TOMORROW'S FOXTON CUP

NZ Truth, Issue 1052, 21 January 1926, Page 11

TOMORROW'S FOXTON CUP

, Tall Timber And Duo Should Run Welt In Big Event THE ANNIVERSARY SPRINT

Poxton's annual, race meeting is .always a popular fixture and attracts great crowds of racegoers from- as far north as Wanganui.

Opening day is to-morrow, when the Cup will be decided. The favorite promises to be Tall i

The early favorite for the Auckland Cup, who is a candidate for to-morrow's Douro Cup, the richest stake for hacks m New Zealand.. mnmiimiimumiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiimiiiiuM

Timber, who won over a mile course at Ellerslie on December 29. : He is built to carry his weight, but i so far has not won over ten furlongs. ; However, he is m the right class \ to suit him. He may find a dangerous opponent m Duo, who would be out on his- own m the party if he were truly sound and

could be thoroughly wound up. Duo's last victory was m the Spring Handicap of ten furlongs at Hastings last October. On that occasion he carried 7.9 and ran the distance m 2.7 1/5, with Kilceit and Phoenix Park m the places. On that form Duo should claim support if h6 looks all .right. This pair seem the most likely to go the distance. . % Beaumont y threatened big things when' lie" Won . si double at Trentham m the winter, but has not run up to that promise. Miss Hupana is m form, but how she will fare over ten' furlongs has yet to be proved.. She ha 9 the pace. Birthmark is a lightweight with possibilities. In the Anniversary Handicap, . Hyde Park may be better suited than among the sprinters he has been pitted against .iri the north this season. He will find Birkie ,and Bonogne (winners during the holidays) opposition that will be hard to "dispose of. while' Lipsol was a winner during the spring at Carterton. King Cheops should hit out well on the sandy track, but Bonogne and Birkie may fight out the finish. - J. T. Young, of Te Aroha, is taking a lease of the three-year-old filly by Some Boy II. — Isingarch and a four-year-old colt by Thurnham from the Takapuna Cup winner, Tiresome. The pair are owned by Mr. "W. J. Wilson, of Royal [Present connection.