TROTTING NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 121, 18 November 1925, Page 12

TROTTING NOTES

TROTTINO FIXTUBES.

November 20 ana !1-Nelson T.C. AMuaL. November 21 and 25-OtahuUu T.C. Spring. December 8 and o-Forbury Park T.C Spring. December 12 and 16-New Brighton T.C, Summer December 26 and 2»-Weitport T.C. Midwmnw

(By "Vedette.")

The Otahuhu Meeting will be opened on Saturday at Alexandra Park. Those who saw Talaro race- at Addington would not back anything to beat him in the Jellicoe Handicap. The shortage of space on the ferry steamers threatened the success of the Nelson Meeting on Friday and Saturday, for no Canterbury horses would have been available. A special steamer was chartered, and left Lyttelton for Nelson direct on Monday, carrying all the Canterbury horaes engaged at the meeting. As soon .as the Otahuhu Meeting is ■ over S. August will remove to his new , stables at Mangere. He .has a team of ' a dozen,'"and will work them on the private track of A. Hazelman; at Onehunga. The .removal of the team will take a lot of the life out of the proceedings at Epsom, as August is one of the few who believe in sending their horses along in training, says the Auckland "Star." It seems to pay, because '. they* get ;lhe : money.. ■■':■■ Fifty-four- owners secured a share of the prize-money at the New Zealand JMetrbyblitaif Trotting Club's Meeting. "The Wellingtonian, Mr. J. R. M'Kenziej headed the list with £2450, followed by Mr. R. M. Morten £1500, and Mr, G.' J. Barton' £1300.

""An extraordinary feature of tbe New Zealand Trotting Cup was that the two brackets took all the stake money. J.' Bryce's pair," Ahuriri and Great Hope, gfejured first 'aiid' fourth prizes^ amounting to £ißo6^and"Mr." J. R."M'Kenzie's pair,- Great Bingen and Acron, earned £1200 fbi- finishing second and third respectively. Acron and Great Bingen between them at the meeting earned £2450. '

J.. Tomknißon was the most successfnl driver at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's Meeting, piloting.four winners, during the three days: 1" 'B.^JaTdeTij-Or'E. Hooperi F. Holmes, D. Withers)-'and • IT. Holmes, jun., were each associated with two ■winners, while those withj a single win were F. E. Jones, J. Bryce, W. WaTren, J. J. Kennerley, A. Butterfleld, W. J. Morland, T. Wallis; N. L. Price, E. B. BarryV and P. Riddle.- -Tomkinson wis also the most successful trainer. ~ •

There was an interesting contest between Logan Pointer and Nelson Bingen for sire honours at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trottjng Club's Meeting, each of them finishing up with five winriersi Logan Pointer- had the better money-earning record, his total. being £3375, with twelve lots of place-money added to his wins.. Nelson Bingen, besiofea his" wins, bad six lots of place money, his earnings being £2975. ' Since P. Riddle settled^, in Christchurch ..with his team|. Delavan Quest has been placed on several occasions, but the Sprinters' Handicap at Addington- marked his- first win.

Mr. .t.' Dencli's well-known trotting nme Tatsy Dillon,- by ITarold Dillon from Viotta, lias foaled a (illy to Wrack, and will again be mated with the American stallion.'

Vilo will probably be retired to the stud. Ji is said fclmt the brilliant Onyx is also a possibility for the matron's paddock.