ADDINGTON NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 222, 19 September 1929, Page 17

ADDINGTON NOTES.

I ROYAL SILK IMPROVING. ) c t boutdte pacing in good 1 STYLE. PRINCE POINTER IN GREAT HEART, j (By Telegraph.—Special to " Star.") j CHRISTCHURCH, this day. s The Author Dillon —Capriccio filly in c E. C. McDermott's stable is training on satisfactorily. She has not been set any hard tasks to date. ] Aleron, who put up a high grade per- i formance in the Kara me a Handicap last i Saturday —by winning in 3.22 from a < 3.34 mark—looks as though lie has f lightened up sine* the race. He is not ' doinc much fast .work at present, but he i is remaining sound. f Rolex continues to go on the right way in his training. He was somewhat of a disappointment last season, but he may . <lo a long way better in his future races, i 'Royal Silk is improving in his work, and i like his sire Silk Thread he is a good i pacer without the hopples. The three- ; year-old is furnishing into a solidly-built : has recovered from his cold, ( end is pacing in his work in good style. If he would only reproduce his best in a race he would soon be a winner. E. Canlyon has the erratic pacer in fine f °Lo"an Brae has improved considerably since" he came to Addington, but it remains to be seen how he will shape with the colours up. The brother to the brilliant Logan Park can turn on a good deal of speed in his work. Prince Pointer continues to go on tne irio-ht way in his training. This attractive pacer is : n capital heart, and he gets through his work—whichi consists of steady pacing—well within his powers, as though he likes it. He should be at his best at cup time. Flossie Harvester, who is a half-sister fv Sonoma Harvester to Tom Thumb, is in her training work, and she •should be a useful performer this season. She looks best suited to short courses. • Delightful did not go away well in his race at New Brighton, but in the Seddonville Handicap, over a mile and «■' nuarter last Saturday, he paced -a fine £; and finished up just behind the placed horses. He is very well at pre gent, and is showing improvement in his tr j m DeyeU°2'working away with his i t'ffprs Nelson Ata and Nelson Scfitsv.'u i».k wt." -Krpisler put up a couple of good perfinishing third in two races. He seems to have improved at the 'harrier, and flow begins than jtlso racing more D ene z ■formerly- .