WANGANUI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1138, 1 February 1912, Page 11

WANGANUI.

WANGANUI, Monday. Coromandel, who failed to win a race, but earned £l2 5 place money, has returned from Trentham looking none the worse for his exertions there. He will be allowed to take things easy for a few days. If kept for the Wanganui Cup Menschikoff’s son will

not want lor support after his consistent running of late. ±t. Lam>.cSS has the full sister to Seaman in work again. This youngster had to be given a spell owing to going amiss, but she is now coming along well, and gives promise to developing into a good filly. Alf. Hopeful, who looks after Muleteer, has a three-year-old daughter of St. Clements in hand now. This filly is a handsome looking thing, standing nearly sixteen hands, and she should turn out to be possessed of a lot of pace.

Brilliancy is in work again, having got over the effects of his recent accident.

The running of Overtime at Foxton was very disappointing to his party, as.the Musketry gelding had put up a good gallop before leaving here over six furlongs. It would seem that he is a light of other days. Lady Kilcheran’s name figured amongst the entrants for the Stewards Handicap at the Wanganui J.C. Autumn meeting by mistake. She is engaged in the Flying instead.

Electrakoff will have joined Alex. Hall’s teanl before these notes appear, as he is supposed to arrive here on Tuesday. Hall will have quite a select little string with the son of Menschikoff, St. Gate, St. Bill, and North East. St. Bill appears to have lost some of his brilliancy, but judiciously placed should win a few more races before retirmg. A local trainer just missed making a good deal the other day. While at Foxton he took a fancy to Eminent, an aged gelding by Phaeton —Famous, for which £l2 5 was wanted. This price appeared very reasonable, and the trainer in question determined to secure the gelding, but someone else got in first and paid 300 guineas for the son of Phaeton. The Wanganui Jockey Club’s autumn meeting, to oe held on the 29th February and Ist March, gives indications of proving one of the most successful Cup gatherings on record, judging by the number of entries received and the quality of the horses engaged in the principal races. Altogether 402 nominations have been received, compared with 365 last year, for the fifteen handicap events on the programme. In the Cup there are 31 engaged, as against 2 6 last eyar. and the best handicap horses in the Dominion are amongst the list, which includes such good ones as Counterfeit, Santa Rosa, Waimangu, Domino, Coromandel, Midnight Sun, Maxwell, Undecided, Miscount, Los Angelos, Merrivonia, Bronze, and others. If the pick of this lot goes to the post the field will be quite one of the best from every point of view that has yet contested the big race here. Some surprise has been expressd at Bronze having been nominated for the Cup, but while six and seven furlongs seem to be her favourite distance at present, there is no reason why she should not stay the distance. Her running in the Summer Handicap at Marton was good enough to suggest that she should see o.t a longer journey all right. If George Price can land her at the post in top form the three-year-old daughter of Field Battery will not want for friends.

Sanguinary’s fine form at Trentham would indicate that she is likely to be very hard to beat in rue Juvenile Handicap at Wanganui. This promises to be a very interesting race, as in addition to Sanguinary, such good ones as Styx, Royal Scotch, Rangiatua, Labour Day, and other proved smart youngsters are engaged. The dearth of good hurdlers is shown by the small entries received for the jumping events at the Wanganui meeting, though if the best of those entered go to the post the fields will be good in quality. It would apparently be well for the club to consider the advisability of cutting out one of the hurdle races each day and putting on another flat event.

The Egmont gathering to be held next week is likely to attract a large number of Wanganui sportsmen, who should be rewarded by witnessing some very interesting racing, and racing which should throw a deal of light on the Wanganui Cup meeting, since so many of the same horses are engaged.

Francisco, a colt by San Francisco from Isolt, is a stable companion of Lady Medallist at Randwick, and is said to be highly fancied by hi!s trainer. Isolt was a great mare until she bectme amiss in the respiratory organs, and' the handsome daughter of Multiform may do even better at the stud than she did on the track.