CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1239, 15 January 1914, Page 16

CANTERBURY.

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. .. May Dalrymple has been troubled with a mild attack of blood poisoningfollowing on a cracked heel. A few days’ spell should soon put her to rights again. Counterfeit’s two-year-old sister, Merry Trick, has gone amiss, and Cutts has had to throw her out of commission for a time. Autumnus and Masterpiece, the for-

mer of whom is almost sure to represent Sir Geo. Clifford at the Wellington meeting, have been getting through very satisfactory tasks at Riccarton. Both look in the best of health, and should not be long in gaining successes. Another Ric-carton-trained pair is Tannhauser and Thrax, who are almost certain visitors to the Trentham meeting, and the better of the pair, which will probably be the former, should be in the fighting line, at the finish. At a meeting of the Otago district committee to hear the appeal lodged by the connections of Oxenhope, it was decided that as the question was one of fact as to whether Oxenhope was pulled -in the Federal Handicap there could be no appeal from the finding of the stewards. The owner, the trainer, and the jockey were then called in and asked whether they had anything to say in mitigation of the sentence. Mr. Amyes, the owner, said he backed Oxenhope for the race, and that the horse disappointed .him, as it had done before. The committee thereupon formally approved of the action ef the stewards in disqualifying the horse, the owner (Mr. Amyes), the trainer (A. Macaulay), and the jockey (J. T. Humphries) for two years. If there is any further appeal from this decision it .must be made to the Racing Conference. Most of the horses that went away from home for the holiday meetings have resumed work at Riccarton, and a number with engagements at Wellington are being hurried along. A brown gelding by Sims Reeves has recently gone into D. Roberts’ stable. At present he is rather unruly, but when moving he goes very freely. The much raced gelding Sea King ha® been turned out for a well-earned spell, and will not be taken up again till after the Easter meetings. Kostroma, Glenfln, Tip Top, Gold Wave, and Mere, all of whom were recently purchased by the Melbourne sportsman, Mr. J. R. Henry, were shipped for their hew home last week.

One of the most promising of the non-performed two year-olds at Riccarton is the Bonny Glen —Greek Maid filly in T. Sheehan’s stable. The following names have been claimed by Mr. G. D. Greenwood for a trio of his juveniles:—Bay filly by Danube—Armlet, Kohentina; brown filly by Charlemagne II. —Aurabelle, Chelum; and chestnut colt by Achilles or Bezonian —Sunglow, Pantbos.

The handsome two-year-old Clynelish, by Soult from Replete, could not be started at the North Otago meeting on account of soreness. As he is now almost right again, there is still a chance of his giving a taste of his galloping ability at the Wellington meeting.

On returning from the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting Merry Valet was decidedly sore, and is now beingindulged in ia short let-up.

Heatherbrae has been lame off and on for some time, and I am afraid her racing days are numbered. Another inmate of the Chokebore stable who is amiss is First Flight, and it is doubtful whether he will sport silk again.

This season Jeannot, the giant son of Charlemagne 11. and Janet, is another that has recently succumbed to the, exigencies of training, and hn has been turned out in one of his owner’s paddocks. At Oamaru in the same category may be mentioned Chrysotis, who is troubled with an enlarged knee. A recent addition to F. P. Claridge’s stable is Mumura, who is looking really well, and gets through his tasks much more generously than was his wont.

No less than twenty-one horses were shipped from Lyttelton by the Maunganui last week, including several thoroughbreds and a number of polo ponies, for which there is a good market in the Commonwealth.

The veteran Coroniform is now an inmate of R. Longley’s stable.

M. Hobbs left for Wellington on Thursday last to supervise the preparation of his team that will compete at the Wellington R.C. meeting.