TALK OF THE DAY.
By Sentinel.
THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. Although tho numerical strength of the Seld which has been engaged in the New Zealand Cup is well up to the average Aomination for the race, still it is somewhat disappointing, as there is an absence of \. slass and &n abundance of what appears to ; fee ambitious entry. It is, of course, quite • possible that there are some Carbines and . Wakefuls in embryo amongst the list, but - &ere are many who have been afforded ; -plenty of opportunity to distinguish them- ': selves but up to date have failed to do so. ' ' There are, it is understood, some attractive ... states to be hung up in connection with the f next. New Zealand Cup meeting, and it is - -possible that some of the horses at° being T . kept in reserve, as the training for long t,: journeys breaks more horses than it makes. '--It is somewhat notable that two such P.gvronK supDortcrs of the Canterbury Jockey
Club as Sir George Clifford and Mr G. G. Stead have nos supported the race with something in their stables, even if it were only a nomination given for the sake of nominating. The latter gentleman has in Porcelain, Cuneiform, Huascar, and Seal Rock a quartet who would not look out of place in a Cup field, and it is regrettable that two such strong stables contain nothing worthy of a New Zealand Cup nomination. With the penalty clause attached distinctly favouring three-year-olds, it is somewhat astonishing to note that promising youngsters such as Cambrian, and other two-year-olds which showed good form this season, are not included in the list ; but it is to be hoped that some of what have been entered will be strong enough to make a creditable show before the host of visitors who are sure to be in that part of the world in November next to witness the New Zealand Cup and other things. A comparative list of past entries for the race reads as follows : —
'83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '31 '9i 66 70 61 81 70 62 54 60 76 71 •93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '0j 71 70 54 64 59 49 60 46 43 66 53 59 75
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Otago Witness, Issue 2726, 13 June 1906, Page 54
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381TALK OF THE DAY. Otago Witness, Issue 2726, 13 June 1906, Page 54
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