Canterbury Chat

NZ Truth, Issue 946, 12 January 1924, Page 9

Canterbury Chat

(By "The Toff.") F. T>. Jones has. the useful maiden Zaragoza engaged at, Wellington. GiantkiUer is coming to hand m good style. He may be taken to Wellington.- ■ . . • '•■ . • ■ . ■■ : : . ••" -■■ ■ ■ ■; ' Sprinkler is m good heart, ■'. He is a bad track worker, but a real racehorse.. Glentruln is m wonderful order and she will strip a great mare at Trentham. ...' ! :'.'.''■' Boadicea is nice and fresh, and is, going along pleasingly m her work. -, Sunny Loch looks little the worse for his trip to Palmerston. He is m at Trentham. ; : Blue Socks injured one of his knees when he fell on the second day of the Dunedin meeting.. ; • •■ < r Heucalion returned ft*pm Manawatu with one leff m a sling.; — '- : \[ . Gloaming is progressing 1 favorably at .Riccarton, .; where : Ri J> Mason .. is . devoting, >• lot of time to the champion. He will be a; competitor m the. Water-.; loo, Stakes at Trentham. . , -.•-"•;. Palestrina tyas very unlucky .In ' t'hq': JnvercargHl Cup, m which she met with serious -irit'erferencis more than once, eventually causing her to drop right back m the ruck. She made amends by annexing the Southland Handicap. Wensleydale created a big Impression at the southern fixtures and is already noted as an early winner. He is by Winkle from Addra. Counterstroke has been building his supporters up m the south; Wait till the sting is out of the' ground, then he will win some races. Dame Straltlace was a big disappointment at Dunedln.