AMYTHAS’ FUTURE CAREER.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1576, 8 July 1920, Page 14

AMYTHAS’ FUTURE CAREER.

It seems to be generally anticipated (hat Amythas, if not already scratched, is not going to be a starter foi’ the Melbourne Cup, and our correspondent where he is trained says he will, all going on the right way, be a starter at the next New Zealand Cup meeting, and that would look like better business than going away to oppose the cracks at Randwick and Flemington in the spring, unless it was thought advisable to take him to Randwick and race him in the weight-for-age races and return for the Wellington and C.J.C. spring meetings. The racing he has had into the autumn should stand to him if he has not been put back by the cold he was reported to have contracted recently. The temptation is great to take a good one to the big spring campaign at Randwick, never more so than at the present time, and it is to be earnestly hoped that the best of the horses in commission in New Zealand will be taken over to represent the Dominion. Owners who aim at competing for the rich prize money hung up for all comers by the Australian Jockey Club are many, but only a select few have the good fortune to get hold of the right material to throw down the gauntlet to Commonwealth owners, and in the interests of sport every facility should be provided for the purpose. Weights for the Melbourne Cup are not to hand as we write.