TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 142, 18 June 1929, Page 13

TROTTING.

ADDINGTON JOTTINGS.

STEEL ALL TO RACE AT EPSOM. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") CHRIS TCIIURCH, this day. J. Brvce left for the North to-night to drive Evelyn Locanda, who will be the onty representative of his stable at the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting. A. Heudriksen will have Cardinal Logan racing at Auckland. He is in his best form at present, his second in a mile and a-quarter race at Addingtoii this mouth being evidence. Steel All has not shown up in any of his races since he arrived here from Australia. He looks a good pacer, however, and D. Withers may win a race with him before long. He will make his next appearance at Auckland. Dircct Action was not at the track yesterday. The bay gelding has a '"leg," and for some days his training has been confined to walking exorcise. He is a. horse who does well 011 a very light preparation, and if the tracks keep soft he may be able to go a good race on Saturday. It is in his favour that he is a, good beginner and an improving horse. Twelve months ago Padlock was being boomed as a likely winner of the New Zealand Cup, but a poor effort in that race sent him out of favour. He has not done much racing since,' probably because he is not very sound, and the hard tracks have been against giving him a solid preparation. Now that the sting is out of the ground the chances are he has been given plenty of work lately. He would only have to be right to have a chance on Saturday.

W. Tomkinson had his team of half a dozen on the track yesterday. None of them was worked with pace on.

If Vcndome fails to win a race at the meeting, licr admirers will be hit hard. Many are selecting her as the one to bring in sufficient to provide for the winter months.

J. Gee has Anseline very forward, and in all her training she has trotted without putting a foot wrong. The bay mare is down for two engagements on Saturday, and in the Provincial Trot she appears well placed.

Linkman and Stoney (unhoppled) were allowed to run along for about a mile and a-quarter at Epsom yesterday morning. Stoney put in a skip at one stage, but this was because he had no straps on. Linkman paced boldly, and was anxious to go faster. He is very well. Cardinal Logan has always played a prominent part at Auckland winter meetings, and a recent second place performance in the South is evidence that the Logan Pointer gelding is in form. He is a brilliant pacer at any time, and on a soft track he takes a lot of ingThough Machine Gun has been let out to a 4.28 mark, it is some time since he got in the money, and he was due to be given a little consideration. However, others in the race on Saturday are also handicapped slower than their records, so that Machine Gun is really not let up at all.

The Abbey was taken to Otahuhu on Saturday, and worked out on the grass by W. Clifton. The chestnut is a solid pacer, but has one drawback —he is not reliable at the post. But for this he would be one of the favourites for Saturday's big race.

Though Concertina is not engaged on Saturday the bay mare is a regular attendant at the track, but she has not been noticed doing fast work. The Te Arolia Cup winner is well seasoned with racing. Trained privately by his owner at Wellsford, little is known touching the condition of Ngatira. The black gelding is a very solid trotter and a rare stayer, and as the chances are the track will be heavy at the meeting, he will be battling on when others have tired of the battle.

It would come as no surprise to find Torpedo Huon the favourite for the Prince of Wales Handicap. Two starts for two wins is his record here, and it is just possible he will continue on with the good work. On Saturday he is up against a hard proposition, although handicapped on 4.29 when he has gone 4.27 4-5. He will find one or two in the race to test him more than Gold Dial did at Hamilton, and he did not have much to spare then.

The two veterans I\. Millen and Wirnmera Iving have been noticed consistently during the last few days at Epsom. As Wimmera King will be 22 years of age in August, he is bowling along surprisingly well. He is not carrying any surplus flesh, which would suggest that he has done a good deal of work. He still shows plenty of pace, and may go a much better race than many would expect from one of his age.

Track efforts afford no line as to Etta Cole's prospects at the approaching meeting. The daughter of Peterwah is carrying a very bright appearance, but all her work during the past week or so has been slow jogging. She is a smart trotter, and a good stayer, and should be prominent at the meeting. It is more than likely she will be sent to Christchurch later to race at Addington in August, as her owner is seriously thinking of making the trip.