CANTERBURRY DOING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2728, 27 June 1906, Page 58

CANTERBURRY DOING.

©r .TJbkz. Judging T)J the -nominations received last week, -the Grand National jn-seiing, to ba held at lUccarton in August, should compara favourably with any of its predecessors. The total entries received .for the six leading events on the programme exceed those of last 3iß3 i Ba n by tW °' ""-^ere ie increase of 12 in the AN inter iCup, And a decrease of six in the Grand National 'Hurdle Handicap, and ol four in the Sydenham Hurdle Handicap, while the figures in fhe Grand Rational, ißeaufor>t, and Loncolu St&elechases for the two years are identical. The entry for the TVinter Cup numbers C 7, and among those -engaged are some very «mart handicap performers, Signalman, Gold Crown. Jismoor, and Kremlin -represent the best Jiandicap claes in the colony, while Shrapnel Shell, Mobility, Jolly Friar, Clrryseis, Cnchxoxi, Makaroff, Polyanthus, Bed Gauntlet, Gawain, "W-aifcato, Sir Perciva!, and "Whakawehi may be mentioned as others that would not be out of place in any handicap "field Bulawayo, Orloff, and "VTelbeck are a trio of good ones that have been under suspicion for unsoundneas. but in their best form they would hold iheir own in any company. The three steeplechases have attracted nearly all the available cross-country talent in the colony, and if an entry of 26 for the Grand Ivationa.l Steeplecliase- seems, at first glance, a -trill© disappointing, a careful study of the list shows that it is due to the scarcity of sfceeplchaee hcraes and. not to fch» failure of any owner to nominate. JRiccarioD stables are much better represented than u^ual, and with Eurus, Graduated Tax, Taxpayer. Slow Tom, jNTarcissus, Phaetorttia, IRxmgod, Wi Waka. and Sillaloo to do battle far them, they promise to play a, strong hand in the contests over the big fences. "Th£ North Inland contingent, as usual, ia strong, anmng {boss entered being Sol, Irish, Nadador, Kiatsre. PUyfair, Moccasin, Swimnior, And Comfort, who have b&en racing prominently at recent northern fixtures. Pipi and Haydn

are there, of course, and it will not do, in. 'the light of history, to leave .these two .vetexons -out of calculations. Hhe (Grand National and 1 Sydeirh-am Hurdle ■ Eaoes _h*ve Attracted, neaxly all the best ', hurdlers in training at present, there 'being i very few horses Tnvsping that ..-might reasonably have been expected to find a place in the Ksts. The feature of -£be -en-try -is +he "number of promising recruits thait are -engaged. Among <them may 'be noted Ermaor, Kremlin, Shrapnel, Black Keynaxd, Convoy, Ability, Auratns, Asteroid, Welbeck, 'Wajkaio, and TErrole. 'Some of them, .notably jExmcor and ATjilrty, have already earned -distinction, but among those -that have sfcifl^to anake >fheir bow in public are one -or "two 'th«t "have fica-tiorii ioi making ftrst-cfri-ss over the battens. Jinniskillen and 'Creatsot. the -winners of last ; year'sing jumping double -at 'She ' Grand Xatianal ' meeting, bib both absent irom the list ol : entries for this year's "fixture. Bulawayo executed a. good ,galioj> over six ; furlongs on Thursday morning, but after pulling up it appeared to mare than one good judge on ithe- conxse that Ixe was showingsymptoms of lame-ne3s. Betting has -already commenced on .the Grand double. 33ie business transacted'during -the -week includes the ff allowing fines : — 500 to ID Sol *nd Exmtior, ;500; 500 -to 9 Slow Tom and Thcmoor, 500 to 7 Euros and Exmoor, 30C to 6 Sod and Cavalry. . T!he following Are Jtmong the .recent atragers laid abont**he Kew Zealand . Cuju — iWU>:SO, Bconcezung; "400 to 16 Annirfioe, "SOO to 14 Multifid, 300 to 9 Stepdaoicar. v liKter. Mttnc a week of fine weather rain set in again yesterday,, *nd ' to spofl £hfl good -working ground Jtt IRiccartbn. % The veteran ±«ainer IS. putts ihas "been laid up with «n attack of govft, but lie is new .an the improve, -and "he .should be about ignin in a -day or "two. • Isalt's yearling hitlf-sister by RojtoJ Artillery lias been sold by 3lr G. Palmer to HSx Stead. : The yearling brother to Cross Battery lias been in a bad way with an abscess in iie . ear. IFhe case was .very serious, and At first ; there wrere jgraxe doubts nvJbether ;he would ; recover. I learn Irani .Mr Hobbs, -however, \ thwt he -is .nxnv impzoning, and Z thopje he ! will soon >be all xight :as he is -a ~rery promising youngster. T. Price., mretl ilmown 5n local .troiatng ciicles, .and who lum been .in Kydrusr lor same year?, "has purchased iEpsam £Loage, Ricaar- . ton, and intends -starting training onGxaiiaas ' -there. In consequence x>f this sale, STCracken had to shift his quarters, luxci -his .team la ndvr Stabled wifn ©.. Sloberts. Tirole was -giv«n a turn vov«r the hurdles twice last week. <On Satofday 'he hit the ■first obstacle -very iafd, but ma3e *- clever *eaovery, and a^ter-waixiff jumped -well. So Jor ; ho has hafl mo companion, but .with judicious : schooling he should become a proficient ; iencer. I Slow Tom, .-wiw is Tookirig wonderfully -well, : -gave a goca exhibition of. jumping 'during the ■week- ov.er the .big iences. T. .Ccrtton, jun.,' sohoolad Slllaloo over iour ' hur3!es on 'Sarurde^-;,ii« 'fenced rsafely, but lost ttoo much ground -at his .fences. Eurus *nd Giadtt^ed 3!mt «re getting ( iiHtongh useful task*. . They are -Ijoffli ~in 3u» -trim. Th© Mo-Hcon still -.shows decided -signs of , lameness, and md ais«id Aynsley -is^ntxt ■ Skely to get Mm througb. a severe jnrepara- ; iSon. Pas Seul and Irfirgeese, looking aZI the better for 'their spell, are hi *ctiv« -work .again. Siara «nd 'Stripes was lame alter : on Friday, and she has not been out «inee. ; She has « bad -set of logs, snd Jtft&ninees I -will probably .have some trouble ±o Iseep '.her i sound. | Bulawayo was oui on 'Saituraay, and ju?i>saxed soiind, so tha-t the l«jnen«ss which iome of the -traok -watdheifi thought ! they aetectefl earlier in the sweek may Imve • been Tjjecory * passing Jiilmefft. < ' Sbeenan iias two yearlings in -work— * ooH • by Palla«— Greek Maid, and a fiHy by C3ast- ■ ashore— 'Pleasmre Seeker. 'The colt ie » >proj in»ing sort, *bafc the -fiUy looks *aniewJ»»t ; delicate.