TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 290, 7 December 1932, Page 15

TROTTING.

PETERWAH'S PREPARATION.

TO CONTEST AUCKLAND CUP. NOMINATIONS DAY FRIDAY. In the slow-run Waikato Handicap it was thought that Dan Direct, who has a good burst o£ speed for a couple of furlongs, would sprint home with the best-of those in- the race, but the roan pacer actually lost ground in the straight, and his final effort was rather disappointing. The son of Wellington Direct seems to be handicapped on a mark too tight for him to win from, and it is just over twelve months since he led a field of horses home. Since then he has done a lot of racing. A GOOD STAKE, Considerable interest is being taken .in the Ashburton Trotting Handicap of. 500 sovs, including a trophy valued at 30sovs. Nowadays this is a rich stake, and will be made exclusive, as the class is 4.27 or bettsr. ..._.; RACING WITH PACERS. The crack trotting mare Olive Nelson-is go far back in her own class that ehe is forced to do the best she can among the pacers. Opportunities for high-class trotters are few. The majority of them'are basking in the sunshine waiting for opportunities to race in suitable classes fdt , horses of their gait. RETURNING TO MELBOURNE. . F. B. McFarlane, who has been in the Dominion just twelve months, intends returning to Melbourne, but is not desirous of taking any of the horses he brought over to New Zealand back with him. Donna Gulvallis, Wilbur White, Nimble Direct, Princess Mauritius and Huon Voyage, who holds the world's race trotting record for two miles of 4.22 3-5, will be offered for sale at auction on Monday next. NOT SOLID. As usual, Carl Mack, was giving a fine exhibition of trotting in patches in the Waipa Handicap, but just when he looked like getting within range of the leading division he broke up badly, and before he settled down again he' had lost any chance he had of winning. When trotting right Carl Mack shows a fine turn of speed, but, like many other fast-trotters, the difficulty is to keep him to his proper gait. PEGAWAY'S PROSPECTS. One of the horses who will receive a lot of attention from' backers when he steps out at the Auckland summer meeting is Pegaway. The bay pacer ie now settling down to a solid preparation under the supervision of F. Smith at Epsom, and he is doing all required of him without being aeked to ehow extreme speed. Pegaway .is a very speedy horse, and the 3.27 mile and a half events at the meeting will suit him. " TWO CHESTNUTS. A. Julian is beginning to tune his chestnuts Rolfe Audubon and Worthy Cause upfor the Cup meeting. The pair are now well forward, but they are not betting propositions on the present marks. Rolfe Amjubon is a epeedy horse up to a mile and a quarter, but he does not always race generously. Worthy Cause is a good sprinter, and a -very smart beginner. Both pacers should be right at the top of their form at Christmas. NEW ZEALAND WINNERS. Two recent winners in Tasmania of interest to New Zealand are Turama, who wa*. successful in the JElwick Trotting ,Cup, and: Bright lidcanda, who won the Sunnyside Handicap at a Hobart meeting. Turama is a mare by Matchlight from a Harold Dillon mare, and Bright Locanda is an aged mare by.Brent Locanda frora Glade, the dam of last week's lorbury Park winner, Gyrate, and of Final McKinney.. TO CONTEST THE CUP. AH going well in the meantime Peter* wah will be presented in the Auckland Cup, and though it ie about two years since Be was seen out, he is getting plenty of work, and should be ready to go a good race. If Wrackler comes north for the Cup the meeting between he and Peterwah will, create considerable interest, as there are many who contend that Peterwah is stills better trotter than Wrackler. Yesterday, in a mile and a half workout accomplished in 3.26, Peterwah stepped his last half in 1.5 3-5, despite a break. EXPORTED TO ITALY. The three-year-old trotting filly The Marchioness, who holds the world's record of 1.59% for three-year-old' trotters, has been sold by Mrs. R, Keeler, of -Nerr YorlCi and ehe will do her future racing in Italy. Another champion in Maid McElwyriJ 2.2%, was also to have been shipped to the same country shortly after the departure of The Marchioness. In recent years Italy has; purchased from America Harieton (2.034 V Guy Fletcher (2.1) and Plucky (2.634). In a few years Italian trainers will have the produce of the abovenamed stallions and mares in their own country, which fact has caused considerable comment _ among trotting enthusiasts in America, who are wondering why,»their leading owners and breeders ' are' letting such: high-class stock leave_ the shores of the? United States, of America.

THE AUCKLAND CUP.

The nominations' for the summer meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club close on Friday, and tfie entry for the Auckland Trotting Cup will be awaited with interest. Though the stake is nothing like so good as it was a; few seasons back, it is still ■worthywinning,,and.will no doubt attract attention from; owners in the-south.. It is expected that Wrackler,* the] beet trotter in the Dominion, will be entered,- and should he be sent up to-take on the pacers in the Cup euch would add : interest to the race, Wrackler is a eolid customer and a rare; stayer, and though past experience proves that trotters do not as a rule fare welljwben pitted against pacers Wrackler has shown himself to be the exception. He is a great trotter, • as solid as a rock, and if brought to Auckland lor the Cup will he one of the early fancies. The smart pacer Colorado is expected to be sent, up for-the Cup and he will-take some beating. At the same time, from,4Byds, he is not going to find it an easy race to win. No doubt there will be several southern horses entered,-and all will be welcomed.