WARWICK STAKES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 755, 30 August 1929, Page 13

WARWICK STAKES

MILE AT WEIGHT-FOR-AGE LIMERICK—MILLISON—AUSSIE The Warwick Stakes, run over a mile at Warwick Farm, Sydney, tomorrow, will see most of the Australian and New Zealand cracks in action. The issue appears likely to be fought out between Limerick, Mollison and Aussie. Paganelli and Nedda are also engaged. In Some seasons, veight-for-agre racing in the spring and autumn has rallen short of expectations, but there Is little likelihood of disappointment tins, spring, says a Sydney writer Limerick has won the Warwick * a ;* es past two years; but, v ith. .Mollison one of bis opponents, it will trouble him to win for the third time. I*. D. Jones has Limerick in fine trim, and when the black went past the other morning, F. Foulsham (Mollison \s trainer) could not help ejaculating:—“He looks well, and he’s still a good horse.” It is easy to endorse the opinion concerning Limerick’s appearance, and. if Mollison should be too good in the shorter races at Warwick Farm and Rosehill, the A.J.C. Spring Stakes; Craven Plate, and Randwiek Plate will give Limerick greater opportunity of paying expenses. When Mollison beat Limerick in the Al l - Aged Stakes the difference in weight was 71b in his favour. In the Warwick Stakes tomorrow it will be 31b, and that should be sufficient to enable him to down the New Zealander again. Mollison has developed, and the probabilities are he will see the Craven Plato distance right out. It was only inside the last furlong he failed in the A.J.C. Derby. On the Improve Aussie has also to be taken into account in the Warwick Stakes tomorrow. His owner is looking forward to

another meeting with Limerick, and is .pleased with the progress made by the bay since his Warwick Farm failure.

Last week he and Limerick were working companions for six furlongs, and J. Pike was very -pleased with the way Aussie acquitted himself. Last year Hamulus was comfortably beaten by Mollison in the Ilobartville Stakes, but put up a better race against him in tho Rosehill Stakes, led him into tho straight in the Derby, and beat him in the Caulfield Guineas. Mollison was not himself when the last-mentioned race was run, but Hamulus \4as not much inferior to him in at any time. That is one reason why Romulus has a good Epsom chance. He is coming on rapidly, but at the Farm the Campbelltown Handicap may be chosen for him in preference to the weight-for-uge race. Presumably Kavalli and Phar Lap are in the Warwick Stakes more with tho idea of seeing how they shape in good company than any hope of winning, but Fuji San can be relfed on to run well, even though he may riot beat either Mollison. Limerick or Aussie. The horses entered for the Warwick Stakes are as follow: —Limerick, Murillo, Aussie, Paganelli. Black Duchess, Karuma, Parkwood, Mollison, Kavalli, Winalot. Phar Lap. Loquacious, Crucis. Nedda, Keonui, Ramulus, Amounis, Fujisan.