CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XI, Issue 510, 27 September 1900, Page 12

CANTERBURY.

FORMOSAN - NIHILIST AND ST DENIS - CHRISTCHURCH HORSES FOR WANGANUI —MALATUA AND MILITARY—DJIN DJIN-DUNDAS-STRAITHNAIRN. Christchurch, September 25. Formosan has been bracketed with almost every horse ia the double, New Zealand Cup and Stewards’ Handicap. Nihilist and St Denis are two capital weight carriers. They performed well at Ashburton, as a glance at their running will show. Pnseton, the only Trenton sire in the colony, has so far not got any brilliant performers, but some of his stock, Bonaparte, Flame, and one or two others shaped well at Ashburton last week, and should do better in future engagements. . Lady Zetland and Reverie, Mr J£. Gates’ two brood mares, have been visited by the Englishbred C bligato, who is now owned by Mr Gates. Double Event, who broke down just before the last New Zealand Cup, is doing stud duty in the Ashburton district He was on view at the Ashburton horse parade on Saturday. - B. Derrett, L. H. Hewitt, and W. Brown were the most successful jockeys at the Ashburton Meeting, each scoring three wins Ted Cutts left for Wanganui on Saturday, taking with him Cannie Chiel and Scottish Minstrel.

R. Derrett left the same day with Mr Stead’s ‘‘Guineas colt Formosan. I think the Northern youngsters will have to be particularly smart to beat either of the Canterbury pair. Dan O’Brien’s Cup candidates, Malatua and Military, are training as satisfactorily as their admirers could wish. The older horse now appears as well as eve.- he was. Another Biccarton Cup horse, Djin Djin, is getting through some stiff work. His party are preparing him for the Cup. Dundas was only started once at Ashburton, when he ran badly. Previous to the Meeting, he had done some really good gallops, but when asked to race he failed to show his true form. He is a most erratic customer at the best of times. , Strathnairn cut a very sorry figure in the race for the Ashburton Cup last week. Bsfore the half distance was covered he was hopelessly beaten, and finished a long way behind his four opponents. Unless Strathnairn shows better form between this and November he cannot have much chance of winning a race like the New Zealand Cup.