TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1926, Page 16

TROTTING.

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES. (By ORION.) rcXTTJBES FOR THE SEASON. January 28, SO—Forbury Park Trotting ClUfi. January 30—Hawice's Bar Trotting- Club. February 12—Poverty Bay Trottln? Club. February 13—K.z. Metropolitan Trotting Club. February 19—KalKoura Trotting Club. February 19, 22—Wusanui Trotting Club. February 20, 24—Otatiuau Trottin? Club. February 2e—Marlborousn Trotiin? Club. February 27—Taranakl Trotting Club. Marcb 6—Waikato Trotting dub. Murch 10—Manawatu Tro«In» Club. Marcn 13—Ifortbland Trotting Club. March 13—Timaru Trottiny Club. • March I?—Wyndham Trotting Club. March is. 20—New Brighton Trotting - Club. : March 20—Thames Trotting- Crab. Marcn 27—Wellington Trotting Club. April 3, 7—?,\z. Metropolitan Trotting Club. «i April 3, s—Hawer* Troltin? Club. April 17—EHesmere Trotting- Club. April it—Cambriage Trotting- Club. April 22—Waimate Trotting dub. April 24—Ashburton Trotting Club. May 6, B—Forbury Park Trotting Club. May 22—Oamarii Trotting Club. June 3. s—Canterbury park Trotting Club. June 12—Ashiurton Trottin? Club. ; June 19, 23—Auckland Trotting CluS. J GREAT BOTGEN FOR PERTH. The Wellington sportsman, Mr. J. R. McKenzie. gave it out some time back that all going well with the horse he ■svouM send Great Bingen to West Australia to contest the Australasian championship at Perth in March next. Last year the Dominion had two representatives in Great Hope and Taraire, both trained by J. Bryee and worthily did they uphold the Dominion. Great Hope won the final and carried off the honflurs, while Taraire also performed well, so well in fact that an Australian sportsman took a great fancy to the roan pacer and bought the son of Four Chimes—Murieata from Mr. R. M. Morten. Since thea Taraire has performed well for his new owner, and at the big carnival, held at Perth during the New Year week, he won the New Year Handicap, one mile and threequarters. And now Great Bingen is on his way to battle for New Zealand in the championship next March. The son of Nelson Bingen and Bertha Bell is a wonderful pacer and a better horse than Great Hope, which is placing him on a high One would have liked to see D. Withers in charge of the horse, and it is just possible he may yet be able to make the journey later to drive his favourite, but if he cannot get across then we may take it the horse will be in capable hands. Looking through his performancees this season it is difficult, providing Great Bingen is at the top of his form, to see how he can be beaten, and it looks as though the* Dominion will secure the honours again. FIRST HOPPLES USED* IN AUSTRALIA. Alec White, who educated and drove the Hobartville StuS Farm horses when that breeding establishment was in its heyday, can claim the honour of bringing the first set of pacing hopples to this vast continent, says the Sydney "Sportsman." It is to his credit, however, that Alec never used 3traps in a race, either on a pacer a3 cross hopples or a trotter. He brought the straps with him when he arrived in Australia in 18S2 with Childe Harold, and he is still in possession of them. The initial time the pacing hopples were used in a rare was by W. Blott upon an imported gelding named Plain Bill. This horse tras purchased in the land of the Almighty Dollar with a very fast trial, and smuggled into Sydney, when he was sent -quietly up to Mount Tomah. the otßer eide of Richmond, on the route followed, by travelling cattle, on the road to the Sydney market. At that time there was no trucking of stock, all coming across Bell's Line, over the Blue Mountains to Fullagar's Sale Yards at Parramatta. , Plain Bill was sent to Mount Tomah, and picked up by a drover in charge oi a mob of cattle, and he came into Fullagars yard as the pack-horse. However, he never did much as a racehorse, never approaching the time of his trial before leaving the United States, and proved a cosily failure.

THAMES TROTTING CLUB.

SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. Elsewhere in this issue owners of trotters and pacers will find the programme drawn up for the Thames Jockey Club's annual meeting, to be held on. the Parawai course on March 20. The fixture is one that will make a strong appeal to those owners of horees not quite good enough to compete in the best classes at the metropolitan meetings. Eight evenfes figure on the programme, , and the amount of prize-money to be distributed is £1015. The chief attraction is the Thames Trottiag Cup of £275. and a cup valued at £25, presented by Miss M. K. T-wohill. The race has a" 4.44 limit, which should see a good class of light harness fiorse entered. The tightest class in the other events is a 2.23 harness mile, but there is also a saddle mile with a 2.30 limit. Straightout trotters are catered for in two races, one a mile and a half, limit 3.58, and the other two miles, limit 5.0. Nominations close with the secretary, Mr. E. O. Brownlee, Thames, or with Mr. R. L. Absolum, High Street, Auckland, on Friday, February 26, at 5 p.m. TEAMING IN RACES. Hardly a race meeting, galloping or trotting, passes without riders or drivers complaining, not at the time, but always after the meeting, that their chances of winning a race were affected by interference on the part of other competitors during the running. To say that interference does not take place at" times would be abeurd, but it is doubtful whether it is anything like a3 prevalent as the "after-talk" would make out. It might be much nearer the mark to say that in most cases the "interference" which ia alleged to be met with is merely an excuse to explain away a horse's defeat. The peculiar part about these races where so mu«h interference is supposed to occur is that nobody except the drivers (if it happens to be a harness iace) see anything to "which exception can be taken. A good instance of this was provided at the Auckland summer meeting. It is safe to say that no race at the meeting was so closely watched as the Cup, won by Nelson Derby, and except that there was a collision in front of the stewards' stand between Dean Dillon and Glandore, nobody watching the race saw anything which was not in order. Yet hardly had the meeting closed, when some trainers who drove horses in the race were loud in their opinion that the race was one of the roughest they had ever taken part in. All sorta of allegations were made against other reinsmen, but the remarkable point about the race is that not only the stewards, but the Pressmen, who .record the running of the event at different stages, failed to see any interference. During the running of the Cup no less than six track stewards were stationed at different points around the course, and, though they were detailed off for the express purpose of watching for interference, not one of them saw anything to which exception could be taken. Such is astonishing if the statements made after the meeting by drivers were true, but it would seem that the remedy, if there is any justification for such, rests with the drivers themselves. We know they do not care to make a complaint against another driver, but they overlook the position the owner of the horse is in. He has to foot all the bills,, which run into a tidy sum. and yet, if the attitude taken up by the driver is to be approved, he has to quietly listen to tales of how his horse would have won —only for being interfered with by Iso and so. It is time owners had something to say if there is -any truth in the statements they have to listen to after a meeting. FORBURY STJMMEK MEETING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUXEDIX. FridarTho following acceptances haTe been received for the opening day of the Forbury Park Trotting Club's meeting: — Vauxhall Handicap (harness) of 225eoTs. class 4.33? : one mile and fire furlonfi. — Border Lass limia, Peter Boy limit. WHdbine limit. Elzear limit, Genevieve limit. Kntute limit. Ngapuna limit, Peter Eyre limit. Bon Wood limit. Credit Slip limit. Elusive limt Te Hepa limit, Kelson Ata 12yds behind. Red Peter 3«rds. Sid "WTlkes 36yds, Little Johnnie 36yds, Bine Thorpe 36yd9. Master PePter 4Syds. Real L»dy 48yds. Tim Wood 48yds. Bock Up 60yds. Freeman 60yds, Lady Fan 60yds, Wire 60yds. Electric Handicap (Saddle), of 205e0T«, class 2.18: one mile. —Bismurate limit, Ratana limit. Beta limit. Hydaspea limit,Maiwhariti limit. Dolly Houl limit. Schoolmate limit. Edward Harwin 12yds behind. Stadium 12yde. Oakmit 12yde. Golden Snn 12yde, Lenamhor 12yds, Lady WUdwood 12yds. St. Maura 12yds. Heta Bye 24yds, Bosie Xut 24yds. Rebel 24yds, Lady Emorace 24yd.=, Menember 36yds, Golden Devon 60yds. Mnsselburgh Handicpa (harness) of 275 sov3. class 4.30: two miles.—Tounjr Carbine 24yd sbehind, Kelman 24yds. Nelson McKinney 36yds. Swift Bine 60yds. Dnnedin Cup Handicap (harness) of 1025SOVS. class 4.32; tro miles.—Ouimet limit. Waitaki GJrl 12yds behind, Blac< Admiral 12yds, Talaro 12yds, Queen's Own 12yds, Countryman 12yds, Dolly Dillon 36yds. Kelson Derby 48yds, Prince Pointer 72yds. Logan Chief 72yde. Southland Handicap (harness) of 275 soys, clasg 3.57J : one mile and fire furlongs.—Rosethorn limit. Stockade limit. Jnr. limit. Miss Dorothy limit. Coco*, limit. Mammon limit Final McKinney limit. Jolly Pet limit. Day Poiter limit, Ruby Carbine limit, Haere Ra limit, Ashley Dillon 12yds behind. Miss Adonis 12yds. Avenger 12yds. Lady Zora 12yde. Forbnry 12yds. -Ivy Viking 24yds. First Toll 3eyds. Hush-a-bye 36yds. Lfnjrfield 36yds. Lucky Harold 36yds. Mountain Chimes 36yds. Omaha 36yds. Great Form 36ydB, Malic?. 36yds. Ada Bell 36yds. Logan's Drire 36yds, His Pal 36yds, Wairaa 48yds, Logan Hanlon 48yds. Kanuknot 48yds, Four Bells 60yds. Spring Note 60yds, Satin Princess 60yds. Otago Cup Handicap (harness) of 475 soys. class 4.44: two miles.—Merry Bingen limit. Audobell limit, Woodless 12yds behind, Tiny Moon -24yds, AndOmlnion 24yds, Young Blake 24yds, Master Audo 24yds, John Mauritius 24yds, Charles Dixie 36yds, Proud Ata 36yds. Bonny Spec 4Syds. Judge Hancock 72yde. Money Spider 72yd=>. Le Todd S4yds, Escapade 96yds, Xajgand 108yda. King George Handicap (harness) of 30050V8, class 4.42; two miles.—General Bingen limit. Hannni limit. Cardinal Logan 12yds behind. Prince Swithin 12yds, Silk Thread 12yds, Lord Bingen 24yds. Dixie's Pride 24yde, Oaknut 24yds, Blnz Boy 24yds. Firelight 24yds. Bine Star 36yds. Some Wilkes 36yds, Trenand 48yds, Reta Rye 60yds. Flying Handicap (harness) of 32550»5. class 2.16: one mile.—Brentlock limit. Escort limit, Lady Embrace limit, Bruce limit. Prince Lyons 12yds behind, Itt Andnbon 12yds, Bell Fashion 24yds, KoiS°« a 4 "T, ds - Downcas t 24yds, Queen's Own 24yds. Golden Devon 36yds, Becky Logan 3Cydg. Waitaki Girl 36yds. *-v«o"