TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 246, 17 October 1928, Page 16

TROTTING.

WHEEL ANDTAACK NOTES.

(By ORION.)

October 22—Oarnaru T.C. October 22—Northland T.C. November «, 8. »—Metropolitan T.C. November 17, 21—Otahana T.C. November 24—Wellington T.C. Norton ber 20. December I—Forbsry Park T.C. December B—Walkato T.C. December B—Cheviot T.C.

If Amarig goes to Christschurcli for the Metropolitan meeting it is possible lie will bo ridden in the saddle races by S. August.

The only Auckland stable represented at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting is that of J. Shaw. He* will have a good team, comprising Jewel Pointer, Western King and The Abbey.

Dalmeny put up a bad' performance inthe Spring Handicap on .Mopday, and finished a long way back last. It transpires that the black pacer was not himself, and Tomkinson decided not to race him again at the meeting.

The trotter Katute has been in B. J arden's stable since the Wellington Trotting Club's meeting. It was intended to race her at tlie Greymouth Trotting Club's meeting at the end of the month, but her owner missed the nominations.

Warspite is a maiden in R. Hall's -team at Papatoetce, who might turn out I useful this season. He gave promise at the Thames n.eeting of turning out useful, nnd as K. Hall usually wins with any horse he trains, Warspite may be worth remembering.

Margaret Wallace has been 'hitting out in attractive style for a maiden in her work. This mare has a*good turn of speed, and if she behaves right in her races at the barrier' she will be a hard proposition for the other to dispose of in maiden events.

The grey gelding, Chrystal. in H. Kinnamont's team, is going along well in his work, and he may be worth considering at Northland next Monday. Kinnamont does not have a great deal of luck these times, and any wins that come his way are warranted, as he puts in a lot of time with his horses.

Mr. A. W{ McKendry, the well-known Methven sportsman, liad> the misfortune to lose a trotting bred filly, a full-sister to Locanda Mac, last week in the Methven township. 1 The animal was being driven through the township when she fell, breaking a leg, and had to be destroyed. The loss is unfortunate, as the filly gave promise of being something above the average.

In putting Wrackler on the limit of a 4.43 class to-day,- Mr. Panl treated the three-year-old exceptionally welL Certainly Wrackler looked to be a trifle lucky in the Derby, but even so he has proved himself the best of the three-year-olds on actual form, and-if h% is going to.be _ treated, so nicely In future Mr.. Nicoll is going to get a heap of money with him.

The Free-for-AlI at Addington in November has drawn an entry of teu select pacers. Native Chief, who won last year, Is again in the list, and even should he do his part right, brilliant pacer M he is, he will have to go fast to beat such horses as Jewel Pointer Jack Potts, Great Bingen, Western Kin" and Peter Bingen. "

J. H. Wilson, who has for some time past acted as private trainer to Messrs. Jack and Stewart, is likely to remove to Auckland, says . a Christchurch writer.. It is more than probable that iie will receive an appointment as private trainer to Messrs. W. and C. Johnstone. There are a useful lot of horses in the stable for Wilson to start upon.

The two-year-old filly by Guy Parrish from Runaway has been sold by sportsman Mr. George McMillan to Mr. J. R. Corrigan, of Hawera. The filly is from the dam of that fine trottter Kawhaki, who died soon after winning the. New Zealand Trotting Stakes,* and The Tiger. The Ti«er was a full-brother to Kawhaki, and was owned by Mr, J. R. Corrigan. The trotter died about six months ago. Possibly because he owned The Tiger and Jaiew. him to be a more than useful trotter caused Mr. Corrigan to make the purchase. The filly was bred by Mrs I Dftncan and purchased at the sale last Easter by Mr. McMillan.

DEARTH OF TROVERS. If _ a line can be taken from the nominations received recently there is a dearth of straightout trotters at present, and particularly is this so in the tight classes. Half a dozen starters seems to bo the average size of Mhe fields for these events, and it may be i that in using the pruning knife in cutting down the limits the metropolian clubs have gone a shade too "far. There are not many square-gaited hordes who qualify for 4.3(5 classes during a 9eason, and the chancfes are that more go out of that class than come into it. For the present at least the limit lias bceu reached in tightening up such races.

KORO PETER SOLD. iKoro Peter, the three-year-old trotter who has had two starts for two wins, was sold yesterday by Mrs. Sweatapple to the Auckland sportsman, -Mr. George McMillan, Owner' of Duiidas Hoy, Machine GUn, Sunfish apd others. Ivoro ±*eter, Hewitt be remembered, was; brad by Mr. T. Cooper, and in the auturtln of last a twfc-year.-old, .he brdught off a surprise by winning tfie Introductory Trot at Cambridge, and incidentally made new history in that he was the first two-year-old straightout'trotter to'ever wjn a race in Auckland. His next start, was when he met and defeated First Wrack in a spe nal race, the New Zealand Trotting Challenge Stakes put on at the winter meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club; It was after his Cambridge win that he was bought by Mrs. Sweetapple and in her colours he won the Challenge Stakes. Since then he has been working steadily under J. Shaw's supervision at Epsom and he v should turn out a real gbod trotter.'*r'Mr. McMillan, his owner, few committeeman of the Atidclaiul Trotting Club who is loyal enough to the sport to race trotters, and should Koro Peter turn out I cJUmpion everyone would be pleased.