THE JUBILEE MEETING.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1917, Page 2

THE JUBILEE MEETING.

Outside Comment. (Lyttelton Times.) Mr H, Cassidy had an uufortuuafce experience iu connection with the Westland Racing Club’s meeting. Having assisted at the first meeting at Hokitika, at which he was among the successful owners, he was naturally anxious to be represented at the jubilee fixture. With a spscial eye to the Jubilee Gold Cup, Mr Cassidy purchased Recorder from Mr G. L. Stead, but the Varco mare went amis?, and Martial Air was then secured to take her place. The daughter of Achilles— Marseillaise took part in the big race at Hokitika this week but she was nnequal to the task, while she also failed to show up in tha final event of tha meeting.

The officials of the Westland Racing Club must have been quite satisfied with the result of the Jubilee Gold Gup. The race attracted an exceptionally large nomination, including a number of horses whose owners could have had little intention of making tha trip to Hokitika but the race drew a field of ten. They did net represent particularly high class, though meet of the best horses racing on tho West Coast circuit cook parr, and the race appears io have provided an interesting contest- for tho rich prize which the club bang up. Tha win of Killjoy occasioned no surprise; in fact, she bad been selected as a likely winner for some weeks past. She is a tlnee-year-old fiily by Kiibrony from Soberside, by Obligado from the Australian bred mars Broadside, by Goldaborough

—Powder, by Blinkhoolie. Broadside, who was a sister to tho Melbourne Cup winner, Areena), brad sevai al io Hs in New Zealand, among them being Leeeide, a useful hurdler. Soberside’a fiist foal did not earn distinction, but Placid, by Ali Bed, wqs a winter at the recent (Hmarn meeting and looks like being useful. Then oume Kill joy, who was one of the lots rff irod at the clearing sale of tho late Mr John Buckley’s horses, Mr D. H, Heberts securing her for 28gs. She Las been given every chance by her painstaking trainer, F. Christmas, and made her first appearance at Rioearton in November, when she wag third to Furling and Ardmore in the Randolph Handicap. Then shs went south, scoring an oaßy win at tho Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting. She wag then sent to tho West Coast, capturing a race each day at Hokitika. Though not. a big one, Killjoy is a smart g-u----loper and the is likely to bo heard cf in much better com; s v hjfore ibe close of this season