' It's just a shame how easily Rose Pink won both at Ashburton and Geraldine. . After the Dunedin meeting Cup gallops will commence at Riccarton. The caretaker at Riccarton . shuts the gates so early m the mornings that the course attendants are dead frightened of being a few minutes late. They think they would not be able to get m. During the Geraldine meeting S. Trilford took the opportunity of sprinting a couple of three-year-olds down the straight. Nothing like getting them used to a crowd. . After ' Gqlden Prince had broken, himself, Achilledes and Kimbolton up m the Hurdles at Geraldine, Vascular who had been ridden a nice race behind the field by F. Ellis, came along m the straight, and smothered the lot. .„... H. Gray :will be on Spornful /m the Dunedin Guineas. Not a bad ride. Gay Lad has been giving his trainer some trouble with a leg. .: .-.. Adjutant and Fiery Cross are the most noticeable absentees from the New Zealand Cup, Adjutant is doing: steady work at. Riccarton, but Fiery Cross.- is not amongst the workers. . . •:■'■.- Four runners m the , Hurdles at Geraldine arid all 'triers. ■ _••"".' '" ' ■ ' Although Pyjama was one of those .who got away welt- in the Sauatters' Handicap at Geraldine, he was unlucky at the Start. Sounds a bit mixed, but it is correct. : ■■-....., Oxenhope is still touring 1 ' the small meetings. Leaping Burn is not showing the form : he did at the National meeting. .. He certainly ran second at Geraldine, but was fortunate at the start. ■. The race Radial had at Ashburton sharpened him up, and R. McKay's chestnut simply walked m m the Squatters'. Handicap at Geraldine. • ■ Several, of the runners m the Squatters' Handicap did not get away well and may do a lot better next time out. ' Thestius did not hit the front at Geraldine and was not sighted on the trip. Bomb has not paid a dividend lately, but he soon will. He will be "handy m a weak field* The Geraldine Cup was only a working gallop for Rose Pink, and from the. home turn the little mare smothered her opponents; ...'.. -• ■ "."'■■' • ■■•■' Preludium is as' mad as a chap who sights his girl' going to the pictures with another "b10ke."... . ... _ . - ■ •■■■■■ ; Sedd-el-Bahr . beat the others m the Geraldine Cup just as easily ' as Rose Pink beat him. : ' .... : ■ i; : King of the Valley would be handy m a mile welter. The chestnut is looking | very well . at present. ' : Bellshire ■ was out m front for a mile m the. Geraldine Cup and then stopped badly, eventually finishing last. John Barleycorn would want to improve a lot on his Geraldine run to have a chance m the New Zealand' Cup. ' It looked as though F. J. Porter, on Red Cent, threw the Ohapi Hack m the sea, H but it transpired afterwards that the big chestnut bled during the race. It must have, been close to the finish- because he was only, beaten m the last stride. " : '■< ■ • ''■■'■ ' Plastic a good favorite m the Ohapi Hack last -week, but the Formative geld-' ing got badly away 'and never had a . chance. ' .'.. - : „ v : Jack Symons . carried" . good money, at Geraldine, but likea lot more, .-he had no chance- through-getting badly away. ■■ - ■ Tunic, who. won the Ohapi Hack at' Geraldine,' did not" look tuned up, but it was sheer gahieriess'th'at . won him the race and you can bet your! life he will be good later : on. • ■■• : - - : Red Cent was fired- out of tjie . barrier at Geraldine. and was.- then beaten. Nautiboy, . one of . the best looking maidens m the land, had his chance settled at the start at Geraldine. The Geraldine Club will never go broke. The Ohapi Hack attracted nine runners and the winner earned '4s soys. Pity the club did not have', an old •alarm clock to give as a prize, and' save the money.. ,S. Trilford trained four . of the nine runners m the Ohapi , Hack ' at Geraldine but not one of thenVgot m the money. Achilledes got a bad run. in the Welter, otherwise the chestnut would have been second instead of^tfiird. Oxerihbpe' had no "chance ' himself m the Welter, but he settled the chance of one of the others. ' . ' . ■- . Bellrock won the Belfield Welter from barrier rise and .'nothing had a show of getting, near the Rokeby gelding at any part. . • • - ■■■■'. ■ ■Like Johnny Walker, the 1 ' little mare Rose Pink :.is still going strong. i The handicaps ■ for ' the New Zealand Clip are out. Mr. Henrys has started his work light and it is difficult to see where owners- of fair performers will get riders. Of Mr. H. Whitney's team now touring the' south all are shaping well except Roumania. ■ • ■'■-■ Kaminohe raced at Amberley, Ashburton and Geraldine. and at neither place got m the money. ■ Royal Star, who. won m such good style at Ashburton, will be seen out again at Dunedin. There were only three runners m the open sprint at Geraldine, won by Mortham. Could hardly expect more m a race worth only 75 soys. to the winner. Subterfuge has not been dropped m the weight. Long Range and Heathercote will both benefit by.* the racing they had, at Ashburton and they will argue the point with Scornful m the Guineas next week. Nobody seriously considers the "stipes" unless it is the racing clubs who have to pay these gentlemen. ■ At the National meeting the owner of a horse whose jockey wore a yellow cap instead of a khaki— not a great deal of difference — was fined £2, but Oxenhope has started at three meetings on end, each time figuring m a different owner's name, and carried the same colors. Good handicap winners are too close to those weighted under 7st m the New Zealand Cup for the latter to have any chance. ■■ •■ ~ Rose Pink, winner of three good handicaps on end, is m the New Zealand Cup lightly at 6st .121 b. Trouble will be to get a rider at the weight. Bellrock and Mortham, both winners at Amberley, are brothers, being by Rokeby out of Canterbury. Belle. ; • Client : is : the' shortest priced commodity m the New Zealand Cup. Glendoweiv ICillard, . Nobleman and Volo are cjuoted at two points longer odds. ' The death is announced of the stallion Cannie 1 Chiel,' who passed away while being sent across to Westland. .. Cannie Chifl was a fair . handicap horse .when 'in' the right mood, but' he was an out and out "perhapser" and performed well or bad just as .he felt inclined. As a sire' he'was not much of- a success, the •best to- claim him as her dad being Winning Way. . "Ud till the opening of the' present season Ashley 'Reed had 'been having a bad run "for some time, but he has now regained his punch and is riding m his best style again, '• ... : ... . The fields m hurdle events at the approaching Rune-din - : .m;e.etin£ ar.e-flsirp'oor: .astlxeycould.be. . ■ -<■■. ' Rose Pink is" right at the top of her form, and. with .8.7 is not harshly treated .m., .the ,I>ig_J.'.a.c.e_at-JD.unetlin -By winning at Geraldine on Radial, C. EJniersp.n jumped ' into the lead m . the jockey premiershipi Emerson is riding well. ■■'.'■•':'•''.'."■•.' ' : • ■ ■■•■'. " With '7.4 Giendow.er tvM be one. .of .the, favorites' ln the New Zealand Cup. ; .... Spyglass is not . so. good aa some were ■.inclined, to suppose. Matty could not get- the pace set by MortlUm 'm the Farewell at Geraldine,

i v, and; through trying to get to the leader Bomb came on at the end and beat her easily for second. : Oh the way he cleaned up Bomb and Matty at Geraldine they... will have to scratch Mortham to stop him from winning. ...at ..Kur.ow. — - ! Barley. Rigs, will be .doing... things soon m [a. -hack event. :.:..;. ; ; .. :.- .„..-....■. -.:... ; The' sporting fraternity who patronise I'ace; meetings ' away.- irom. home have to pay p'reiJtx dearly for, their enjoyment. Racing clubs have much to say about the' totter contempt the I*'railway1 * 'railway- authorities'"show" towards racegoers,"but"it can J . , not;: be said that the clubs give their patrons a great deal of consideration, ihstance at Geraldine last week the luncheon, for which the caferer had the hide to charge three shillings, -was as -poor a meal as could be provided." When a' per-" son journeys a long way to see a race, meeting" and has to pay 3s for lunch he expects, -and- is entitled to a fairly' decent rkeal, but at Geraldine all- that was sup- : plied- was cold meat and- pickles, and . apple pie or perhaps pudding. , .Not . a vegetable' of any kind;" no cake, no «w6ets','. m short, the poorest luncheon the .writer* m a long expeiience,: has seen served. up on a! course at three ."bob" a time. "If the- meal at Geraldine was worth three shillings, then the pie-stall chap to be found m the city is simply throwing his goods away. If the Geraldine ' Club does not see that, m future there is consider,- ■ able" improvement then their meetings should not be patronised, because if the club does not consider the interests of patrons then the latter should treat the', club the f^anie -way/. The writer 'cannot understand why clubs when . .calling, for tenders for the rights of catering do riot insist that those - tendering 1 -. set out m detail just what is intended to be supplied. ■■■•"..'