TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 235, 5 October 1927, Page 13

TROTTING.

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES. (By ORION.) SEASON'S FIXTURES. October 6.—Kurow J C (two events). October 8. 10.—Oamarn j.C. (four events). October 10.—Methven T.C. October 15. 19—Auckland Trotting Club. October 13.—Inanahua T.C. October 22, 24.—Grey mouth T.C. October 24.—Oamara T.C. November 8. 10, 11.—Metropolitan Spring, November 19. 23.—Otahubu T.C. November 25. 26.—Forbury Park T.C. December 3.—Waikato T.C. December 10.—Northland T.C. December 15, 17.—New Brighton T.C. December 26.—Ashburton T.C. December 26 27.—Westport T.C. December 26, 27.—Soutb Wairarapa. December 26.—Gore T.C. December 28.—Winton T.C. December 27. 29. 31.—Auckland T.C. J. Gee came over to Epsom yesterday and worked members of his team. Rua Pere was strapped up and hit out satisfactorily in the task allotted hiin. For a horse who raced so well as Respect did last season, the son of Gold Bell looks well placed on the limit of the Electric Handicap. G. Webb has him looking a picture. B. Dyer has been putting in a lot of time with Mulwaree. The roan pacer can turn on a fair burst of speed, but the shorter the distance the better he is suited. A mile and a-quarter is as far as he cares to go. Ben Lomond does not take much work to tune him up. With the straps on yesterday ho stepped along in fine style in a short sprint. He will carry his opponents along fast for most oif the trip in the 2.14 mile on Saturday week, in which he i 3 on the front end. Anselm, who joined H. Kinnamont's team a couple of days ago, is evidently fairly well forward, as he and Uncle Bert went well in company over a mile and a-half yesterday morning. Uncle Bert led for the greater part of the trip, but Anselm was with him at the end. Peter Dean is doing all J. Shaw is asking of him, and doing it well. The bay trotter has heaps of speed, and if he goes along as kindly in a race as he is doing on the track his lady owner should have the pleasure of receiving a substantial cheque before the season is out. Concliff has brightened up considerably during the winter months, and he |is pacing resolutely in his work (says the Christchurch "Star"). He is a very | attractive pacer, and a particularly free worker in training. Concliff has not done I much fast work since the August ingWith all but one (Jewel Pointer) of the candidates for the Spring Handicap hailing from the South, it is a was.e of time discussing the handicaps until it is known whether those engaged will make the trip North. Tom Thumb and Harold Thorpe are the favourite selections at present. A. Ilazelman intends to have Ai Mnck racing again later on in the season. The son of McL'lintoek—Mignon, who is doing a season at the stud, was at Epsom yesterday, and never looked better. Such a well-bred one, with the brilliant records he had iu America, should get consideration from breeders. Whenever Luvan steps out she is bound to carry solid support from the public. There is no question about the speed of the bay mare, but she does not always go smoothly, and her work-out with Jewel Pointer and Amaris was not attractive. She did not begin right, and when sihe was pacing she was "hitching" all the time.

All the heads are picking the American-bred Dolores j:s a good thing for the Waitemata Trot next week. Mr. J. R. McKenzie's imported mare has only raced twice and scored a second, and as she has just turned four years old there is every reason to expect her to turn out good. At the same time she will find it a job to get away from Caterpillar, who is on the same mark, the limit. The best Great Actress has gone is 3.28 4-5 for a mile and a-half winning, and in putting her on 3.27J Mr. Paul has not taken any risks with her. However, his judgment will probably be correct, as the daughter of Great Audubon and Nance O'Neil is considered to be something out o£ the ordinary, end her present owner, Mr. J. R. McKenzie, had to pay a good price to secure her last season. It was common property that at the June meeting at Epsom the owner of The Shrew thought the Adams Memorial Cup a good thing for his mare. However, the wretched conditions and heavy track affected her, as it did most of the others, and she was beaten out of a place The chestnut marc is nicely handicapped in the Stewards' and Electric Handicaps on Saturday week, and if she is started will not be neglected. Reports credit Native Chief with never looking better than at present. When this pacer is doing slow jogging work he seems to be the most contented of horses, but as soon as he is asked to go fast it is quite another matter, and he often shows temper. If his manners were of the best there is no telling how fast he would travel, over either one or two miles, as his frictionless gait allows him to stride along without any apparent effort. Unfortunately,- he met with a slight mishap a few days ago, and he is on the easy list. Following upon the disqualification of C. Rokkjer at Epping a fortnight ago, another of the State's most prominent trainers of trotting horses fell beneath the axe of the stewards at Victoria Park last week. Subsequent to the decision of the Flying Mile, the stewards reported that, after inquiring the running of Silver Ray, they disqualified W. S. Mazoudier, trainerdriver, and the bay mare Silver Ray for a period of six months; and that they had decided to call on Miss I. M. Tom, owner of the mare, to show cause why s>he should not also be disqualified. Failing to settle down to her work when the field moved off, the mare was last before she began to pace, despite the fact that she was in receipt of 12 and 24yds from Lynette and Nikola respectively. By the time the home turn was reached she had gained a prominent position, but she took no part in the finish. As a trainer and driver, Mazoudier has achieved a very fair measure of success. As recently as July 25 he scored a triple success with Lancewood, Silver Heel, and Glen Idyll. Other members of his string are Splash, Ladv Lilvfielil, and Nicol Bell. "

Though Sadie Huon was not permitted to start on the first day of the <Jeraldine meeting, owing to some trouble over the ownership, it was satisfactorily adjusted afterwards, and she was able to take part in the Domain Handicap on the second day. Driven by G. S. Smith, she was made favourite and she won very easily, after being one of the leaders all the way. It was a very impressive performance, as she damaged a sulky wheel at the start, and travelled the whole journey under extreme difficulties. Mr. G. Paul appears to have been rather lenient with Young Blake in the handicaps for the Auckland meeting. At the Metropolitan meeting at Addington a few weeks ago Young Blake, from 84yds behind (4.35) in the Avon Handicap, beat all but Frisco Beau and went 4.34 4-5. In the Stewards' Handicap at Epsom on Saturday week Mr. Paul has placed Young Blake on 4.37, while later in the day in the Mountain Trot the gelding is on 4.36. Messrs. Young and Blake have every inducement to send their trotter to Auckland. BRISBANE STAKE WITHHELD. Inquiries are being made by the officials of the Kedron Amateur Race Club regarding an aged brown mare which won, off the limit, a mile event at Kedron Park on September 5, in 2.32 2-5, says the "Australian Trotting Record." She was backed from 10 to 1 to evens, and outclassed her eleven opponents, winning by half a furlong. The connections were asked by the stewards how they secured the mare, and stated that the owner, Mr. J. Klassen, bought her three months ago; he broke her in, trained her and drove her in the race, which was her first.. The owner signed a statutory declaration. As the investigation is to be continued, the stake was withheld. The pedigree is by Delavan Wilkes from an unknown dam, bred in Queensland.