CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 693, 18 June 1903, Page 14

CANTERBURY.

Christchurch, June inDefiance, a National Hurdle Race winner, was out with the hounds last week. Defiance won a hurdle race at Winslow a week or two ago, after which he was bought by Mr H. Brown, owner of Roller. I notice several newspaper writers have stated that Seaton Delaval is without a representative in this year's New Zealand Cup. What about Lavalette i Is he not a son of Seatan Del’aval. Leonore is also a daughtet of Seaton DelavalGoldenmere and Dirk each failed to get a place in their races at the Oamaru Meeting. The former was made favourite for the Waitaki Handicap, won by Goldspur, while Dirk received most of the public money on the first race of the meeting. I notice that, several papers.have lately given Whirlwind as a dam of Scylla, but the mare’s dam is Whirlpool. Among the hunters out with the Canterbury hounds last week were Harkaway, Dugald, Agitator, Te Kooti, Mainstay, and Dun Brown. South Canterbury promises to be strongly represented in the Hunters’ Hurdle Races at the National Meeting. There are, I believe more horses out qualifying for jumping events at the National Meeting this* year than in any previous year. Among those qualifying are some really good horses that have won races on the flat. Rowlock is, doing good jumping work at Riccarton. Rowloci; was always a capable jumper. Sultana was sent a couple of rounds the other morning over the hurdles in front of the stand and the fences at the back of the course. This horse is doing well. Slow Tom is doing steady work, with a spin over hurdles now and again, and he jumps well. Social Pest is going along in his work nicely, but so far he has not been pushed. Zealous was given a spin over hurdles during the week, and shaped well for a novice. Social Pest accompanied the Nelson mare, who should make a good racer.

Catherine Gordon is another hurdle race novice. This mare jumoed half-a-dozen hurdles during a gallop last Friday, and got through her task fairly well. Benzoin, who is doing easy pacing,, is entered for the sprint events at the Wellington Winter Meeting. Windwhistl'e, Bombardo, Slow ’Torn, Social Pest, Dirk, Goldenmere, Sultana, and Pipi make up entries from Canterbury at the same meeting,