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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 13, 26 July 1905, Page 3

Considerabla diseuseion has bean aroastd over the handieappinß of tbe Nsw Zealand horest (or the Australian events they / are engaged for. It is asserted that though the lUndicappers have not dealt hardly with Mah v tonga and Maniapoto, there are many horg«B engaged m the Metropolitan Handicap and Melbourne Cup that have higher credentials than the latter hone, and are yet placed lower down m the handicap*. The following are the weights of the New Zealand hordes for tbe A. T. C. Metropolitan : - Mahutonga 8«t 91b, Grand Rapids Bst 71b, Canteon 8n 31b, Maniapoto Bst. Sydney sporting papers report Bobadil a« favourite for the Caulneld Cup, with Envin, Murrtiur, Jargon, 'and Waroo also well backed whilst Charles Stuart, Onod Rapids, Silver Ring, and Waroo are nicked doubles for vhs Melbourne Cup.