SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 274, 17 November 1914, Page 6

SPORTING.

‘‘Sir Lancelot,” in.. the« Wellington Post writes >—The successful New Zealand performer Di Gama, who won s. three,, important handicaps at the V4'A. Meeting,.twined at. CauM4 v) by,G^^elaney ;j for for whom J. O’Neill, the % Jt £ly- , Jrainei - f _ hach ajf ew horses in the Dominion. The cabled news this week, that luif Club, are at Caulfield, hl»j^M# horSe ’ S en ‘ try for come as a shock to his connections. Under : ' the circurnstai^<f£, would not be surprising If the*'horse ’ changed hands and in future ran in a different ownership. ' Thelolfowing paragraph, taken from the Australasian, makes interesting reading, and may throw s&neTight* matter“ The rain had been very light so far, but a heavv shower came on while the hoises were at tlm post Tor the Cobuig Stakes. It .continued,' arid made it impossible to distinguish colours untif 'the .horses got ipto. the straightTwo good owners ih Mr Hordern and ]^P ( R, ; M. Hawker rail two good holies .Tn .First .Principle and ladanga. 1 * Both'ran' well, but the handicappers do not favour consistent, horses which rrfiCintp Jp|uSe|,, and after a desperate fight Hi 6ariia, who had rpn nowhere in a welter at Caulfield, heat .tire, game ' little Tadanga by a head. And he was backed down to 2 to 1. Verily our handicappers are kind to whoever owns this New Zea-

land horse,. ,He looked such a very

p;oocl thing for the Moo.nee Valley Cup at 7.9 that it would have been hard to back him at any price. He did not start, there, and had 8.3 in the Coburg Stakes; It was easy to get 4 to 1 about him until just before the start, and, as-it turned out, there was one in the race capable of stretching’.'him. Mind, it was not a Moonce Valley Cup field, but Di Gama is very gopd.. This-dact must now have been bjro.nglxt home to - Mr. Maitland, who in handicapping for Mr Monzies at this meeting, rind other handicap-pe-j’-S.” Hi Gama got in the Carnival Handicap with 8.3, the same weight he, carried to victory, in., the Coburg Stakes, in the Final Handicap w£j^-only raised 101 b. .: ...