TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1927, Page 17

TROTTING.

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

(By ORION.) SEASON'S FIXTURES. May 21.—Oamarn Trotting Club. June 3, 4.—Canterbury Park Trotting dub. June 18, 22.—Auckland Trotting Club, Dillon Wilkee, who has been out of training for eome time past, lias joined R. B. Berry's active brigade. 1 ™ J. Lorgelly has the American stallion Brigand at New Brighton. Brigand is being worked at the pacing gait. Rose Audo, who is a recent addition to E. C. SfcDermott's team, appeared to be lame when working at Addington on Saturday. Sea Pearl, who has done a good deal of racing this season, and who has been a big stake winner, is at present having a spell in the paddock. She is to be takin in hand again in the spring and got ready for the Trotting Cup. * The two-year-old brother to Great Bingen, Peter Bingen and Great Peter has done particularly well (says a Christchurch writer). He has put on condition, and is commencing to furnish into a nice colt. He does not exhibit as much fire as Great Bingen did when he was a two-year-old, but aside from that feature of his character the colt is very much like.his champion relation. A. G. Wilson now has the pacer Away under his charge (says "Argus"). The Southlander broke down prior to the last New Zealand Cup, and nothing has been done with him since then. His fore-leg now appears to be fairly sound, and E. C. MeDermott wishes to give Away every chance. To this end he has sent him to the New Brighton trainer, who will give him plenty of sea water and slow jogging. The spell seems to have done Away a lot of good, as he has built up into a solid and powerful horse. It is to be hoped he stands tip to his work as he is a rare good two-miler. a EX-NEW ZEALANDER'S WIN. Because he had failed in his heat in the Perth Eaeter Cup, the New Zealandbred Great Storm's victory on .Easter Monday night in the Easter Plate was not well received by a section of the crowd, says an exchange. The owner stated after the race that he had invested £273 on Great Storm in the Cup heat, and at 6 to 4 he found it impossible to support him for the Eaeter Plate. The stake for that race was £280, so the New Zealand-bred gelding's victory did no more than pay the owner his betting losses on the Cup. Great Storm began slowjly. in the Cup heat, and his driver was forced to rush him off his legs in an endeavour to catch the field. In the Easter Plate he paced beautifully from end to end. Great Storm is by Great Audubon out of Stormy Way.

SYDNEY THOUSAND WINNERS. Except in 1915, when Rena Pointer won in wet weather the time recorded by Marie Dillon in the recent Sydney Thousand Iβ the slowest for the race, says the "Trotting Record." The 3.19J put up by Machine Brick in 1023 from 85yds behind is easily the record, bat from the list of winners below it will be Been there have been some fine performances recorded in the Sydney Thousand. * 1814—Playboy, 35yds 330J 1915—Rena Pointer (imp.), Bcr .. 3.45f 1916—Golden Robin, scr 3.27$ 1917—Maoriland, 60yds 3.32 1918—No race. 1919—Delavan Girl, ecr 3.25 1920—Man o' War, 70yde 3.22 1921—Don Wild, 10yds 3.29J 1922—L0u Doolan, ecr 3.27 1923—Machine Brick, 85yds .... 3.19$ 1924—Black Lila, scr 3.27 1925—Lee Ribbon, 12yde 8.26$ 1926—Ribbon wood's Last, 24yds . 3.33 1927—Marie Dillon, scr 3.35 Playboy, Delavan Girl and Black Lila won in saddle. * The weather was wet in 1914, 1915 and 1917. In 1926 the race was. in divisions, Luvan winning the first in 3.315, and Ribbon wood's Last v the second in 3.272, and the run off as above. This year the race was again in divisions, Marie Dillon won the first in 3.36, and Auto Machine the second in 3.27 if. Marie Dillon won the rim off as above.

A RECORD ATTENDANCE.

FORBURY PARK TROTS. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") DUSTEDDT, Tuesday; The attendance at the recent Forbury Park trots on the second day constituted a record, the exact number of persons present being 8812, including 3490 ladies. This exceeded the attendance on the second day of the Exhibition meeting by 273. It is noted that of 8539 present at the Exhibition meeting, only 1923 were ladies—the fair sex was obviously more intent on the Exhibition than on racing. The latest figures show that this club is increasing in popularity.