BY "MULTIFORM."
Tli? weights for -the approaching meeting of the Wanganui Club have made their appearance, and, takeii on the whole, must be considered very satisfactory. Mr. Geo. Morse, the Club's handicapper, is ta be congratulated on tho adjustments. Most of tho best horses in the Dominion jaro engaged, aiid tho meeting promises to be one of the best heM for some years. In the Borough Handicap, six furlongs, there are 16 engaged, with Tumut heading the list' >v;ith 9st. 101b. Ballarnt, Bst. 71b. cannot complain on the of weight, and the black mare generally runs her best races on this courso. Gold Thread Sst. 61b., Mon Ami Bst. •51b., Kareroa 7st. 131b., Gipsy Belle 7st. 121b., and St. Bill 7st. 31b. all read well.
. There aye no less, than 25 in tho Steeplechase, and if half that number go to the post, it should be a splendid race. Audax list. JLlb., Maidi lOst. 71bs., Capitol lOst. 6!b., Lull lOst. 31b., and Oryx 9st. 121b., all seem well in. Tho Century Hurdles comprises 30 of the best hurdlers in New Zealand, with the Auckland representative, Ben Jonson, top weight. Aorangi, North Head, and Hipporoffla with lOst. 51b. each area useful trio. Coraz.on 9st. 41b. is said-to be a good stayer, with a recent victory at the first time of asking as a recommendation. • •■ . ■' ■• ,
The Connolly Handicap, of one. and a quarter miles,, is made» up of a useful field of 31. Moral is allotted pride of placo with 9st., but as ho met with an accident at Hastings will not bo a starter. The Lark, who has been off tho scene for some time, comes next with Bst. 111b., Sir Tristram Bst. 81b., Woodhey Sst. lib., Bollin Bst., haye/-no cause to be satisfied with their weights, while Roosevelt, Daisy Paul, Gold Lace, and Mahuta are ali useful over this distanoo The weights for the hack races are due on Thursday, and it only now remains for tho acceptances to be good for the meeting to bo a most successful on*.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12219, 11 May 1909, Page 5
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