CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1350, 9 March 1916, Page 15

CANTERBURY.

Approaching Fixtures —Mr. Rutherford’s Representatives at Nelson Meeting—Mr. J. B. Reid’s Private Training Establishment —Peronilla’s Peninsular Cup Victory—Notes on the Little River Meeting.

(By Tele. —Christchurch Correspondent.! CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The many small meetings to be held in Canterbury during the next month have caused trainers to keep their second-raters up to the mark. The Waimate and Timaru fixtures are sure of ample patronage from local stables, while the Wellington meeting claims the attention of several big owners. Mir. Rutherford sent Specialform and Samisen north on Friday to compete at the Nelson Jockey Club’s meeting. It is not often that Canterbury owners patronise this fixture, as it is rather an expensive trip. Both Specialform and Samisen have received their full share of weight, but as they may have the pull over most of their opponents on the score of condition they may land a stake or two. Mr. J. B. Reid has decided to have his horses trained privately in future at Elders! ie, in North Otago. Recently he had a splendid mile track laid out there, and George Matthews, who trained Gladsome for Mr. Reid, is installed as trainer. The wellknown Riccarton horseman A. Piper has been engaged to do the riding for the establishment, so it is well enough set up in this respect. Matthews has a number of highly-bred juveniles to try his skill on, and next season he should turn out a few winners. C. Emerson was in good form at the Little River meeting, for after

piloting Peronilla to victory in the Cup by means of vigorous horsemanship he managed to get Forest Belle home in the Terawera Handicap. He will be riding at the Nelson meeting, and then goes on to Napier. In all her previous efforts Peronilla has usually failed to stay more than six furlongs. The daughter of Achilles is very well at present, and in the Peninsular Cup on Saturday, run over ten furlongs, never gave the opposition a look in. She was lucky at the start, and set such a solid pace all through the first six furlongs as to disorganise the opposition. Chrysotis and Snapdragon were quite a dozen lengths to the bad at the end of a mile, and though the former put in fine efforts over the last two furlongs she could never get near the winner. Bore gave further evidence that he is going to take a high place in the ranks of local hurdlers by appropriating the hurdle race under 12.5, winning with something in reserve. His jumping was by no means perfect, for he chanced two hurdles and ran down the last one badly. In moderate company he will always be hard to stop, for he carries weight well and has plenty of pace. How such a reckless jumper will fare in high-class company remains to be proved. The Martian gelding Dan Cameron showed greatly improved form at the Little River meeting by appropriating the Kinloch Welter and the Flying. Before leaving M. Hobbs’ stable he was schooled over the hurdles, and will probably be put to this form of racing next season. He is just the sort to do well over the sticks.

The Delawera filly Majestikoff, who was secured for 40gns. by Mr. P. Delargey at Mr. Harvey Patterson’s sale last November, made an auspicious racing debut by appropriating the Maiden Plate at the Little River meeting. She is a qualitylooking filly l and promises to turn out well. Findhorn was an absentee from the Peninsular Cup on Saturday, but he is likely to play a prominent part in the decision of the Waimate Cup, to be decided on the 16th. The well-known horseman Arthur Olliver showed that he is just as much at home on a pacer as on a galloper by riding Branston to victory in one of the trotting events at the Little River meeting.