TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 169, 20 July 1927, Page 16

TROTTING.

i WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES. j (By "ORION.") -Maxegin. one ut the American stallions with which Perth was going to revolutionise trotting, has been refused a certificate oi soundness, savs a Svdnev writer. Trenand. Audacious and Queen's Own, all ot whom are cngaed in the August Handicap at Addington, are in ()! E Hooper's stable, and if started will be bracketed. Away was responsible for a useful work out over a mile recently. He pulled up sound, and hopes are entertained that the son of Adonis will survive a further preparation. In the list of the Metropolitan Trotting Club's handicaps Coneliff was declared ineligible for the International Handicap. Coneliff has now been dcclaied eligible and he :s handicapped 24yds behind. The champion, Great Bingen, is not engaged on the opening day "at Addin<»ton, but is in the Speedway Handicap of one mile and a-quarter on the second day, and tho National Cup of two miles and tho Lightning Handicap of one mile on the concluding day, the latter race being run in saddle. At the postponed meeting of the New South Wales Trotting club at Epping on .Thursday week, tln- chief double went to Silver Kay and Stoney, each of whom was at a short price. In the Epping Handicap ttwo miles) onlv two horses were inquired for—Auto "Machine and Stoney. Kenwyn was the only other inside, a double-figure quote. Auto Machine went out the actual favourite. They demonstrated their superiority over their opponents. Auto Machine made a great effort to overhaul Stoney, but the latter was altogether too good to in by a length and a quarter. Bonnie ITuon is an example of what a money-earner an honest trotter is at. present on Sydney tracks. Since April 7 Bonnie Ilium has scored six first and fi\ e seconds, and she does not appear to have finished her run of wins. A fortnight ago at Epping sho missed in tiie Glebe '1 rotters' Handicap (2 miles), finishing fourth, but made amends later in the day by winning the Unhoppled Handicap. As she passed the post the crowd cheered, but when another horse whom the crowd considered had not done its best came in, there was a lot of boohooing and advice to the stewards to send him out. If the trotting authorities hold a brief for the bookmaker, as against the totalisator, they did their work well when they instituted the new style of betting on the machine, says the "Sydney Sportsman." L nder the old system racegoers at the "death" could tell at a glance what their fancies would pay, but now the totalisator is, to all intents and purposes, a blind machine. At the trota at Epping Thursday week, there were some extraordinary anomalies. In the first division of the Harold Park Handicap, tho three placed horses were Bonnie Huon, at odds on in the betting ring, Nicol Bell at 20 to 1, and Kissing Cup at 3 to 1. When the result was posted the backers of Nicol Bell on the tote let out a howl of anguish. Their return for a 10/ ticket was 13/. Bonnie Huon paid 10/tt, and Kissing Cup 11/. Thus the lucky backer who held a ticket on each of the placed horses at a risk of 30/, won 4/11. A system that can make such a happening possible should receive short thrift at the hands /uf the authorities.

As was to be expected the proposal I that has been put forward that racing! and trotting should he conducted at Riccarton. provided that satisfactory ar- : ■ rangemctits in tilts behalf .can le made,. , was ventilated at the annual meeting j of the New Zealand Metropolitan Club at Christehurch last week, and it seems very evident that the opinion generally ; held is against any change of location to Riccarton. A decision on tiie matter . was not reached, and nothing further is • to be done until the committee has all j the facts and figures concerning the j position. When such data is available j it is possible that some of those now j opposed to the proposal may modify i their views, but the writer ("Ovorcheck'" . in the '"Dominion") does not believe that any change will eventuate, seeing that the lease at Addington lias seventeen I years to go and that, trainers are not . sympathetic to a change of venue. j STARTLING RUMOURS. A number of rumours have been going - the rounds down south and startling disl closures were forecasted. When" approached on tho subject recentlv Mr. J. I H. Williams, president of the New Zealand Trotting Association stated that hibody had nothing to report, and that it knew nothing of any threatened startling disclosures, says an exchange. He i added, inter alia, "This sort of tLine does the sport no good, and the a-.-ocia-tion cannot help rumours being circulated, and everyone knows that a rumour, once started, improves as it is told from time to time. The origin of the rumour is a statement from a disqualified ?>er- ■ son, purporting to implicate a trainer i in connection with the disappearance <>i the mare Hetty King. A statement has been obtained from the trainer, who absolutely denies any knowledge of the happening. The disqualified person has been invited to bring forward corroborative evidence, but has always i failed to keep his apointmerit SALE OF TROTTING STOCK. At the City Horse Bazaar (Melbourne i a fortnight ago, the dispersal sale of the | Surbiton Park trotting stud, the pro- | perty of Mr. W. J. Carter, was conducted. Altogether 32 lots were offered, and satisfactory prices were obtained for the 30 horsea sold. The imported stallion The Design, was one of the two lot* passed in, the other being Klein Ribbons, a five-year-old pacing mare, who has had only one start. Tangerine Derby, who has won many races in Victoria, was sold to T. Anthony for 220 guineas, and the same buyer secured a brown yearling filly by The Design from Lady for 17 guineas. Mr. C. Denham bought extensively, among the seven lot* taken by him being Logan's Gift, at 424 guineas, and a two-year-old brown colt by The Design from Lady for a similar amount. Mr. Denham paid IMS guineas for a bav yearling colt by The Design from Logan's Gift, and 37 guineas for a bay colt foal by The Design from Stormyway. Snowshoe, a winner in New Zealand. New South Wales, and Victoria, was knocked down to Mr. A. Simpson for 100 guineas, and Marion Style was bought by Mr. T. Anderson for tC> guineas.