TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 102, 2 May 1929, Page 14

TROTTING.

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

(By "ORION").

SEASON'S FIXTURES. May 9, 11 —Forbury Park T.C. May 4 —Cambridge T.C. May 18—Oamaru T.C. June 1, 3—Canterbury Park T.C. It now transpires that the Sydney pacer Steel All is to go into D. Withers' stable at Christchurch. Steel All was a good performer in Sydney. A two-year-old filly, Pola McElwyn, by Mr. McElwyn (1.59-1)—Mollis Knight was sold recently in America - for 15,000 dollars, the buyer being Mr. W. H. L. McCourtie, owner of Mr. McElwyn. Pola McElwyn trotted a quarter in 31£s, and a full mile in 2.14-J. She is now trained by B. White. As showing the great extent to which the breeding of trotters is carried on in America statintics recently published show that no fewer than 887 marcs were nominated for the Horse Review Futurity Stakes, the guaranteed value of which is 15,000 dollars. The Calumet Farm alone nominated 99 mares, Walnut Hall Farm 89, Hanover Shoe Farm 46, and Castl'eton 35. Kentucky is the headquarters so far as breeding is concerned, for 347 of the number hail from there, Ohio and New York supplying 77 and 70 respectively, and Pennsylvania and Michigan each 09. The Futurity will bo contested by two and three-year-old trotters and pacers in 1931 and 1932. There are no fewer than 53 horses engaged in the Renown Handicap at the Forburv Park Meeting, but with such a big field to go through the chances of the back-markers cannot be fancied, says the Christchurch writer "Argus." In this race one mare that appears rather | harshly treated is Anon, whose last perIformance was to win the Waihora Park Handicap at the last Banks Peninsula meeting, after doing 4.44 from a live minutes mark. In a 3.50J class, 2,22 to the mile, Anon is now placed on 48 yards | behind, and possibly if the race was over two miles instead of a mile and five furlongs, Mr. T. Fogg would have placed her on 60 yards behind. It seems that Anon, after winning over two miles in 4.44 (equal to 3.50.J for 13 furlongs) is entitled to the limit in the race at Forbury Park. She had already improved 10 seconds on her previous handicap time, and to penalise her another four seconds on top of this seems out of all reason.

The Chicago paper, the "Horse Review," supplies a list of the leading money-winning trotters in the last 39 years, and the figures quoted for the past 10 years show the great amount in stakes that can be won by the champion of the year. They are as follows: Dollars. 1010—MeOregor the Great .... 1020—Peter Manning 26,530 1921—Jeannette Rankin ....... 28,220 1022—Czar Worthy 22,800 1023—Favonian 21,145 1024—Mr. McElwyn 24,875 1025—Trumpet 20,275 1026—Guy McKinney 68,742 1927—Nola's Worthy 56,538 192S—Spencer 55,036 In the whole 39 years' racing, Cresceus, who won 13,250 dollars in 1900 and 22,874 dollars in 1901, is the only horse that has topped the list twice, while the only one of the number that has sired one that topped the list is Etawah (sire of Peterwah) who led with 24,498 dollars in 1913, and afterwards left Trumpet, who was at the head in 1925 with 29,275 dollars. In the pacing division the big stakes are not so numerous, as the following figures show:— Dollars. I 1910—Grace Direct 16,980 1020—Hal Mahone 11,562 1921—Jimmy McKerron 14,385 1922 —Margaret Dillon ...... 12,337 1923—Anna Bradford's Girl ..... 13,444 1024—-Baron Worthy 20,095 1925—Ribbon Cane 27,320 1926—Tean Grattan 24,285 1027—Bert Abbe 29,812 1928—Grattan Bars 46,915