WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 301, 20 December 1926, Page 12

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

(By ORION).

Dec 27—Ashburton Trotting Club. Dec 27—Gore Trotting Club. Dec. 27, 28 —South Wairarapa T.C Dec 27, 28—Westport Trotting Club. Dec. 28, 30, 31—Auckland T.C. Dec. 30—Winton Trotting Club. Jan. 1, "3—Canterbury Park T.C. Jan. 3—Westland Trotting Club. Jan. 5, 6—Greymouth Trotting Club. j Jan. S—Northland Trotting Club. Jan. B—lnangahua Trotting Club. Jan. 22—Te Aroha Trotting Club. j Jan. 27, 29—Porbury Park T.C. j Jan. 29—Hawke'e Bay Trotting Club. ; Feb. 12— N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. f Feb. 19, 23—Otahuhu Trotting Club. Feb. 25 or March 11—Kaikoura T.C Feb. 26, March 2— Wellington T.C. March 4, s—lnvercargill Trotting Club. March 4-Marlborough T.C March s—Waikato Trotting Club. March 9—Manawatu Trotting Club. March 12—TamnakJ Trotting Club. March 12—Tiniaru Trotting Club. March Iβ—Wyndham Trotting Club. Mr. R. Fisken arrived at Epsom this morning with a team of three, Peterwah, the Cup candidate, and who.is the ' only trotter engaged in the big race, i looks well. The pacer Una Dillon, and i a two-year-old by Paterwah, are the i other members of the team. R. E. Mills is at Te Awamutu to-day inspecting a property which may be bought by a patron of the stable. If the place is suitable, Mills will set up as a trainer there. The form displayed by Talaro at the New Brighton trotting meeting would not make bis prospects of -winning the Auckland Cup any brighter, but on the other hand Sea Pearl, a winner at New Brighton, will count a lot of admirers. F. Holmes did not pay up for Bonny Logan on the- first day; of the Auckland meeting, but the bay mare is expected to be brought north for the second and third days' engagements. j There was practically .nothing doing at all at Epsom this morning, all the horses being restricted to- half-paca work. The only Cup candidates on the scene were Prince Pointer and Glandore. The former was jogged out by his owner, Mr. Stewart. ■ I A. Brown allowed Satin Bird and Wrigley to run along a few furlongs this morning with the straps on. They . moved freely. By the special horse train due to arrive on Thursday, over thirty horses from the South are expected to reach Auckland. With the visitors and local brigade on hand, Saturday morning's > work should be very interesting. Wallroon was not given a very long spell in the paddock, and he is back in A. Brown's team. He was one of those jogging on the track this morning. Ansell Bell, driven by G. Paton this' morning, ' freelegged, gave a wretched ' display and would do nothing right.; Finally, Paton was satisfied to let the pacer gallop somewhere about half a mile. Dillon Wilkes; -an Auckland Cup candidate, was sent put favourite at ' New Brighton on Saturday for the Wahnairi Handicap, but "weight of money dfd_ not assist Mri McMillan's pacer, and'he finished outside a place, j At a meeting of the Adelaide (South Australia) Trotting Club last month, one heat in -the- principal event, the Wayville Handicap, was won by a mare called Desert Rose. She is by Le Rosier, who was a good performer in Auckland many years ago when owned and trained by S. Hamilton. Le Rosier won the Auckland Trotting Cup in 1905. In the final of the Adelaide race Desert Hose was beaten comfortably by Argus, who, it will be remembered, was brought across from Sydney a couple of seasons ago and raced in New Zealand by P. Riddle. Milroy, driven by J. S. McGregor, won the Trial Handicap, nine furlongs, in 2.52J at a recent Bega (N.S.W.) meeting. McGregor used an ordinary sulky and as he is a sufferer from rheumatism, and hie legs are badly affected by that malady, they were strapped to the sulky. Milroy was an equal favourite with Black King, and beat the latter by three lengths. . . Of late the stewards have been very active at West Australian -trotting meetings, and several disqualifications recently imposed have been endorsed by the executive. At one meeting recently the stewards held some inquiries , but did not feel justified in taking action. One class of offender that has been e»gaging attention of the stewards is the man who unmercifully flogs his horse during races. A fine of £5 inflicted upon a reinsman recently did not, apparently, have the warning effect that was sought. The next man.who i whipped his horse unnecessarily re-1 ceived a shock -when the stewards promptly cancelled his license.