TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 13

TROTTING.

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES. (By ORION.) FIXTURES. Marcs 6—Warsaw Trolling ciud*. March 10—Manawatu TroUing Ciub. March 13—.Northland Trotting Club. M»rcn 13—Tiinaru Trotting Clut). Marcti 17—wyuOliam Trotting ciuD. The new owner of the pacer. Metal, is Mr. G. Barton, of Dunedin.

Master Councillor worked out nicely this morning when driven by \V. Evans, and he may go better on Saturday than he did at "the Otahuhu meeting.

Bon Lomond is very well just now and showed a lot of speed this morning when ,101112 a mile with ihe hopples on. He was in harness, and, driven by J. Shaw, L-aniL- home the iast half-mile very fast.

Mint Boy, which disappointed his party at Otahuhu by standing on the mark, was strapped up this morning and driven a couple of separate hair miles. He looks well enough, but his owner reckons he should be placed in the "If He Goes" list.

Betty Moko hi's lieen showing a lot of dash and trotting solidly on the track, and though the daughter of Peter Moko is asked to give away starts ranging up to 108 yds on Saturday the opposition is not strong;. More than likely will be driven Ijy F. Brady, a son of the owner.

A. Xewrliek ha; turnrd o'it. and rpmarked this morning that lip did not think lip would try the little son of Rothschild a<?ain. One owner sinndin<i liy ?aid: '"T've got one and it ho doesn't win soon he is out too. nnd yon ran bet all you've got he never oomp* back."

Peter Dean, which i> boms ronvertpd from the t rottinpr t° the pacine gait, was strapped up this morning hy J. Show and driven over a couplp nf oir[".lits at Epsom. Tiie bay gelding did nor po as evenly n= on previous occasions and it will take time t" make him a solid pacer.

Tlip Epsom trainer. W. Wilson, whose stabler are in King's Drive, on froing to hi- boxes t h i = morning found that his lirrses. Delavan Bill and Loch Lomond, a bay and a black, had got away during the night. Wilson was making inquiries this morntnp bnt r-ou'd jret no trace cf his hordes, and lie would be 2lud to hear from anveno who has noticed the animals about the roads.

Wallroon looks none the worse for the racing , he has had this season, and he will be one of the prime fancies in the Alexandra Park Handicap on Saturday.

Respect, which, paid a very big dividend at Otahuhu last week, was worked in the saddle this morning by J. Johnston. A couple of seasons ago big things were expected of the gelding, but he was very erratic at the starting post and rarely left the mark. However, his owner persevered, and though it has taken a long time to win. the solid dividend attached to tiie 9ta'=ce would be good compensation for the time and trouble taken.

The outstanding feature of the Tasraanian Trotting Club's meeting at Elwick recently, was the performance of the Mauritius horse Retre»t (which was raced successfully in New Zealand as Orion) in winning the £2;>o Cup event. Retreat gave a grand display or pacing, starting from the buck mark. 144 yard*. and he established a Taamanian record for two mile.-. covering the whole distance in 4.53 2-3, a rate of 2.20 J. Ikwon with great ease.

There was considerable excitement this morning at the Epsom track when a maiden pacer, by Nut Ansel, broke away and careered madly about the ground. and finally out of the gate. The gelding was beiii!? jogged around the centre of the course when a horse the driver was leadine behind suddenly stopped, which caused the driver to let go the reins. At once the Nut An?el gelding started off. eapst/inir the driver out of the sulky and breaking into a gallop. At the time there were a number of horses being exercised in the centre and many of them had miraculous escapes. The runaway only missed several sulkies by inches. W 7 . Evans driving Master Councillor, and i". Lowe driving a chestnut maiden by Nut Ansel having very narrow escapes. The runaway came galloping from the centre through the entrance into the yard and clashed up as far as the top stall, when he turned and came back, to final.V go nut the gate on to the Manukau Road. That was the. last seen of him. and at eleven o'clock he was .-till missing. A COVETED STAKE. Syracuse was tha successful bidder this voar tor the Hambletonian Stake of 70.000 dollar- (about £14.0001. The stake i< to be raced for in September at the New York Scare Fair. Thi* prize will be a fitting crown to a magnificent programme, which includes such events a<s Rainy Day Stake, for two-year-olds. i.T.000 dollar- (£3000); Emnire State Srake. for Heed trotters, ln.ooo dollars (£20001; Chamber of Commerce event for parers, 10.000 dollar-. The total amount distributed at this gathering will exceed 100.000 dollars (£20.000).