TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 226, 23 September 1936, Page 21

TROTTING.

WAIKATO MEETING. HORSES IN FORM. SPESSWA'S BRIGHT PROSPECTS Spessiva is reported to have trained on satisfactory since competing at the Auckland meeting last month, and she should hold bright prospects -in the maiden events at Claudelands on Saturday. At Epsom Spessiva»was having her first race after thir d" was P ver/" t • l' er + effort in finishing tliira ivas \ery satistactorv. She lia« fillon out appreciably with age. and the daughter t ii Axworthy and Pavlova should not be long in registering her first win HAS PLENTY OF SPEED. th , e u ckland meeting, Black showed fine speed in the middle stages of the race, and although she laded out over the last quarter of a Uh!b ?• f ? vas satisfactory. Silver Black is down to contest the Visitors' Handicap on Saturday, and, having, already proved her worth with the weight on top by winning at South Wairarapa last season, it may be unwise to forget her. A GOOD STAYER. Ironside showed good form over two miles on the iaranaKi circuit last season, and the gelding is assured of plenty ot support wiien he parades for the Waikato Handicap ou Saturday. He was raced in the mile and a quarter event at the last Auckland meeting and was responsible for a sound performance to finish second to .N ervie s Last. Ironside is reported to have benefited from the outing and he should do Avell this season. • \ COMPETING AT CLAUDELANDS. Charteris Bay took no harm from the two races he had at the Auckland meeting, and the chestnut is working along freely at Epsom. He is going more generously since being raced without hopples, and is showing more stamina. It >as taken him a long time to come right,* and A. Coles deserves credit for the condition lie has the gelding in. Charteris Bay is to compete in the Tamahere Handicap at Claudelands on Saturday, and he will only have to begin reasonably well to have prospects. IN GREAT ORDER. E. N. Kennerley lias the bay mare Princess Onyx in great order at present, and 'she has undoubtedly done particularly -well since her arrival 111 Auckland. She was started in the trotters' event at. the recent Auckland meeting, but a slow beginning spoilt whatever chance she may have possessed. Since then she has been changed over to the pacing gait, and has acquitted herself really well. A fine bigboned mare, Princess Onyx should experience no difficulty in holding her own in the new sphere. WORKED IN SADDLE. In view of his having been entered for the Visitors' Handicap, a mile saddle event, at the Waikato meeting. Kewjiie's Crest was given a run in saddle over a mile at Epsom yesterday. He was a trifle 6low to pick up speed, but once on the journey he shaped really well. A feature of ' his display was the solid manner •in which he responded to pressure over the last furlong. Kewpie's Crest is looking a picture of health, and "jrants an ounce of luck in hi.s next fetv"races to salute tlu judge. -

• A FIT HORSE. ■ Tliers is probably no fitter horse in training at Epsom than the Australianbred gelding Star Pronto,, and the manner in which he worked .over- two miles at Epsom yesterday :.fie fairly revelled in the task; and when asked to head Lucky Love trial ran past the black pacer effort, fetar Pronto is to fulfil his 'engagement in the Waikato Handicap air 1 -Glaudelands on Saturday, and as he is showing much more solidness in his races than formerly he* is likely to prove the hardest to dispose of.' J He will be driven by his owner-trainer B. Dyer. . A WON LAST START. When King Country won at Auckland 2ast month he showed plenty of stamina over the .final stages of his race,, and the bay pacer promises. to develop into a stayer. He was- not particularly well placed with half "'the journey covered, and his driver had>to take the gelding on the outside, and naturally cover a lot of extra ground. However, King Country was equal to the effort and was doing better than anything over'the last furlong. He is down to make his next appearance in the Tamahere Handicap at Claudelands, and although he is meeting some very promising improvers King Country can be relied upon to record a sound'performance. ANOTHER IMPORTATION. The South Island sportsman, Mr. F. Wallis, jun., lias purchased an American two-year-old colt paced by Real Frisco from Lady Bountiful, by Guy Axworthy, 2.8%. The colt's name is Leitrim, and he is exceptionally well bred. His dam is also the dam of three performers with records from 2.5 to 2.10. His grandam was' the champion two-year-old pacer of her time and, since being retired to the stud she has produced six winners with records of 2.10 and faster. Leitrim s third dam is the dam of seven horses that ha\ e qualified for the 2.10 list. Leitrim, who was selected by Mr. Robert A. Smith, is a brown colt standing 15.1 hands. On his arrival in Christchurch lie will go into R. 8.-Berry's stable at Yaldhurst. STILL TO BE RESPECTED. ""Harold Logan's efforts at'the'New Zealand Metropolitan Club's August meeting clearly allowed that the old . horse is no a back number, and that off his new niar" lie is still capable of adding interest to big contests, ,In the Rational Handicap he began from 72yds behind m a field ot 15 competitors ; and half-way down the straight the crowd thought he would ,-et a place, but lie weakened a little m the last" 50yds, was fifth to. cross the. line. As the winner, De Soto, registered 420 from - 24yds behind, it wouM seern.that Harold Logan, who conceded him 48yds, must have, paced tlie two miles in a shade better than" 4.18. This was a. fine eliort through lo big a field. .■ Harold Logan was-foaled in® 1922, and sow now 14 years old. He is a remarkable h ° rse the race tracks and at home. He sMI possesses the ability to shoot out of the barrier, and is thus able to make _ up trood deal of liis handicap in the hrst intlvds He will begin from 48yds behind in the New Zealand Trotting Cup, and » certain to be up with the leaders when a furlonc has been covered. At home. Ld in his training, Harold Logan never takes an unnecessary stride. He has perfect temperament, andhas a breakfast and another afior his mid d y meal His trainer gives full considera tion to the old horse's habits, and nobody [s allowed to disturb him during his self-, appointed hours of rest.