AUCKLAND TROTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 14

AUCKLAND TROTS.

ACCEPTANCES FOR FIRST DAY. GOOD FIELDS ENGAGED. The acceptances for the first day of the Auckland Trotting Club's winter meeting on Saturday, June 18, and Wednesday, June 22, closed at 5 p.m. yesterday and good fields are engaged in the various events. The list is as follows:— MANGERE HANDICAP of 300 SO vs. One mile and a-half. 3.30 Class. Dclavan Bill . T.t. -Lot Advance Lt. Mars l.t. Marionette .. Lt. Dillon Hnon . Lt. Kingsclere .. Lt. Asset Lt. Lola Reklaw . l.t. Oliver Thorpe Lt. Master Cute Lt. Longford ... Lt. Yds. Bentty Lt. bhd. Bingen King . l.t. Adnvral Lock 12 Richore .... Lt. Amaris 12 Vestas Lt. Brendo '24 Q. Audubon .. Lt. h nclc Bert .. 24 Golden Park . Lt. Buz Buz 24 .Master Huia . Lt. Vau Ilich .... 24 Ix>ch Moigh . Lt. M. Councillor I'.U Concertina .. Lt. Florrnt :«> Daytime Lt. Wallroon 00 llohora .... Lt. WINTER HANDICAP of SOOsovs. Two miles. 4.50 Class. Tiki Lt. Great Change . 24 I'eter Boy .. Lt. Miss Leila .. .'it! Appeal .... Lt. Sean Triubhais 48 Escalator ... Lt. Anseline 48 Direct Action Lt. Kolmar t>o Roez Lt. Golden Gate .. IK) Rona Bingen . Lt. Tiger Salve .. 00 Don Zolock .. Lt. I'etrolcuse .. 72 Billy Carbine Lt. Bingen Starr . 72 Col. Thorpe .. Lt. Tamerlane .. 81 Floraline ... Lt. Nourmahal .. 84 Yds. G. Sovereign . 108 bhd. Wild Nut ms Kcmpton .... 24 Trampfast .. ISO CAMPBELL HANDICAP of lOOOsovs. Two miles. 4.:& Class. Dick Dillon .. Lt. Anselui 24 Silk Thread . Lt. Billy Sea ... 24 Napland .... Lt. Machine Gun 24 Doctor Dillon Lt Jewel Pointer 21 Terence Dillon Lt. Nelson Fame . 24 Goldmau .. Lt. Peterwah ... 21 Lord Nepean . Lt. Holly Boy .. 24 Harold Thorpe Lt. Countryman . 3tl Yds. Cardinal Logan 48 bhd. I'eter Bingen . (in Western King.. 12 Imprint 72 lIOBSON HANDICAP of 40ft S ovs. Two miles. 4.12 Class. Speed King .. Lt. Yds. Gold Dial .. Lt. bhd. Great Earl .. Lt. Henry Logan . 12 Daytime ... Lt. Buz Buz .... 3'i Kua Pere ... l.t. Direct Wood .. 48 Amaris Lt. ltockburn .... 48 Delavan Bill . Lt. Avenger .... O<J Uncle Bert .. Lt. .Marslial Neil . Ou Grat. Thorpe Lt. ltespect tio Gold Jacket .. W Buck liiniun .. 81 STEWARDS' TROT HANDICAP of DOOsovs. Two miles. 4.42 Class. Ngatira .... Lt. V.ls. Ingle Bingen . Lt. bhd. Sister Beatrice Lt. 'Frisco Beau . 12 The Tartar .. Lt. P. McKinuey . 24 Wiuunera K. . Lt. Tramptast .. oti Sebisca Lt. Betty Muko .. +8 Eliicar 150 MARCONI HANDICAP of 300sovs. One mile and a-quarier. 2.54 Class. U ramie Lt. Vus. llohora Lt. bhd. Ekoeranei .. Lt. D'Artagnnn .. 12 Itoamer Lt. L. Kotlischild 12 Mars Lt. Rua Pere .... 12 C. Pronto ... Lt. Kockaway ... 24 Vestas Lt. Mulwaroe ... 24 Lot. Advance Lt. Van Rich ... 24 Enawah .... I*. Henry Logan . 24 Cora Tacks .. Lt. Luvan 3« Our Patch .. Lt Kespect Tui Zolock .. Lt. Direct Morn . oU Kichore Lt. >1. Councillor i>'> Lola Keklaw . I„t. Wood vale 'M Bronze Patch Lt. The Shrew 48 Lord Nepean . 6u CORNWALL HANDICAP of SOOsovs. One mile 2.14 Class. F. McKinney . Lt. Yds. Nelson Tasker Lt. bl.d Dick Dillon .. Lt. Western King.. 12 Ben Lomond . Lt. All Bell .... 12 Jean Darling Lt. Jewel Pointer . 12 Nantwich ... Lt. Holly Boy ... 12 Glandore Lt 11. Thorpe 24 Lady Dunmore Lt. Bell Harold . 24 Bey Logan .. Lt. Imprint 3»i Nelson Fame . . 48 Peter Bingen . 4s

HOT MILERS

Speed will be the feature of the Cornwall Handicap, the second "leg" of the double at Epsom on Saturday. The event is run over a mile and has a 2.14 limit, and it is safe to offer the opinion that all the horses engaged given a good track could tramp the eight furlongs under the limit. Final McKinney is reported to have been unlucky at Canterbury Park, where she finished fourth, and as she is a smart beginner she is bound to be hard to dispose of. Nelson lasker, if at his best, will only have to his his straps right at the start to lead the field a merry dance. He has a rare turn of speed, and one mile will suit him down to the round. Jean Darling has a record for a mile and a-quarter of a tick better than a 2.12 gait, and is well treated in being placed on the limit. However, speedy as she Ts, she is hardly likely to be able to go with Nelson Tasker and Final McKinney. Vantwich is very speedy over a short course, and Lady Dunmore has pace. So also lias Glandore, but lie may not begin quick enough in harness. Roy Logan can go fast, and it naturally follows that all those further back in the handicap are speed merchants. Most of those looking for the winner will confine-themselves to the limit brigade, and Final McKinney. Nelson Tasker and Rev Logan will be fancied.

QUESTION OF DIVISIONS.

MR. BOLLARD'S REPLY. From the contents of the replv ceceived by Mr. J. Lee, the Auckland Labour member, who brought under the notice of the Minister of Internal Affairs, it seems safe to assume that there will be no races at the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting run in divisions. This week Mr. Lee wired the Minister, pointing out the danger of big fields contesting harness events at the meeting which opens on Saturday, and mentioned that in the interests of drivers the races, where the acceptances were unduly large, should be run in divisions.

To his telegram Mr. Lee has now received the following reply:—

"Regarding your telegram. From inquiries I have made it seems that the Trotting Conference has not brought in any rules limiting the number of horses starting in trotting races. In trotting races all horses do not start off the same mark as in gallops. In cases where there are a greater number of horses starting off the mark than the width of the track permits they ballot and are placed in two lines one behind the other. I understand that the number of horses that may start in one line is limited to ten or eleven. If more than that number are on the same mark then they race in two lines.—R. F. Bollard."

The Minister's reply contains nothing that all trotting men did not know previously, and the only interpretation that can be placed upon it is that he cannot interfere as there is no rule limiting the number of starters who can be stalled oft the one handicap. If that is the position then the only course open to those who consider the present state of affairs dangerous is to have a remit brought before the conference in July at the limitation of fields.

BIG ACCEPTANCES.

As was anticipated, the response by owners yesterday, when the acceptances closed for the opening day's programme of the Auckland Trotting Club, was very solid, and in every race the number paidup for runs into double figures. In the Mangere Handicap the acceptances total •'<l, and no less than 22 arc on the limit. I here arc 29 in the Marconi Handicap, 26 in the Winter Handicap, 20 in the Campbell, 19 in the Hobson, 18 in the Cornwall, and 11 in the Stewards.

AMERICAN IMPORTATIONS,

In touching upon tho disqualification of James Shaw and Taraire some time back in Perth, the Sydney "Sportsman" says that two other horses affected by the disqualification will bo Princess U likes and Full Swing. Princess Wilkes is in New Zealand, and is said to be in foal to the imported sire, Peter Chenault, so a rest from racing will not affect her. Full Swing is one of the mares tho Trotting Association imported from America—and sold to Shaw for £400. Tho stallions and mares imported y the association have so far proved failures, and if the association paid an average of more than £".0 or £60 per animal, it looks as if they were imposed upon. Judging from the prices paid at the annual trotting horse sales in America, the Sonoma could be filled to the hatches with horses of the calibre of Maxegin, Peter Stretta, and the others, at anything from £20 to £30 per head, perhaps less. Shaw appears to have paid a ridiculout price for Full Swing, and it might be worth his while to find out what the mare actually cost the association to land in Australia, and in the peculiar circumstances which exist, the association might well repurchase the mare.