SOME FINE PACERS

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 180, 1 August 1925, Page 15

SOME FINE PACERS

LEAVING FOR DOMINION. Stake money given to trotting In New Zealand has a great attraction for Australian owners or the best class of horses, and many or the leading lights in the trotting world have left the Commonwealth ror the Dominion (says- a writer in the Melbourne "Globe"). Some have returned, but the majority are not likely to come The latest horse reported to be leaving Tor New Zealand is the Richmond Thousand winner, Vln Direct. He has been leased by a Christchurch sportsman who was in. Melbourne a few weeks ago. During the Perth Carnival Vln Direc won over a mile and a-half, stepping at the rate of 2.12 2-5, and his time In the last Richmond Thousand was 2.15 ito the mile. Harold Pronto is also said to be a likely visitor to New Zealand in the near future. It is expected that he will leave for the Dominion in September or October. The grey gelding Charles Dixie (Dixie Claire—Grey Hawk mare) has also been leased to go to New Zealand. The lastnamed is a trotter which possesses any amount of stamina. His best time was recorded at Richmond, where he registered 4.48* Tor two miles. Recently there was in Sydney a New Zealand visitor who secured a few trotters for the Dominion. One or these was Harvest Home, and since this horse changed hands the visitor has purchased Roisterer (Rock Huon—Mambrino Abdallah mare) and Rockburn, which has a three-year-old record of 3.324 over a mile and a-half. Regret was caused when it was known that Minton Derby returned to New Zealand a couple of weeks ago, and now with the projected departure or Vih Direct and Harold Pronto, Victorian trotting enthusiasts will be feeling some disappointment. Whether these horses will returu remains to be seen. ? Champions in Adelaide Direct, ■• Realm Box Seat, Eminent, Lincoln Huon tand' Man-o'-War, to mention only a few have left Australia In the past few years for New Zealand.- - -