THE CAULFIELD FUTURITY STAKES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 938, 27 February 1908, Page 5

THE CAULFIELD FUTURITY STAKES.

Owing to the presence in the race of the New Zealand-bred Munjeet and Seddcn, a good deal of interest was taken this side of the Tasman Sea in the struggle for the rich Caulfield Futurity Stakes. For this fourteen out of the fifteen acceptors faced the barrier, and with the champion colt Mountain King in the race, punters were never in doubt which to back, even though the son of Wallace and Bonnie Rosette had the big load of 9 st 51b in the saddle —a great weight for a three-year-old. The race was run over seven furlongs, the Wallace filly Cleis being first away, with Collarit and Antonio next. Half a mile from home Clayton took Antonia to the front, while Mountain King, who

had not been too well away, made a forward move. A desperate finish resulted, Mountain King closing on the leader, with Turner diding Munjeet desperately. Antonio, despite his heavy impost of 9st 81b, held out long enough to beat Mountain King by three-quarters of a length, with Munjeet, who finished gallantly, only a head away third, and Scotland fourth. The time, Im. 295., was half a second slower than Corroboree s record last year. The winner, Antonio, is a very handsome, although somewhat infirm, English-bred horse. He was got by the Isonomy horse Prisoner from Padua, and was picked up quite cheaply. The success of Egn-lish-bred horses in Australia is causing more attention to be given to importing equines from the Old Country, where very fair handicap horses can often be purchased at a comparatively low figure. No doubt in the near future we shall have more of them carrying silk, as other Englishbred ones in Sokinsha, a daughter of Florizel 11. and Quick Fire, and Snowy River, a daughter of St. Serf and River Trent, were among the acceptors for the race.