A.R.C. SECOND SPRING MEETING

Observer, Volume XV, Issue 824, 13 October 1894, Page 5

A.R.C. SECOND SPRING MEETING

Mr Evitt declared the weights for the two principal events of this fixture on Friday last. These are the Prince of Wales' Handicap and Spring Hurdle Race. From an anticipatory point of view it is hardly necessary to discuss the relative weights of St. Kilda and Royal Rose, as it is very improbable that the latter will b c here in November. As for St Kilda, his late form over a mile and a half discounts his chance, and if it were not so, 9st. 91b. will probably be more than enough for him. Reynard won a good race from a strong field last season with 7st. He has been jumped up a stone, and considering the good ones he beat at Riccarton, if Btarted here in the same condition the local ones must look out. However, I don't know if he is likely to come. Ida, if in form, will be hard to beat with 7st. 101 b. Yattenfeldt I expect, will be absent South ; he is nicely in. Grenadier has lost caste. He can gallop if he will ; 7st. 81b. won't stop him. Ben Godfrey I don't care for, and Eve's pet distance is shorter. Forme has a chance if she can stay (and I think she can) with 7st. 61b., and the same condition applies to St. Laura, Doris and Annabelle. Tulloch must improve in condition a lot to have a chance. Of the 6st division perhaps Haria may have an outside show, as he ran pretty well for a green one at the first Spring Meeting. My own fancy lies at present in the order of the handicap with Reynard, Ida, Forme and Doris. In the Hurdle Race two horses stand out as very likely winners at the weights; they are Warrior and

Skittles. MerechalJSTeil, if he could be got back to his old form, would look a decent sort of a thing with lCtet 21b. . The two top weights may not be altogether out of it,. but I don't think they will have. much chance with --the lighter-weighted one 3 I have named. Belmont, especially, has been badly treated as compared with these.

The statement that Pinrose is amiss is confirmed. Impulse is meeting with support for the New Zealand Cup. Ouida, dam of Skirmisher, has produced a colt to Medallion. The Caulfield Guineas will be run on Saturday next, the 13th inst. The Caulfield Cup is to be run on Saturday week next, the 20th inst. The trotting mare Rosebud got knocked about a bit in the boat going South. 1,100 to 40 was taken about Loyalty for the Caulfield Cup on Saturday last in Melbourne. White, black skull and cross bones are the registered colours of an owner racing in England. Westmere's running at Hawkes' has caused him to harden for the New Zealand Cup to 14 to 1. Warpaint's defection was caused by an injured stifle. He had been backed for the Catilfield Cup. Doris seems to have had bad luck in the Hawkes' Bay. The St. Leger mare was interfered with during the race. The Castors are gradually coming to the front as racers, making the heart of the Wellington Park Stud-master glad. The Workman is still doing work at Kllerslie. It is doubtful, however, if he will stand graft when the ground gets a bit hard. Riccarton punters lost heavily over Golden Fleece's defeat in the Hawke's Bay Guineas. At Riccarton she was considered a ' moral.' . Creel, a filly by Carbine from Fishwife, will be the first of the old champion's progeny to race. Creel is reported small but a promising galloper. Destiny is shaping so well at Flernington that he looks like a probable Caulfield Cup winner on Saturday. Destiny is by Neckersgat — Hortense. The sweep promoters in Queensland are not to be interfered with after all. The Queensland Government has revoked the interdict against the delivery of letters to the same. iLast issue of the Christchurch Referee reports a stagnancy in the betting market over the N.Z. Cup. Business will probably liven up after the Coastal Sgrjng meetings have been run. The Auckland-owned Peggy won the Sockburn Handicap Trot (saddle) at Plumpton Park (Christchurch) on Saturday lafet. Peggy had 14sec start. The time for the mile was 2min 46sec. Westmere has been showing improving form lately, and if he keeps on improving from this till November, he should be amongst the forward division at the finish of the New Zealand Cup. A peculiar thing about Ruenalf's lameness is that it only appears when the horse walks, and on pulling up after a gallop. Wihen galloping Ruenalf shows no sign of anything being wrong with him. : Bonnie Scotland hits himself badly when galloping. Martin \ises a shoe patented by. the elder Cusdin, which is adjusted with a spring, and which can be put on or taken off with ease, no nails been used. The N.Z. Cup candidate Beadonwell arrived at Riccarton last week. He is in th^e right order for the time for a Cup, and a Riccarton writer says 'he only wants a few rasping gallops to wind him up.' j The rumour which circulated South thjat Skirmisher and Hippomenes ■were a bit wrong proves to have no foundation. The Dunedin correspondent to the Christchurch Referee states both horses are doing well. jAt Plumpton Park last Saturday, the New Zealand Cup candidate Magazine (8-3) won the chief event of the day, the Spring Handicap, lmin and a distance from Goodwood (7.4). Magazine was backed last week for the New Zealand Cup at 100 to 6. Pegasus left Auckland looking in excellent health. If the weather at Christchurch during the next few weeks be favourable and Harrison is being able to push the colt along, I have no hesitation in saying that Major George's colt will run well in the Cup. ; Auckland bookmakers have agreed amongst themselves, first, that in accordance with the new law against ' tote ' betting, this style of betting must be dropped ; secondly, that in future all events, Australia and New Zealand, the transactions thereon to be straight out. This means that the Auckland ring will not in future operate at starting prices; all business to be P. P. :Much discussion has ensued over the weighting of St. Kilda and Royal Rose for the Prince of Wales' Handicap. A great deal is made of Royal Rose's performances at Randwick, and seeing he met and put down some of the cracks there, his excellence cannot be denied. At the same time, St. Kilda is a rattling good horse, and though on his latest performance, staving may seem to be a quality wanting in him, I fancy he has shown us good enough form over shorter distances to earn our respect for him even amongst cracks.

Mr A. Austin, has purchased Pleasanton. , . Reynard is a five-year-old horse, by Le Loup— Miss Kate. The Sydney horse King Orry has been purchased by S. Griffiths, the Caulfleld trainer. Malvblio has been having a fortnight's change at Sandringham, and has been suffering irom an ulcerated jaw. Ruenalf was sent to the stud after his accident in the Spring of 1892, and last year, his owner says he served forty mares. ' The Sinner ' was amongst the horses sold by Mr Clibbern at Sydney the other day. Not a bad name, as he is ' out of Paradise.' Mr Dakin has reviewed Nightingale's weight for the Melbourne Cup, and has decided not to penalise her for her victory in the Waverley Handicap. Barney O'Hea established a saddle record for.ia mile and a-half at the recent Geraldine Meeting, when he covered the- distance from scratch in 3m 58sec. Barney won handsomely without the semblance of a break. Patron continues to dash along in his work in great style, and it is considered he will take an immense amount of beating in whichever Cup he may be sent for.Destiny, Taranaki and Tim Swiveller were starters in the Mentone Handicap, won by Mike Carmody's Straban. All three raced badly, Tim Swiveller finishing in the rear of everything. Reynard, who is weighted at Bst for the Prince of Wales Handicap at Ellerslie, next November, has ■ one good performance to his credit last season when he got home first in the Midsummer Handicap, 1£ miles, at the C.J.C. Summer, beating Au Revoir, Clanranald, Prime Warden and two others in 2m 44Jsec. The Dunedin N.Z. Cup candidate, Beadonwell, must be considered as having an outside chance in the big race in November. As a three-year-old last year he was well backed for Rosef eldt's Cup, but fell. Later on, after getting over the results of this accident, Beadonwell showed good form at the Forbury, beating a good field in the Publicans' Handicap, and afterwards with 7.10 ran a dead heat with Au Revoir (8.11) in the Forbury Handicap. D. McLeod, New Zealand and Melbourne Cups. — Advt.