DUNEDIN JOTTINCS.
(By Tolejrraph.—Special Reporter.) Dunedin, February 17,. Tho Dunedin Cup meeting opens at Wingatui to-morrow (Wednesday). Latest advices show that tho going will be perfect,'and that fine weather may bo confidently expected. The principal event is the Cup, and the issue seems very open. Great interest will centro in the meeting betwean the- two thp-weights—Ritrain, who is to.'be ridden by S. Keid, and Bon Ton, who will have H. Gray in the saddle. The pair are heavily weighted and may be defeated. Tho Wingatui course is a very trying one in the Gup race, for the hill has to be-negotiated twice, and this is all against horses weighted with 9st. 51b. Odessa has only 6st. 101b! to carry, which is more like the weight that one would expect a horso to run on with. Specialform is a mare that is racing into form, and she promises to be a difficulty proposition for the topweights to deal with. . Bravest is an unlikely starter in the Hurdles, and, in his absence, Daylight Bill, who has been doing great track work at.Riccartori, may bo the most pre-. forred. He is to bo ridden by L. Hegarty, and it,is said that ho ran a mile on the plough at Riccarton in lmin. 44sec. Here.it may he mentioned that this is what a Cup candidate would run. Mount Victoria is sufforine from a cold, and may. no.t..bft seen.-at.,.hjs best, in tho Stewards' Welter Handicap. Judith, the full-sister to Thrax, has been galloping very well on tho tracks, and, with R. Berry in the saddle, she promises to start a warm favourite in tho,Berwick Handicap. •','.(
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1987, 18 February 1914, Page 4
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270DUNEDIN JOTTINCS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1987, 18 February 1914, Page 4
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