TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1932, Page 12

TROTTING.

TRACK VERY QUIET. CHAMPIONS IN AMERICA. FREE LOGAN FOR ALDINGTON. Wet weather and the fact that the next meeting is four weeks off combine to make training activities very quiet at Epsom just now. Several horses raced on the country circuit have been enjoying a short let-up, but they are gradually being brought in again. However, most of the work done is little better than jogging, and it will be a couple of weeks beforg the proceedings liven up and horses are given speed work to tune them up for the winter fixture. ENTERED FOR HASTINGS. The Hawke's Bay Trotting Club's meeting, which is to be held on June 3 and 4, did not attract much attention from Aucklanders, and the only horses entered from this province are Eleawah, Mattie Herbilwyn and Home Brew. They do not make a very strong trio and there is not a betting proposition among the three. BOOKED FOR ADDINGTON. The nippy little pacer Free Logan, who won four races in as many weeks recently, is booked to go South to race at'Addington and Ashburton. Handicapped on the limit of 2.1(j mile races, Free Logan should have no difficulty in going his handicap, or better, and tlie only trouble with him is his liability to tangle at the start. Once lie gets going he can turn on a rare burst of speed. AUTO MACHINE. Lack of fast classes in Auckland has robbed the sport of its best performers, and at present there is not a really firstclass before in work with the exception of Auto Machine, and there is not much inducement for his owner to keep him going. A. Brown will possibly take the son of Machine Brick South later on, because it is not much use him remaining in Auckland if he has hopes of getting any money. WORKS WELL. No maiden in training at Epsom shows more speed than Gold Seam, and had he gone anything like the time in his races that he can show on the track he would have won a race or two. But with the colours up he has failed every time, and his form has been very disappointing. Ilis trainer, L. McMahon, has put in a let of time with the black gelding, and it snould not be long before his jiatiencc is rewarded. A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE. One of the best initial performances seen for a long time for one of his age was that of the two-year-old colt Indianapolis, in winning the Sclma Handicap at Ashburton on Saturday, says "The Press. ' Beginning smartly he was soon in the lead, which he maintained to the straight, where he drew away without any apparent effort to score a most decisive victory by two lengths in 3.30 2-5, which must be considered good on a track that was by no means fast. There is little doubt that Indianapolis, by this performance, will be made favourite for the Sapling Stakes, to be decidcd in three weeks' time. He is by Wrack from the imported mare Estella Amos, by Dale Axworthy, by Axworthy, and he is the first of the progeny of Estella Amos to win a race. Just two years ago Arethusa, hailing from the same stable, "Durbar Lodge," won the Selma Handicap and subsequently won the Sapling Stakes. Indications point to Indianapolis emulating the deeds of his stablematc this season. LACK OF SUPPORT. In an article dealing with lack of support accorded by ollicials of the trotting sport in America a writer in the American "Horse Review" says: "Let us take, for instance, any of the many dinners 4 horsemen's days, or the like, that are staged during the fall, winter and spring seasons, and at which sometimes five hundred or more gentlemen sit down to discuss a pleasing menu and listen to a set of speeches, talks, etc., about the glories of harness racing, which they enthusiastically applaud. If before the assemblage dispersed all those present who were breeding even one colt annually were asked to staiuj up, how many do_ you suppose would 'arise and shine'? Would ten per cent? Assuredly not. Would five per cent? Possibly. But, if our surmise is correct, on many occasions not even that many would be on their feet, the cost of breeding a good colt was never in history so small as it is right now. An excellent young mare, often with a creditable record* or, at times, a tried producer, still young enough to be desirable, can bo picked up at almost any sale of magnitude for about 200 dollars." AMERICA'S BEST. Evidently owners of the crack American trotters and pacers are experiencing a Pi isl ~ tion similar to that which obtains in JNcw Zealand. Writing in the American "Horse Review," "Columbus" says: Here is a matter of great importance to owners of trotters. You have a trotter that races fairly well for three or four seasons, gradually reducing his record from 2.20 to 2.10, or even faster; or, on the other tand, increases his earnings until he is outclassed. Eventually you find yourself possessed of a trotter that is sound, able to race another three or four years, but, like the man in the old story, He is all dressed up and has no place to go. V\ hat can be done to assist such an owner. When I began racing trotters you would find a class for free-for-all trotters and another for free-for-all pacers, on nearly every racing programme advertised, while now you rare-Jy learn of such events. In this territory in recent years you find a 212 trot for fast performers at that gait, with nothing on the programme tor horses not eligible to that class. This system is not encouraging to owners, in snort, it is very unfair-" HAWKE'S BAY TROTS. HANDICAPS FOR JUNE 3. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HASTINGS, this day. Handicaps for the first day of the Hawke's Bay Trotting Club's meeting (Juno 3 and 4), as declared by Mr. G. E. Goosman, are: — NOVICE HANDICAP of Gosovs. One mile and a half. Limit u.4.5. Cimarron . . Lt. Tararua ... Clive Dillon . Lt. £. ds - iJ>' Home Brew . Lt. Le Chenanlt . 1King Bruce . Lt. Native Cole . . 1Nelson's Capital T.t. Belinda King . -4 Smooger . . . Lt. Wisteria ... 24 HAVELOCK HANDICAP of 65sovs. One mile and a half. Limit o.oU. Mattie Aerial Boy . . «0 nerbilw.vn Lt. King Peter . 60 Miss Braeside Lt. Sphinx .... Scrip .... T.t. Summertime . <- Town Guard . Lt. Amy Ktawnll . 96 yds. bhcl. Dilfasliinn . . 96 Nelson's Request 48 Hue Coronado 1-0 NAPIER TTANDICAP of 70sovs. One mile and. a half. Limit 3.36. Arthur Chimes T,t. yds. bhd Mr. Guy . . . T.t. Luminate . . . 24 Doctor . . . I.t. Van Cap ... 24 Tori Kingi . . T.t. TTiiia Maid . . 30 Winshow . . . I-it. Lady Coronado 4S TTAWKE'S BAY CUP o£ 115sovs. One mile and five furlongs. Limit 3.33. Lee Nelson . Lt. Lady Coronado 24 yds. bhd. Murcliimcs . . 36 Alpine Melody 12 Manco .... 30 Daddy Longlegs 12 Bonnie Drift . 48 I Eleawah ... 12 Capilano ... 72 <

HASTINGS HANDICAP of 65sovs. One mile and a quarter. Limit 3.5. Cimarron . . Lt. Wairongornal . Lt. Clive Dillon . Lt. yds. bhd. Home Brew . I.t. Le Clienault . 12 Onealonc . . . Lt. Native Cole . . 12 Smooger . . . Lt. Belinda King . 24 Storm Queen Lt. Wisteria ... 24 Tararua . . . Lt. Golden Oaks . 36 JUNE HANDICAP of 70sovs. One mile and a quarter. Limit 3.0. Arthur Chimes Lt. Teri Kingi . . 12 Winshow . . . Lt. Luminate ... 36 yds. bhd. Van Cap ... 36 Mr. Guy ... 12 Lady Coronado 48 liector .... 12 STEWARDS' HANDICAP of TOsovs. One mile and a half. Limit 3.15. yds. bhd. Aerial Boy . Lt. Summertime . 12 King Peter . Lt. Amy Etawah . 36 Mattie Dilfashion ... 30 Herbihvyn Lt. Brian Bingen . 4S Nelson's Request Lt. Hardy Grattan 4S Pilot .... Lt. Lucky Voyage 60 Sphinx .... Lt. Hue Coronado 60 Wild llebe . . 144 KARAMU HANDICAP of 75sovs. One mile and a quarter. Limit 2.57. Lee Nelson . . Lt. Tennessee's yds. bhd. Child 12 Alpine Melody 12 .Murcliimcs . . 24 Daddy Longlegs 12 Manco .... 24 Eleawah ... 12 Bonnie Drift . 30 llilia Maid . . 12 Capilano . . . 00 Native Berry . 12 Whippet ... 60