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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 359, 10 June 1897, Page 8

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Dullness in sporting matters—Missfire— Hippomenes and. Plotter — Ulster — Euroclydon —New Zealand Cup candidates. Dunedin, June 8. Sporting matters are very dull here, and there is nothing of much importance to report. Missfire was tried over hurdles last week, and acquitted himself satisfactorily. He appeared to like it. Hippomenes and Plotter are to be given preliminaries at the same game this week. Should the former take kindly to it he should ultimately be a top-nolcher. Ulster, the double Hurdles winner at our late meeting, is to be nominated for the C.J.C. Grand National. Euroclydon, the Dunedin champion, is the only New Zealand horse nominated for the Melbourne Cup. The entries for the New Zealand Cup are looked on here as a very poor lot, and no interest has been taken in the list published. I have not heard of a single wager of importance being booked. Goldspur being an absentee from the list caused some surprise, as he had been previously backed at 100 to 2 and 3 for a good sum. Local pencillers did well over your National Meeting. St. Simon was almost friendless for the Hurdles, while Ilex was accorded big support.