Coming Events.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 204, 21 June 1894, Page 7

Coming Events.

[By

Borderer.]

HAWKE’S BAY MEETING. The acceptances for the two big jumping events in connection with the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s Winter Meeting, to be held to-morrow (Friday) show a decided shrinkage as compared with the nominations for those events. In the hurdle race the appearance of Melinite with only 10.3 against her name has frightened eleven of the sixteen nominators out of the race, but I see Kulnine has decided to accept top weight, 12.6. This candidate will have to show something very exceptional if Melinite is to be beaten with 34lbs in her favour. Tiritea has gone out. but remains in the cross country race; and the next to accept is Kapua 11.5. Although Melinite has 161 b the best of it this candidate will certainly make her race. Then comes Melinite, and nothing further can be said respecting her chance save that on paper it looks a moral and the best of good things. However, there’s many a slip, and it is quite possible the Norden-

feldt mare will make a mistake, in which case the race will fall to Kapua. Worth and Lonely have not accepted, and Oaklands is the next one paid up for, but I prefer this candidate’s chance in the steeplechase. All the others have declined with the exception of T Rose, who has a very indifferent chance of scoring. Last week I took the three best to be Kulnine, Kapua and Melinite, and for a place tip I would place them— Melinite .. .. .. 1 Kapua .. .. .. 2 Kulnine .. .. • • 3 The withdrawals have been just as heavy in the steeplechase as in the hurdles, only seven having accepted out of eighteen nominations. The top weight Norton remains in, but at the weight 12.11 I do not like the chance. With Whalebone out Tiritea comes next, and at 11.3 this horse has a fair chance. Victrix I do not fancy, and of Daintv and Oaklands I prefer the latter. Morag has a chance second to none, and Repo is not out of it by a long way. I took Elk when the nominations came out and as the name does not appear in the acceptances I shall replace it with Oaklands. I shall expect the lower weighted ones to score, and place them — Oaklands .. .. .. 1 Morag .. .. .. 2 Tiritea .. .. .. 3