TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 86, 12 April 1927, Page 16

TROTTING.

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

(By OEIOX.) FIXTURES. »pril 10—Tnapeka County J.C. Annual (rwo events). April 10, 18—Hawera Trotting Club. April 10, 20—Metropolitan Trotting Club. April 1? —Kumara Racing Club (two events). Caterpillar, who ran second to Midland each day at Wanganui, is a good sort of trotter. Ho is one of the Capitalist tribe and is in F. Berkett's stable. [n Great Change, Mr. J. R. Corrigaii has a trotter who promises to reach the highest company among square-gaited horses. He not only has pace, but 'he is aoHd and therefore reliable. The placing?. Midland, Caterpillar and Lady Ena in the Borough Trot yesterday were the same as in the Kirkwood Trot on Saturday. Midland 13 an aged "elding by Midas—Merry "Whisper, and trots well. It must lx> heartbreaking to own a mare like Lady Ena. Twice during the "Wang'anui meeting she was right out by herself in races and looked certah. to win. but each time she left her feet, and Leing a bad breaker, settled her chance completely. The prize-money distributed by the Hawera Trotting Club on Saturday and Monday next is considerably above that given by the Wanganui Club, and there i? likely to be a big change in the form shown by some of the competitors at both m^jtii.gs. The Hawera Trotting Club's meeting, ■which will be held on Saturday and Monday next, will see a strong contingent of horses from Auckland competing. Several -will go on to-day from Wanganui, while others will be taken down from Auckland during the week. The Auckland trainer, J. Shaw, had Direct Morning and Peter McDonald racing at W T anganui. Peter McDonald, as usual, failed to see out the full journey with the pace right on, while Direct Morning was giving away too big of starts to his opponents to have any chance.

0. A. Williams raced Xcllie Bramley. Ngatira and Bell Dial at Wanganiii. Kgatira was giving away 252 yards and finished about that distauce behind in the President's Handicap. Xellie Bramley paced well for a mile and a-half in tiie Cup and then died out, while Bell l>ial did not show up in her races. Bell Dial, however, may get a stake at Havcra. The absurdity of putting on events with a 3.50 limit for pacers was ones a,arain demonstrated yesterday at Wanganui when the placed horses were Enawah. (3.50), 3.37 2-5, Halgana (3.49), 3.38 1-5, and Abrubanya (3.47), 3.36 2-5. The "VVanganui committee when drawing up the programme next season mi?ht ■well cut the limits of the "rout-hie" races down 10s. Providing she was driven with r> little better judgment the big race at "Wanganui yesterday looked a good thing for Great Actress. The daughter of Great Audubon and Nance O'Xeil succeeded in downing all those she met the first day, but she 'had to go under to Loch Moigh, who was making his first appearance at the meeting. Great Actress is * smart maro and can be ticked off fe» win a good race.

Evidently there vrere plenty at Wanganui on Saturday who noticed how well Hal Huon was finishing O n in third place in the Eastbrook Handicap in which he went 3.43 off a 3.40 mark. In the same class of race yesterday he was made a good favourite, and this time he won rather well, going 3.34 2-5, or nearly. 9 S better than on Saturday, .ind 5 3-5s better than his handicap. Hal Huon is a six-year-old pacer by Hal Zolock—Huonette, being owned and trained by H. Jones.

The Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting which opens at Addington on Saturday next, will see practically all the champion pacers and trotters in the Dominion engaged. Auckland will not be represented on Saturday, but on Monday will have a solid representative in Great Peter contesting the Champion Stakes. With the Great Northern .Derby down to his credit the brother to Great Bingen has every prospect of securing the second classic for his owner

The defeat of Halgana yesterday in the Improvers' Handicap was a blow to her supporters, but by getting second the daughter of Bingana saved a good portion of the money invested on her On Saturday when she finished third and earned her driver-trainer a <;ix TIY- * dis( l uali fication she went , u 4 :° for the mile and a-half. Yesterday she registered 3.38 1-5, or just over

meeting at ChrUtmafr Or V l6 C ">' with him the fillH he he be t~ T gM two-year-old, not bei nn f' e S a and it was merely to S fe L 0 racetravelling that she accS m •" , USed to wah on "the trip. ™ °£ »«* Fisken thought highlv of^Enaw" 5 ! Mr * was asking four flgdi. faS"^ J?* pective buyers One manA * o n ?J r ™- dirt track at Epsom she stepped J 1 in brilliant style, and the made those who saw the VO np and take notice. k ont Slt

PETERWAH'S FIRST WINNER. The American-bred horse, Petprwah recognised as the _ best straight-out trotter in the Dominion received a verv fine advertisement at Wanganui yester- ' fiav when Enawah, the first of his stock to race, won the Improvers' Handicap rather easily- covering the mile and a-half in 3.37 2-5 Recognising that TTnawah will not be three rears old ffll iSnrt next, and that the Wanganui Poirte would not be conducive to fast SS? tie perfonnance stamps th e fi Uy as be nl something out of the ordinary. ?r i«S, Tnft Bell, was herself a bril- ? e % Sinte? in her day but before liant s P r r^d in rom the race track she she was retned irom & Great Northern Deib.Vjto , g gpri the Auckland /"""h?. eho uld be a meeting in October, she ~n° Tillable filly.