TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 286, 3 December 1931, Page 17

TROTTING.

WAIKATO MEETING.

AN EARLY REVIEW.

GOOD RACING PROMISED

Indications are that the meeting of the Waikato Trotting Club on Saturday will provide excellent sport. The acceptances for all events are such that good fields are assured, and with the Auckland Cup meeting only three weeks off, the form at Claudelands may throw some light upon the chances of horses in more important races to come.

The Waikato fixtures are always certain of solid support from owners, and practicaily every horse that can be raced at the meeting on Saturday with any hope of getting in the money will be on hand. A feature of the card is the good fields which will line up in the events confined to trotters.

The first race is the Improvers' Trot, and several look to have good prospects. Arapai, La Campione, Miss Braeside, Bessie Parrish and Zanzibar are all good sorts, while there may be a smart horse or two among the novices. Somewhat similar fields will contest both the Progressive and Waipa Handicaps, and the presence of the Melbourne horses Donna Gulvallis and Wilbur White will add interest. They have nothing good in the way of form to recommend them, but they would not have to be very good to win on Saturday. Of the local horses Free Logan should go close to winning. Worthy Cause, Prince Etawah, Taniwha, Pegaway and Cracker are promising sorts, and the races are not easy to win. The Waikato Handicap will see Kewpie's Guy go out at a short price, as many will not hear of her being beaten. However, she is gradually getting back in the handicaps, and every time she starts the task set her is a little more difficult. At the same time she keeps on winning, and the form horse is the one to be with. Impromptu and Hal Chimes may give her the most trouble. In the Members' Trot Worthy Queen, despite her two failures at the Auckland October meeting, is bound to get solid support. . She is a good style of trotter, but is meeting one or two who can step well. Among them is Bessie Parrish, a speedy mare, but just a bit unreliable at the start, and there Is a tendency on her part to go away pacing. If ehe does it will be the end of her prospects. Zanzibar, Moko Girl and Arapai are other fair trotters in the race. The 2.20 mile has not a very classy lot of horses engaged, and it is a race where anything might win. Nothing stands out as being a betting proposition. Prince Pedro, Derby Vale, Rolfe Audubon, and perhaps Some Dillon will be favoured. The second "leg" of the double is the Farewell, and the ones likely to make a strong appeal are Our Peter, Dan Direct, and Gaza. Kewpie's Guy. should she miss the big race, would have to be considered.

NOMINATE EARLY. In the hustle and bustle of getting aw to the Hamilton meeting trainers and owners ehould not overlook the important fact that nominations for the Auckland summer meeting close to-morrow at o p.m. with Mr. A. G. Mabee the secretary It should also be noted that the final payment for the Great Northern Derby must be made, also the nrst payment for the 1932 Derby. SENSATIONAL FILLY.

Particulars are now to hand of the remarkable performance of the three-year-old trotting filly, Charlotte Hanover, in trotting a mile in 139%. The record was made at Lexington ou October 23, and in commenting upon the performance the "Horse Review" says:—Charlotte Hanover, after persistent efforts to reach the 2.0 goal, did even better this afternoon by trotting to a new record of 1.59%, equalling the world's record for three-year-old trotting ■ fillies of her sister, Hanover s Bertha, made here last October. Ine filly was bred and is owned by Hanover Farm, Hanover, Pa., and was driven by Thomas S. Berry who has trained and driven her in practically all her races except the Junior Kentucky Futurity here in 1930, when her regular driver had just sustained an injury. Thie was the eixth mile for her in better than 2.1 since September 21. The first time -was :n the Kentucky Futurity in which she finished third in each heat to Protector, 1.59%,, and Mac Aubrey. The closing day of the meeting she started against time and (secured a record of Since then she reduced it to 2.0%, and in two losing, but valiant efforts, trotted in and 2.0%, giving rise to the opinion that the effort of trainer Berry to mark her would prove futile. But wonderful weather conditions for the lateness of the season, together with the gameness of filly and driver, finally achieved the desired goal. Present plane are to breed Charlotte Hanover to Mr. McElwyn, 1.59%. Charlotte Hanover is the fourth 2.0 trotter for her driver, Thomas S. Berry; the fourth for her eire, Peter Volo, 2.2, and the third for her dam, Miss Bertha Dillon. 2.2%. Last year Charlotte Hanover was the star two-year-old trotter of the year, winning 17,243 dollars.