WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1932, Page 14

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

WET TRACKS. Owing to the heavy rain the clay track at Epsom this morning was not available for training work and trainerg made use of the cinders. The work done was uninteresting, nothing in the way of fast times being attempted, and jogging exercise was the order. ALL IN. Owners of horses entered for the Otaliuliu Handicap made a line response yesterday when acceptances closed and the whole nine entered were paid up for. Auto Machine and Impromptu, the early fancies, are likely to continue in favour, iind the only other in the race who may be capable of offering strong opposition to the favourite is The Abbey, one of the few horses handicapped right up to his very best form, but a rare stayer. Mountain Dell would only have to record a good workout next week to come into favour, because at her best she is a highclass mAre. However, at present there is not much encouragement to go outside Auto Machine and Impromptu. A GOOD FIELD. Though not the principal event on the programme at Alexandra Park on Saturday the Moss Davis Handicap looks like being the star item. It is a 2.49 mile and a quarter and has drawn an acceptance of eleven, just a handy field, and every horse can pace a merry mile and a quarter. Kewpie's Triumph and Glandore are a good pair on the limit, while :just behind them on 12yds are a speedy trio, First Flight, Dan Direct and Nella Dillon. First Flight would only require to be herself to have a great chance, as she can turn on a brilliant burst of speed. Kewpie's Guy, 24yds, is a good mare, and on the same mark are two good sorts in Benefice and Te Wahia, though neither is so consistent as Kewpie's Guy. Auto Machine. 30yds, may not start if he wins the Otahuhu Handicap, but should he get beaten in that race he would have to be considered in the sprint. He is .i jiacer above the ordinary. Early fancies may be First Flight, Kewpie's Guy, Kewpie's Triumph and Dan Direct.

THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. The Mangere owner-trainer J. T. Paul has always been recognised as one of the true sports, and one who does the correct thing toward the public. It is against the law to bet other than on the totalisator, but there are lots of laws which are not strictly observed, and the Gaming Act is one of them. Some owners do not give the public even a passing thought, but fortunately such owners are few. J. T. Paul is not among them and "there have been innumerable instances where his horses who would have been strongly supported in ante-post betting have not been accepted for, because Paul did not consider them ready to win. At the approaching meeting the Mangere trainer had Great Parrish and Kewpie's Guy in the fast mile and a- quarter, the second "leg" of the double, and he could quite easily have paid up for both, but when the acceptances closed yesterday he allowed Great Parrish to drop out. This action would save those backers who indulge in doubles a substantial amount, because, had the horse been accepted for, he would undoubtedly have been the early favourite.