CANTERBURY DOINGS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 56

CANTERBURY DOINGS.

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Of the 70 horses handicapped' for the Now "fceaiand Cup two dropped out a few days jtft«r'the weights appeared, and the first ac- * furthej reduction of tho -list-by.29, leaving 39' horses still in the race. , JEbe vitbdirawals are not likely t- occasion touch surprise. Vladimir was not expected to fm\s his engagement continued, and Orlofl, &b. - ijM-ichaeVMoi-wcod, and Roseal inay_lSe classed '^asoitg''the'•'in&fm division Vho are not likciy |to'sur\^v«-»,dip.pnepara>ti©H.' Ten three'-yoar-"jDldfc-'have'gona cut, -among them being promis--oug. juveniles in Multifld, Apologue, Biv TriGrtram, and Cuneiform. The remainder of tho {withdrawals are made up of animals that couldi •have had no chance in such a race, and for . jtkat reason they are just as well in dropping■fiat srt the' first opportunity Among those' kef t in are eeveial' thai Have /been more or Ues9*urisound,"such as. Nonette, Cosivoy, Bulajwayo, 'and' General Symons. I do not fancy jthek piwspectis'of getting through the necessary preparatibr... but if they were landed at khe post in isheir best ioxjn they would b® a. Wongerons quartette. All' tho fancied canddWtea have naS'their engageiaents continued, BBid present indications • favour the belief that thiiayepr'sCup v/ill be unusually jnteresting. V Dtaring this month quite a- number of Cup tandidateswill spoit ai.k, and several of them Will,- I havo no' doubt, register wine. - ttihe' first horses to appear in public will be Maniapoto and Mr- SteacFa trio— Nightfall, Koctuifcim, and Sungod,—all of whom willbe tacrng at Randwick within, the next week. The form «£ all,four will ba clpsely but >sp*cially will Maniepoto'si doings be followea Js h« --will be maMng hie first appearance in' feood' company. Tho Aehbusrton " and Geraldine meetings, Twil ,be feel^-tKis nrontib,, have atteaotea feooi'r'omirations, i;mong'those engaged being .aiuie'v^nuinl)eirof New.aeaiand Cuip ioraes.--.3.n.±he\AshTtnrrton County Cup the entry>um.: -|tera--iriEe,"incliiding peven'candidates-for the : ijNew Bula-wayb, .Calibre, -iGoltfcn- Knight,- Clanb>rn, Ability,' .General -=6ymons,'and'Beau-;Se*ton.' Another CupTiprss, Veneer,- is also- engaged at fhe meeting,->"so ■ihat<-H»ih©i2iah»ve a good chosnee this month. l>f sorting-- out "a; few tfefti "may, be popped -ironij-ooEEadleTatiOT.'-,."' . ' . -- IJespite lßis- failures at the Grand Aanonal XE*etinff therefis still a • disposition m Huffliters to fancy -Golden" Knight for the New Zealand Oup.' My own, opinion is that, thougn Jie may be able to stay, he lacks the. brilliancy fcieceasaiy to win in good' company. Nominations of yearlings -for the Canterbury Vockey Club's classic races wera due on Fri*Uv, "and, th* listg are quite up to the usuaJ length.-. All ib& principal- bresdisrs- in the toloiiy ej:e'repi-«&ented. The chief feature of the-lists is thau iiew sires are conspicuous by " their 'absence. ', • - ' The monthly nieating of the commiitte© oi lhe Canterbury Jocfce? Club was ■_ heldl last ta-eek.-' The pfogr&mmes' of the Awatere Racing Club, Maryborough Racing Clubland Waimate ' Sack -Racing Ciub were, approved. That ot .tfc* Pleasant Point Roxvug Club ,wa» not approved, as, the, date clashed -vrath. the JNorth. Otego nuesting. Gentlemen rideis' oeitificates .-were issued 1 to E. J. Chambers and P. El-wrortl-y, jockeys* licenses to 'John Nola-n, Charles' Hart,'- M. C. Ratehffe, S. Watson, S. jßrefeton R. Macnamiara> and P. M'Grath. T. Ca-hill'a jockeys licsinse was granted and subsequently cancelled, and T. Chapman's traai.er'3 license was also granted 1 and subsequently withdrawn. A trainer's license was Mued to E. Hunt." S." Tulford's application for a jockey's license -was not granted, on account of his holding a trainer's license, and W. Shaw's application for a jockey's license was Refused on account of his being in other employment. • v ' v The committee of tfc© Canterbury Jockey Club is leaving no room for doubt as to its ' intentions -regarding. it-hs, private conduct of toersons holding it's- licenses, and the method pf dealing with offenders is likely to have a - Viawerru'l influence" for good with atbers wh_o ferny net always 1 comport themselves with jrrcdvt. .R. -Ma^namara, who was granted a ockeyls license last -week, came under the' fi'sisleasure of the committee about two iwntlis ago, but it ia evidently thought that j,B has now had a warning -sufficient to meet ih» gra.vity of his cffeoice.' The Amßerley Steeplechttse Club wa.s very ortumate in,-secuning «. fine day for its meoting asf Thursday, and ias a result there was. a arg^e attendance The racing was fairly investing, thou«b. none of the finishes were Very close. There were five starters in the iiadden Hunters' Steeplechase. Bungler being >nado favourite-.' 3-ianeewcad fell at the second fence, and Alex ran round st the back. JJungler and Dan Leno were together till half k' mile frcmi home, wh'eai the favourite drew hway, and won easily, Baa-lock beating Dan peno in the run, home. Threa went to the host for the Hurdle Handicap, but Hotu wa3 pff at the first fence. Gold Bangl© an.d Ratitlcanafce raced in cempacay aJKthe way, but at the finish Gold Baajgle won with something to -spare. Tlie field for the Braekenfield BteepleoKiase numbared four. Oraigmore made all the .early running, followed by Wi Waka and' Gnat, with The- Whip bringing up the sreaa 1. A* the last Ijence Craigmore, Wd Waka, arsd Gnat -were in line, but Wi Waka blundered, and lost some groxind. Once on the flat, however, he soon overhauled the other pair, and won by three lengths from Gnat, ■with Craigmore 20 lengths away. Gold Bangle •was saddiled up again for the Hunters,' Flat [Handicap, and liadi 3io difficulty in defeating ■the five moderates that opposed her. Eight went to' the post fox the Final Steeplechase. [Rowlock was in A-ont al 1 ' the way, andl won toy a dozen lengths firorn, Apremete, with Rattlesnake tliird. In a field of nine thait started for tho Farmers' Hack Plate Great Gun, Pailada, and 1 So Long were supported in that £rder. The trio filled the places, but Pailada, fcetting the best of a straggling staart, lasted Jong enough to beat Great Gun by a neck, with Bo Long six lengths away. . The two trotting cvenis at the Aniheriej Steeplechase meeting provided plenty of ex•cflterteni;. There were 15 starters for tho Kowhai Trot, Ravensdale, Colleen, and Duly Elected being the favourites. Collcon broke Ut> early but the other pair both trotted well, though "thes lost kto ground throu-h break-

ing. At the "inish, however, Doctor G. won by a length from Ravensd>aile, with Duly Elected a dozetj lengths awsy,. The winner wag protested against on the. grrund that he started before his tims. The evid&nco of tho ■stairtcr was that everything was all right and the protest was dismissed. There is not much doubt, however, that Doctor G. ddd gain an advantage at the start. He was supposed to be giving the limit horses losec, instead oi which he werut off with tlhe fir^l division. Thirtepn started for the Waipara Trot, Underwood, a three-year-aid by Wildwocd, being made favourite. Letter made the running for half a mile, when she broke and Underwood went to the front, closely attended by loiter, Wild Winer, and Duly Elected. Three furlongs from home a good finish se<jm>ed likely to ensue, but Leitar and Duly Elected broke, and Underwoodi wont by a length from, Wild Wind, with Lexter 10 lengths away, just in front of Duly Elected. The stewards were not satisfied with the manner in which Wild Wind waa ihandled, and after .a short meeting disqualified her for the race on the ground that she bad been pulled. It was also decidsdi to report the matter to the Trotting Association, with a view to further action if it was thought advisable. As the matter may come up at the next mooting of the Trotting Association 1 will say nothing more about it sut present. Tho Brackonfield Hunt Club held its annual Point-to-point Steeplechase on Friday, the . race being ran ovex four miles of good hurutine< country between Ambarley and Balcairn. Ei^ht liorses started. Bungler was leading -when, he blundered some distance from home. 'Dan Leno then 'went to the. front, andl won easily from ■Craigmor©, with Bungler a poor D. Moraghan has had an addition to his -team in Lee Enfield who looks rough after -his lengthy spell. The two-year-oldTßlazing Star has been blistered, and is to be given a short spell, lhe remainder of the Chokebore Lodge string are going on the right way. Five of them, in QuarrymaH, Signalman, Clanchattan, Kirriemuir, and Gallantry, have been given a dose ° J. M'Clusky leaves for Auckland this week to ride at the Avondale meeting, in the event of the stewards of that club allowing him. M'Clusky, it' will be remembered, was disqualified at the autumn meeting at Avondale, but the decision was not endorsed by the Auckland Kacing Club. M'Clusky is thus eligible to ride on all other courses in the colony, but he has had no pronouncement yet as to his position at Avondale. . Durable was. shipped home during the week. He wasi still lame when he left, and it will probably be some time before h© races again.. Heavy rain fell at thsTend of the week, and the tracks are so wet that trainers are unable to give their charges any fast work. The delay is unfortunate, in view of the near approach of. the spring meetings. There has "been an'improvementih .'the atmospheric con-,ditions--to-day,, and it looks if the bad spell was now over. All 'the local New Zealand Cup candidates are doing well. Calibre was reported to be . ik queer- street, but is going' on. nicely, the trouble s not being at all serious. The Light Artillery horse ia bowling along' in good "style. • * * Betting on the • New.. Zealand Cup has been quiet "during the week, backers evidently preferring- to -wait for .the- acceptances. Among, the lines reported are 400 to 18 Noctuiform, 800 to 12 Ghoorka, 300 to 2 Nonette, 200 to 16 Maniapoto, 200 to 5 Probable, 200 to 2 Black Reynard. Latest quotations on the Cup are 10 to 1 Achilles and Mahutonga, 12 to 1 Maniapoto, 14 to 1 Scotty and Quarryman, 16 to 1 Nightfall, Paritutu, Melodeon, Golden Knight, Noetuiform, 20 to 1 Gold Crown, Ghoorka, 25 to 1 Bul&wayo, Veneer, 33 to 1 Convoy, Jeanne d'Arc, Sungod, Boomerang, Calibre, Flamen, Probable, Armistice, 50 to 1 Nonette, Black Reynard, Tirole, Apollodoris, Gay Spark, Douche, Beau Seaton, Clanburn, Blythemaid/ St. Joe, Ability, Sweet Helen, 66 to 1 Joe Chamberlain and Mystification, 100 to 1 General Symons, Stepdanoer, and King's Birthday. At Mr G. G. Stead's Grasslea stud La Notte (by Eiridspord — La Tosca) has foaled a filly to Koyal Artillery ; tSt. Resa (by Orvieto — St. Mildred), filly to Royal Artillery; Happy Valley (by Wallace— Far Away), filly to Multiform; Fan Tan (by Gossoon— Wheel of Fortune), filly, to Sant Ilario. , Mi G. F. Moore's St. Evangeline (by Hotchkiss — St. Evelyn) has foaled a colt to Euroclydon, and. his Guiding Star (by Fitz Hercules — Evening Star), a colt to Stepniak. These two mares are at Mr Stead's stud, to, be mated with one ot the stallions there.

At Sir George Clifford's Stonyhurst stud Madowla (by Trenton — Azalea) ' has foaled a filly to Clanranald, and Goldleaf (by Stonyhurst — Golden Crest), a colt to Treadmill.