TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 116, 18 May 1932, Page 14

TROTTING.

ADDITIONS TO TEAMS. DERBY VALE GOES SOUTH. G. ROBERTSON DOES WELL. LITTLE GUY AT EPSOM. The chestnut gelding Little Guy, trained for eome seasons by R. A. McMillan at Tamahere, is to be prepared at Epsom in future. The son of Sir Guy was brought clown from the Waikato on Monday and hats joined F. Smith's team. While he has never been a first-class horse, Little Guy has shown ability as a sprinter, and there may Jje a short race or two in him yet. He is inclined to pull hard in his races, and this is against him when he undertakes a two miles journey. A PETERWAH COLT. "F. Smith has taken in hand a rising two-year-old colt by Peterwah. The juvenile is well put together, but whether he will be a success or not only time will tell. ANOTHER JADE. Apparently August is not going to waste time with horses who can go fast but will not, and in addition to getting Derby Vale out of the stable, he has finished with Koifc Audubon. They are a pair of out-and-out quitters, and the sort to put a trainer on relier work. TRAINER DISAPPOINTED. The Mangerc trainer S. August is disgusted with the recent showings ot Derby Vale, and has decided to send the gelding to L'hristchurch, where he will be given a chance to make good. The chestnut has frequently shown August trials "ood enough to win races, hut when it came to racing fov money the gelding would not reproduce his track dtorts. \u"U6t thinks that a clay track may see Derby Vale do better, hence his decision to send the horse South. PREPARING FOR WINTER. E. Kcnncrley is paying a lot of attention to the requirements of Real Girl ant Peter Pirate, and he should sec the pan strip well when the winter meeting ol the Auckland Trotting Club comes up tor decision next month. Both pacers will be candidates for the Adams Memorial Cup, and if the going happens to be heavy, which more than likely it will, Peter Pirate may be a possibility. Lhe Peter Moko gelding is a great stayer, but is permanently troubled with corns, and it is only when the tracks are soft that he is seen at his best. ALL EARNED MONEY. The Otahuhu trainer G. Robertson, has no reason to complain at the result of ins tour of the country circuit. He had three horses, Myrtlene, Francis Lincoln, and Nebraska, battling for him, and he earned stake money with all three. It would not total up to a great deal, but the horses were always at good prices on the machine, and, as Robertson does not allow any horse ot his to run loose if lie fancies its chance, the dividend from the betting in many instances may have been better than the stake. Francis Lincoln and Myrtlene arc likely to do him further good service, but Nebraska is going to be a hard proposition. A DIFFICULT PROBLEM. The opinion has been expressed by more than one trainer that the slow class trot, the opening event each day at the June meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club, should have been a 3.50 class, not 3.45. The argument is that a .'maiden trotter to start gives a#ay five ?Uyo races, which seems to be so! But the Auckland Trotting Club does npt claim to bo putting on a " maiden . trot, and aims to get a little better class, if such is possible. As a matter of fact, it is extremely doubtful whether the tendency to loosen "the limits is doing the sport any good in Auckland. Apparently the policy is to extend the limits because stakes are being reduced, but if anything were required to scud all our best horses to the paddock then extending the limits is the surest way to bring it about. Horses are horses, and their ability is not regulated by stake money. Were it not for the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meetings at Christcliureh it would hardly be worth while training a horse handicapped to go 4.30 or better, and, when all is said, a 4.30 horse these days is only a third rater. The public would prefer to see six really good horses racing rather than six dozen " goats." However, with the long limits now being arranged, the day of high-class racing is slipping away.