ADDINGTON NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 196, 20 August 1930, Page 17

ADDINGTON NOTES.

SALE OF DRUSUS. WHITE SATIN'S FAILURES. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The American sire Drusus changed owners yesterday, and he will have his future home in Central Otago. Drusus has left a number of speedy pacers, Pro Rata, who broke a leg at the recent meeting at Addington, being a particularly promising young horse. One of the disappointments of last week's racing at Addington was the showing of the young trotter White Satin. On the first clay she was well backed, and although not making a fast beginning, she trotted down the back stretch at a fast clip, only to leave her feet in the straight and finish out of a place. She was much better backed on the second day, but did not race so well. She showed some speed, but she failed to keep to her gait throughout the race. On the first two days she was driven by A. Brycc, and in the Midwinter Handicap on the last day her trainer, R. B. Berry, who is just, recovering from an operation, drove White Satin. She went away smartly, hut lost her place in the first quarter of a mile, and again failed in the concluding stages. The track may not have suited White Satin on the first two days, of the meeting, but it was in fine order for the last day, and the Wrack mare should have done better.

The North Island-owned trotter Tamahine showed a good deal of speed in her race on the first day at Addington, but broke more than once. In her efforts on the second and third days she trotted very badly. The Australian trotter Home Voyage was well backed in all his races at the meeting at Addington, but he did not race up to expectations. Home Voyage is a very nervous horse, and it does not take much to tipset him in a race, although he has done plenty of racing! Tomkinson is very patient with trotters, and with more it ■> experience in the Dominion Home , oyage may go more steadily. The young trotter Eifa went a fine race in the Introductory Handicap, in which she finished second to Ambition, and she was also prominent on tlie second day, although she finished out of a place. She did not race so well on the third day, evidently feeling the effects of her earlier efforts. The young Guy Parrish mare should show considerable improvement during the present season. The American-bred trotter Trampcrisp has fined down a lot of late, but although he looks in capital racing condition he did not trot well in his races at Addington. Trampcrisp looked like making a more than useful trotter when he first came here, but he has not yet raced up to expectations. He is now trained by M. B. Edwards at Yaldhurst.