Volume bound for India.

Observer, Volume XXVII, Issue 47, 10 August 1907, Page 15

Volume bound for India.

Uranium was struck out ,of the G.N. Hurdles on Monday last, and Regulation was withdrawn from all engagements. Phaetonitis and Paritutu form the favourite combination on the G.N. double at Christchurch, the price quoted being 25 $9 £* . ■■■.■->:■■ ? ••,■;■- .-^ ■-&

Leqnator is being indulged. in. road exercise. ■ ; . , Achilles scratched for .New Zea-. land Cup. W. "Wilson will ride . Kiatere at Riccarton. Haydn may be taken over to Sydney shortly. N.Z. Grand National Steeplechase is run next Tuesday. Both Nightfall and Noctuiform started in the Ascot Stakes won by Torpoint. £600 was offered for Paritutu at "Wellington, but the offer was not entertained. A. Julian will have the mount on Slow Tom in the Grand National Steeplechase. Final payments for the New Zealand Grand Nationals are due tomorow (Friday). £4000 prize in Tattersalls' Grand National sweep was drawn by a Grey Lynn resident. Ability has not been doing severe tasks, but it is said he requires an easy preparation. Four Masterton residents participated in the £113 11s double dividend at Wellington. The Swimmer ran second in the Wigal Steeplechasers' Flat Race at Caulfield last Saturday. Solution is so far standing up alright in her first tasks on the training ground at Caulfield. Phaetonitis should make no mistakes in the Grand National. He has been jumping splendidly. Evenlode, who ran well at Wellington, is expected to show improvement at Riccarton. Slow Tom, though looking well, is giving cause for anxiety on account of one of his forelegs. Mr t>. O'Brien's colt, Maranui, by Malatua-Grafin, has been receiving some support for Melbourne Cup. "Waitarere's breakdown at "Wellington accounts for his being counted out in connection with the Grand National. Maniapoto has been nominated for the Heathcote Handicap and , August Handicap at the Grand National Meeting. "W. Higgins, who rode Phaetonitis ii the Grand National Steeplechase fast year, has been engaged to ride him in last year's race. Mr D. O'Brien passed through Auckland early this week, leaving for Sydney with his A.J.C Derby candidate, Maranui, and the two-year-old filly, Chamade. A "Wellington writer expresses the opinion that if Evenlode had not been kept so far out in the earlier stages of the Welington Steeplechase he might have beaten Haydn for pace at the finish. Paritutu has come into favour for the Grand National^ Hurdles, and he now shares favouritism in Christchurch with Cuiragno. Certainly ii" Paritutu jumps well his pace should bring him home. Phaetonitis continues in strong * favour in Christchurch for the Grand National Steeplechase, and there is every indication that he will start a big favourite on the day. _No horse has done a better preparation. Boniform will compete in the A.J.C. Derby. A Riccarton writer , speaks very highly of his prospective chance, and expresses the opinion that it will require something considerably above the average to defeat him. Aa a result of the accident in the Jumpers' Flat Race at Trentham, one of the unfortunate riders. Fair-,, weather, is lying in the "Wellington ; Hospital badly crushed, and with. a;:., fractured hip bone. The other riders are doing well. \ A Riccarton writer was impressed by a recent -gallop ov§r,>six:. furlongs "; performed by 'Boriiform-iiti company Ji with Count "Witte. Boniform -was conceding his stable-mate weight, and beat him in 1.17 3-5, the pest ' time ■ performance- seen ":t:by the* i writer 'quoted over that distance V