CANTERBURY-J. C. MEETING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12117, 7 November 1902, Page 2

CANTERBURY-J. C. MEETING.

j The meeting ' will be stafrted tomorrow when the principal event., is i*e NeWvZealand Cup, 1500 soys, 2 miles. ' Final payment ' has ,beeh made ior X\ horses, so that a good contest, seems , assured . Siege • Gun, who has no performances to recommend him, still continues* favourite at a short price. ' The public are backing the stable no doubt, "but it is also .to lie assumed that some good reports of the (.gallops of Siege Gun, who is trained privately, have been .received ,'' outside. . . For a .four year old he'Eas'a nice weight, at . 7.9 l Nonette will run, a. good horse, but he has a stiff . contract to' win with 9.9; Tortnlla' and Poriua are in the same stable. The mare won last year, and may be the elect, of >the stable ysar. Halberdier is a candidate that has been doing good track work, and his chances are .assessed hignly by many. -\ Cannie Chiel and Glenaladale are in* the. same stable. The latter may be, the ; elect of the stable. The Dunedin grey Canteen, is fancied in some quarters. '•On his Ashburton Cup win Welheck must .run a good race. -Fakir ■ possesses an outside chance. Punamu horses that wilLsAay well. Sirius, who ran third last year, also posr sesses an outside, chance. Puqamu does not seem to have any .chance at all. The places. may be nlled 'by Welbeck Siege Gun Nonette. With Halberdier or Glenaladale , for the upsets. The other events may result :—: — Hurdles, Bellman or Evening * Wonder ; Welter, Ayrdale, Ostiak, St. Dennis ; Welcome Stakes, Bandmaster or King Log ; Stewards* Handicap, Dundas, Ghoorka, Scotty, Ladies' Purse, Clanburn or Cameo. The Maiden may go to Bombardo or Eveleyn Wood, and the Sapling Stakes to Enna or Tradewind. -■•:',