WANGANUI RACES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2401, 8 March 1900, Page 40

WANGANUI RACES.

This meeting begins to-day. 1 here are 13 pcoeplances for the Steward?' Stages. Mid, without pretending to be able to j.'ick the winner, ] surest that Toa would be a fair investment. Light reads like a really kood 'thin-? for the Hurdle Race, according to E ;- tmont form. There, on tho second day, the Sou'-we&tei- gelding v» on, vitb 30.13, leading Hauviri 9.0, Voll'iire 1C.9, and Tn iilwlor 1C.13, ri tho«e '<o hot io uu'klo : aiid as two of tho.-p three hor p.- nicer Llgia on evacviy the terms mid "Voltaire ha,? only 41b allowance., Llghv ought to do thorn easily. For the Wantanui Cup my fancy on the original handicap v.as Boreas, and nothing else. He, however, has dropped out on the final payment, pos-siWy reserved for Dunedin. If sr — if il is a matter concerning "nhich the owner had a free choice — J should much fancy Tortulla for the Wanganui Cup now that .Boreas has gone out. more particularly as Mr Evctt has not rehandicapped her for her win at Wocdville. But there is another very dangerous member lower down in the handicap. I refer to Skobeloff. With 7.5 he must take a lot of beating. I think the race is between these two, and my tip alvall be Skoheloff 1, Tortulla 2. Coronet ?. Advance must be hard to beat in the Flying. At WoodVille this horse won the Autumn Handicap, a mile and a. distance, with 9.5, and over the six furlongs of the Wanganui course he has only 8.11. I like his chance very much.