CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 678, 5 March 1903, Page 14

CANTERBURY.

Christchurch, March 3

Orloff and Machine Gun left for the North on Saturday, their destination being Wanganui. The former is in the Wanganui Cup, in which he will carry Bst 101 b. I favour his chance, holding the opinion that 1 isi 31b will be too heavy a load for Advance to carry over a mile and three-quarters. I fancy the numbers will go up as follows : —Orloff 1, Shannon 2, Advance 3. The Hotchkiss colt Machine Gun will be meeting Advance! in the Jackson Stakes. I select Advance to win, after a good race with Machine Gun.

| Windwhistle was in good form at the I Canterbury Summer Meeting, and ought to show up prominently in the Flying ' Stakes at Wanganui. This filly does well I when racing away from home. I Lavalette, the full brother to Beddingi ton, wasi again in winning form last week, scoring a win in the First Hack at Dunedin. The colt has, paid his way since leaving Auckland. Bookmakers here had a bad time over the Dunedin and Woodville Meetings. Orloff, Lavalette, and St. Denis on the second day, and Welbeck, Terrapin, and Muscovite on the third day were backed for a lot of money, one firm alone dropping £l7OO over the wins of the abovenamed horses. Wind was sent down as to the best of good things for the two hack races at Woodville, and after a substantial commission had been booked in favour of the Sou’-wester gelding, the punters got wind of the move, and tumbled over one another in their anxiety to get a bit on. The £5 18s dividend on the first day came as a stunner to the pencillers. It is evident that Pallas can win over any distance he has been tried over. When asked the question the colt fairly romped away with the Jockey Club Handicap at Dunedin. He carried Bst 121 b, and cut out the mile in Imin 4-5 2-ssec, after making his own running two-thirds of the distance. Ca r nie Chiel ran a good race in the Dunedin Cup. After going a mile he appeared to possess the winning chance, but Orloff had too much pace in the last halfmile, and beat the Clanranald horse by two and a-half lengths. Cannie Chiel could only get third in the mile race on the second day, and the same position in the mile and a-quarter on the third day. I have held the opinion for some time past that Cannie Chiel is better suited over mile and a-half distances. A couple of seasons ago he was a sprinter, but latterly ho has developed staying powers, which will soon enable him to win a good race over a distance. Muscovite has been a long time regaining the form; he showed a year ago. His best run at Dunedin was in the Farewell Handicap, which he won by a neck from Lady Rosslyn. Stepniak headed the list of winning sires at Dunedin. Orloff, Petrovna, Muscovite, and Stepenfeldt placed wins at the Elderslie sire’s credit. Dundas, who was given a spell after the Summer Meeting at Riccarton, is in work once more. Hobbs is pushing Coralinn, Cerise and Leonore along. The Hororata Racing Club will hold its meeting on Thursday. My selections are : Bangor Plate, Muscovite or Ayrdale ; Farmers’ Plato, Lady Brandt ; Cuo, Clytie : Welter, Puawai : Selling, Claudeboye; Haldon Stages. Cyclas Parva.