CANTERBURY CHAT

NZ Truth, Issue 804, 9 April 1921, Page 7

CANTERBURY CHAT

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Hororata R.C. on April l(i. Since liis defeat' at Riccarton, Mcrmin has been causing liis trainer some anxious moments. There is no guarantee that he will sport silk at Trentham. Purple Spur will cost Canterbury punters a load it" he misses at Trentham. On Riccarton form lie should win. Foo Chow seems to keep on improving. He was up with the front division all the way m the Great Autumn. His chance at the Wellington meeting is good. Hgotism won so easily at Riccarton that it is difficult to see her being defeated m anything she takes on. ' Scrimmage is a good filly but reauires shaking up m a race. I According to tlie man m the street, Gloaming will race no more this s<#u?on. Sasanof, pulled up sound after his sec- | oncl spin at Riccarton. If he remains so he should bo knocking at Wellington, and also m the Awapuni Gold Cup. Manawapango won as easily on the second day at Riccarton as he did on the first. Pick again lost a lot of ground at his jumps but stayed well on the flat. .lack Symons looked far from right when he pulled up after contesting the hurdle race on the second . day at Riccarton. „■'-. Tatau Tatau looked jaded on the* sec r ond day at Riccarton, and raced badly. Kilderg is going to make a useful galloper. Kilbarry is now owned by Alf. Hill and Is trained by P. Shaw. Ruddy Gold's form at Riccarton was too bad to be true. Palladium tried to clear out and win the Addington Handicap from end to end, with the result that at the end of seven furlongs he was crying for help. There is a whisper' that Mr. Brown has disposed of Kilrush, Counter Attack and Rada. The form of the trio at Riccarton was bad. enough to make a man do anything. ..Put them m the' pound for instance. Insurrection finished on gamely m the Great Autumn. But nothing had a ghost of a chance with Foo . Chow. _ ' Chimera made amends for her bad dispatch m the Great Kaster by winning the Templeton Handicap m great style. With an: even start she must have been very hard m the big sprint. Twinkle got all the worst of a bad start m the Final Handicap at Riccarton and then ran second. At the finish Miss Mimic was. going away. The long straight at Riccarton soon had Radial m trouble. It seems a waste of money backing him at headquarters. The funeral of the jockey, H. Adams, who died as a result of injuries received when .Micky Free fell m the Kildare Hurdle Handicap at the Canterbury Jockey .Club's fixture, was largely attended. ATreaths v?ere sent by the Canterbury Jockey Club, brother jockeys and comrades of Chokebore Lodge, jockeys of Hokitika, Messrs. H. and A Cutis, Mrs. ft. Cutis, Miss Hood and Mrs. Higgins, Mr. .1. A. Shaw, D. and J. Purvice. Messrs. A. Cults, Thompson, A. AVormald and N. Birss were pall bearers. •