TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 110, 11 May 1926, Page 9

TROTTING.

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

(By ORION.)

FIXTURES. May "2 —Oamaru T.C. Winter. June B—Hawke's Bay T.C. Winter. June 3 s—Canterbury Park T.C. Winter June 12—Ashburton T.C. June ID. 23—Auckland T.C. Winter.

The trotter My Junior is now being trained at Epsom by his owner. F. Smith is working Toll Chimes and a full-sister, to that useful pacer. A. Newdick has a fair-sized team in steady work. First Carbine is in good order" to get ready for the winter ingCi, McKendrick is one of the early workers at Epsom. He has only two in work, Dillon Huon and a three-year-old by Blue Mountain King. J. Johnston is keeping Respect going. The gelding is as fit as any horse at Epsom, and if only he could be relied upon he would win a race or two. The weather conditions at Epsom were much more favourable this morning than for some days, but the tracks were heavy, and fast work was not the order. G. Pbipps should be satisfied with his little team of three. Dick Dillon and Black Lila are hard, while the trotter Direct Action is moving in improved style. W. Kelsey had the trotter, Kean John, and the pacer, Hypo, at Epsom to-day. Kean John was worked out over a couple of circuits in company with Loch Lomond and Cool King.

W. Morgan had thoughts of retiring his trotter, The Squire, from active racing, but he now intends to give the chestnut another try-out, and the gelding will probably join J. Shaw's team.

A. Brown is putting in all his time with his old favourite, Harold Junior. The gelding looks really well at present, and moved with a lot of freedom this morning, when worked with the hopples

The big maiden trotter, Cool King, has been pottering about sft Epsom for twelve months or more, but A. McSwceney has now taken the son of Nelson Bitigen seriously in hand, and good solid work is his task.

W. Clifton, who won a race at the Cambridge meeting with Uncle Bert, has the son of Gold Bell looking nice and big. Clifton has had the trotter Battery Belle placed in his hands to prepare for the winter meeting.

11. Kinnamont's run of bad luck continue*. Recently when giving a horse a ball he had his hand bitten, ana it is more than probable he will have to lose a thumb. Only this season Kinnamont had a broken ankle, which kept him in hospital for some time.

G. Paton is puttin in his time with Nita Bell, Ursuline and Gold Jacket. Nita Bell a day or two ago injured a hock, and when jogged on the track this morning she was very lame. Ursuline is going along nicely, as is also Gold Jacket. The latter hits out well in saddle. ,