AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB SUMMER MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 308, 29 December 1902, Page 3

AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB SUMMER MEETING.

The Summer Meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club, which opened on Saturday, was largely attended; indeed, there has seldom been a bigger assemblage at Alexandra Park to witness the sport of trotting and pony racing. A very large number of holiday-makers are in Auckland, and the prospect of seeing a lot of visiting horses and good trotting and racing attracted the people, and the improved facilities for getting to the Park materially assisted. The sport was interesting, and there were some fast and

close contests during the afternoon, and the amount of speculation was in excess of any previous showing on any one day at a trotting meeting in Auckland, the sum of £3590 being the turnover in 10/ investments. The stewards of the club were not called together during the afternoon to decide protests, which all too frequently crop up, but they had before them and cautioned three riders in the first race for not riding their horses out. Mr C. F. Mark and staff got through their duties well. Mr A. R. Harris occupied the judge's box, and gave his decisions promptly. In the hands of Mr Edwards (the handicapper) the starting was carried out satisfactorily, and the results generally were no doubt pleasing to that official. Typewriter, by the imported American sire- Albert Victor, won the Maiden Trot with something to spare. The victory of the mare, whose sire and dam have both won races on the same ground, was generally anticipated. There was a capital race for the Pony Trot between the three placed competitors, Bert, Jingo and Sandfly, who were enabled by their starts to keep well in front of the rest of the field, though Victor Hugo went well from his mark for the greater part of the distance. Daphne, the favourite, was giving 20secs to the winner, who was next in demand, and only just succeeded from the Canterbury-bred Jingo. The Lebel pony Belle Cole, hailing from Taranaki, did not handle the turns of the course any too well, but had an easy victory in the Pony Cup from Annoyed, Sentinel, Orange and Blue, and Miss Lane, but narrowly escaped being objected to for crossing. The good field of thirteen went to the post for the Auckland Trotting Club Handicap of 200sovs, King George being made favourite, but this gelding could get no nearer than fourth. Victory rested with the Canterburyowned Australian-bred Van Dieman, a son of Vancleve, who, well handled by McCann, beat the much Improved locallyowned Talhoa by less than ten yards and Bill C, who also gave his best public exhibition in this race, by about forty yards. Several of the starters were unsteady, and may be expected to do better before the meeting is over. Van Dieman had to pace over 20sec faster than his best previous public performance to win. Later in the day, in the first heat of the Great Northern Trotting Handicap, the mile event, when penalised no less than lOsec, he covered the distance in _._. showing consistency, which enabled him to score from, at the handicap, probably as good, though less seasoned, opposition in Durbar, who lost bis feet early in both his essays. The second heat of the Great Northern Trotting Handicap went to Taihoa, the favourite, who led throughout and won by less than half his handicap from Fairy Queen, who paced without a mistake throughout. Rosebud went well to the distance, and Peri Huon knocked off a little of his handicap in the home run. The final heat between the three placed horses in each heat should be worth witnessing. The Middleclass Handicap Trot fell to Czarina, a mare by Electioneer, who was lucky to meet with moderate opposition. The Wai.kato pony Resurgum was in front all the way in the Telephone Handicap, in which there were three more fancied ones, Little Wonder, the favourite, and Ukase of these being unplaced. Results:

AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP. Van Diemen _ Tahoe ......... Bill ;■; i Time, 5.6. Dividend, *£_' 14/! MIDDLE CLASS HANDICAP TROT. Czarina 1 Macquarie !!!!!!.""...* 2 Little Agnes 3 Time, 3.57 3-5. Dividend, £1 19..'"" . " TELEPHONE HANDICAP. Resurgum i First Whisper .". 2 Kyra '."."....'. 3 Little Wonder and Ukase" also "started. Time, 1.7 2-5. Dividend, £2 15/. AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB HANDICAP of 200SOVS; second 20sovs and third lOsovs from the stake. Two miles. 361-Mr J. Pettie's gr g Van Diemen, 6yrs, br Vancieve—Cora, 20s (McCann) ± 123-Mr w. May's Taihoa, _te"(iiay)" 2 187—Mr J. Thorpe's Bill C., 28s (Cotton, sen.) 3 Also started: 35, Duke C, scr; 17 Viscount, 8s; 26, Dulce, 16s; 14, Rosebud, 16s; 87, Larry, 16s; 127, Czarina, 16s; 278, King George, 20s; 211, Fidget, 20s; 129, Durbar, 225; 79, Empress, 28s. Won after a good race by 10yds; 30yds between second and third. Time, 5.6. Dividend, £2 14/. MmDLE-CLASB HANDICAP TROT of 40sovs; second Bsovs from the stake. One mile and a half. 57—Mr M. Mailer's b m Czarina, by Electioneer, 3s (Maher) .'. 1 73—Mr T. Hill's Macquarrie,9s (Murfitt) 2 48—Mr J. Brady's Little Agnes, 19s (Brady), 3 Also started: 72, Peter, 18s. Won by 40yds from Macquarrie, who beat little Agnes by the same distance. Time, 3.57 3-5. Dividend, £1 19/. !______PHON_ HANDICAP of 50sovs; second lflsovs from the stake. Five furlongs. 214—Mr D.MeKinnon's eh m Resurgam, 4yrs, by Resurrection, 6.12 (Satman) 1 801—Mr T. Barr's First Whisper, 7.10 (Jenkins) 2 147—Mr J. Barr's Kyra, 7.0 (Barr) .... 3 Also started: 321, Little "Wonder, 9.1; 273, Ukase, 7.12; 55, Mimosa, 7.0. Resurgam led throughout and won by a length; a fair third. Time, 1.7 3-5, Dividend, £2 15/. GREAT NORTHERN TROTTING HANDICAP of 200SOVS. Open to horses that can do 2.45 or under. One mile. FIRST HEAT. 147—Mr Jas. Pettie's gr g Van Diemen, 6yrs, by Vancleve—Cora, owes 2s (McCann) 1 a—Mr C. Baker's Heiress, 7s (Baker) 2 296—Mr W. W. Forbes' Occidental, Is (Forbes) 3 Also started: 88, Czarina, 2s; 143, DurWon by 20yds; same second and„third. Time, 2.30 J. Dividend, £2 4/. SECOND HEAT. 332—Mr W. May's b g Taihoa, aged, by Vanguard, 12s (May) 1 265—Mr Jas. Pettie's Fairy Queen, 7s (McCann) ■•■•••• 2 Bs-Mr C. H. Fitzgerald's Pen Huon (late Peri), (Woods) 3 Alao started: 64, Rosebud, 6s; 23, Larry, Won by nearly 10yds; 20yds between second and third. Time, 2.40. Dividend, £1.