TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 32, 8 February 1928, Page 15

TROTTING.

SATURDAY'S CLASSIC.

NATIVE CHIEF V. GREAT

BINGEN.

LATTER TAKES 2.6 1-5 FOR MILE,

TRACK WORK FOR METROPOLITAN.

(By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.")

CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday

The match between Great Bingen and Native Chief, which will be the star attraction at the N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting on Saturday, will be run at 2.30 p.m., after the fourth race. A meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Association will be held on Friday night. The business will include F. Holmes' appeal from his disqualification, for three months, by the Forbury Parle Trotting Club.

Native Chief was not given any work this morning, but J. J. Kennerly intends to send him out for fast work to-mor-roW: This will be his final effort prior to his : match with Great Bingen on Sptflrday. '

The Otahuhu Trotting Club's Handicapper has .given a tip for Saturday's niaich |t Addington, as in a mile and a quarter race he has set Native Chief to concede 12yds to Great Bingen.

W. J. Tompkinson should play an important part "in the chief events at Otahuhu. In the Cup he has Concliff and Logan Park engaged; while in the Dominion Handicap, on the second day. lie has' Concliffe, Logan Park and Dalmeny. Many Horses Show Their Paces. ' In view of the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting on Saturday interest in the training work at headquarters has increased. A lot ,of useful work was done this morning. the light rain which fell being beneficial to the track. Fight Ever, St. Maura and Queen's Own (the last-named with a very small lad in the sulky) set out for a two-mile journey. Fight Ever led, with Queen's Own well back. With a round to go [Queen's Own went after the front pair, f Along the back she passed St. Maura, and in the straight easily headed Fight Ever, coining to the finishing post under a strong pull in good time. It was a capital piece of work, and the tlieie horses all went very creditably. The three-year-old filly. Rose Marie, was given useful work well on the outside of the track. After a couple of Sprints she covered about a mile at a fco'tiS'speed, and looks as though she is! •improving. . rTCoung. Bla^e— trotting the right- * handed way, and close to the rails—di<V« a tittle more than a mile and'a-half in I his -hfest style. Young Blake did his work so easily that he seemed capable 'of going a good deal faster. He went the: iourney without any mistakes. Acre, who lightened up very much on . life trip to the Forbury Park meeting, .'j liad the hopples on, but only went about Uialf a-inile at three-quarter speed. He . is; still very light. Some Useful Work-outs. • iAlidobell and Frisco Beau, the former Kon the inside, did nearly two miles. At the end of of a mile Bess'e I/Ogan joined,, in behind the two trot ters. The trio did not go at top speed, but at was, 3 useful work-out. Xourniahafr. started away about four lengths in front of Cannonball, who was a similar distance in front of Golden /Devon. -Xouruiahal led for a mile and a-quarter, when she was pulled up, after trotting in good style. Alborn's pair -went cm for the two-mile -journey, but they had had enough over the last quar- . ter, although, it was a fast work-out. Real the Great went about a mile and 'a-quarter, but her work was not of the best. She seemed to be lab Hiring over the latter part of the jQurney. Trimmer .set off four lengths in front of Kreisler, but at the end of a round the pair were racing on level terms. Pacing at top speed they went a mile and three-quarters, botli showing gocd \ form.

Jewel Pointer (on the rails) with Elzear (well on the outside) started off together, going the first round at about half pace. More speed was turned on for the second round, and the pair finished nearly two miles, moving at t• p over the last ou.nter.

Ladv Embrace and a stable companion worked a little more than a mile and aquarter, but tliey were not asked to show; their best speed. Peter Swift and Meb started from the two-mile peg, with _ the trotter in the lead.. The pair did not do the first mile at all fast, but full speed was turned on over the last mile, both going in good style.

Wee Gus, Searchlight Lad and Logan Holme, tlie last-named well on the outside of the track, covered about a mile and a-quarter. Logan Holme was eased up on the concluding stages, and the other pair finished together. The Toff joined Wee Gus and the other two horses and sprinted home the last half-mile.

Key Logan and Pan Yan we:

.. -uogan _____ re given useful work. They went about a mile at a fair speed, and the next lialf-niile nmeh faster, being gradually slowed up over the final half-mile of a two-mile journey. Both pacers moved in pleasing style.

Little Logan was not asked to do his best over about a mile and a-quarter. The trotter looks particularly well.

Nearly all the horses were on the track, - and there was a l>igf number pulled to the outside when Great Bingen came on the scene. He seemed very keen to go, and wae a trifle fractious before Withers gave him a sprint ut> the straight. After a spell Great Bingen set off for a mile and did the distance at an even rate. Going out of the straight he seemed to make a slight hitch, which partially put him out of bis stride. Great Bingen finished nr» bis task in a most resolute manner. He covered the first two furlongs in 325, half-mile in 1.3. 3-."i. while the "full distance occupied 2.fi 1-n. The time comTOmd unfavourably with tha.t registered by Native Chief on Satxirday. ;

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.

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