TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 17

TROTTING.

EPSOM ACTIVITIES. PETERWAH'S MISSION. ATTEMPT ON MILE RECORD. ON CLAY TEACK TO-MORROW. To-morrow at Epsom. F. Smith intends to send Peterwah a flying mile on the clay track in an attempt to break the record of 2.11 1-5 recorded by, Todd Lonzia at Forbury Park last month. Peterwah has been responsible for some j attractive work recently in his training, and if the track remains in the excellent condition it has been in during the past week it ie confidently expected that the chestnut will,break 2.11. However, to do it he will require to trot without mistake. To go down as a record, should Peterwah beat 2.11 1-5, it would, be necessary for the performance to be officially timed. NATHANIEL LAME. Nathaniel, who has been going in great style in his work, was lame'in the near foreleg this morning, and W. Willette feare he will have difficulty in getting the gelding to the races. Nathaniel was never a sound, horse, and it was only by giving him. an easy preparation that he has been going so long. As the gelding would be meeting the best in his class at the Cup meeting it was necessary to tone him up ! more than usual, and the serious ' tasks asked of him have apparently found him out. NO WORK THIS MORNING. There was no work done on the tracks this morning, and only a few trainers put ia an appearance with their horses. To-morrow the clay track will be used for fast work, and on Saturday morning the course proper will be thrown' open, when there should be some excellent trials recorded._ The interest taken in the approaching meeting is growing every day, and there is bound to be a large attendance at the track on Saturday morning, when practically all the visiting horses will be on the scene. NOT COMING NORTH. According to Southern advices W. Tomkinson, who has not been in the best of health since the New Zealand Cup meeting, will not make the trip to Auckland thie year, and hie horses will be brought north by C. Dunleavy, and they should arrive to-morrow. The team comprises Country King, Wilma Dillon and Indianapolis, and they may be driven in their engagements by E. C. McDermotr, who is bringing' Garner and Flying Cloud to Auckland. AN OPTIMIST. It is very evident that in paying the acceptance . for Jersey Thorpe in the -December Handicap the owner, J. Mahbney, is-an-optimist if ever there was ,one. In a mile and a quarter the gelding is asked to concede up to 84yde start, and he can have no possible chance of winning; in fact it is doubtful whether he would get a place if he was handicapped on the limit. SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS.

The owner -of Smooger apparently intends to give his horse plenty of opportunities to gather in a,bit of money next week. The gelding figures in the Selby Handicap, a race for .trotting horses only, and later in this is in the Christmas Handicap, m which he will race as a pacer. His owner thinks perhaps if he doesn't get money on the ewinga he may get a little on the roundabouts. GO VERY FAST. There are always to be found novice trottere who can travel fast enough to win races, but who cannot be depended upon, to go solid. Two such are Grand Triumph, trained by_ E. N. Kennerley, and La Triumph, who is now being prepared by F. Porter. Both are on the limit of the, Selby Trot, which opens the Cup carnival next Tuesday, but because of their erratic performances to date they -are/ not likely to be "greatly in demand. At. the same: time, ■■should they leave the mark right and trot'solid throughout, the chances are "they'' , would run first and second. .. ' ..'-'";■ .. DIRECT. MORNING. ■ v The consistent and well-performed Direct Morning • ie ■ reported to be doing a good preparation for the' Cup. The son of; Direct Wilkes has been responsible for some sterling performances T this season, but the-task now eet him to win the Cup ie very different to anything he has yet undertaken. In his last victory he just managed to scramble home from Brentlight. That effort, while- a winning performance, was not very impressive, and with 15 horses, all useful and possessing speed, -handicapped iri-'-front of him in the Cup, Direct. Morning! wijl have to be a better horse than many-believe to even get a place'.- • ■ *" ■.' . IN AT AUCKLAND. Somebody must 'have-'a high, opinion of Rey- Direct as a • novice, i "At the Banks Peninsula meeting on Saturday there were 33 starters in the" Duvauchelle Handicap, a 3.7 mile and a quarter, and all but two were on the limit, the back-marker being Rey Direct, on 24yds. Notwithstanding that it seems almost impossible to pass 32 horses in a mile and a quarter, Rey Direct was sent out third choice in the betting. He did not get a place, which was not surprising, as the winner, Olive Rey, starting from the limit, went 2.48 1-5 off a 3.7 handicap. Rey Direct is_on the front of'the 3.4' December Handicap at Auckland, and perhaps his turn will come then. . • ■.' ..- THE DIFFERENCE. If anything were required'to show what a speedy ; horse Nelson's Victory is, at is provided in the St. Helier's Handicap,, the 2.48 mile and a quarter on Cup day. In a big field of very epeedy horses Nelson s Victory figures on the back mark, 36yds, with Colorado and First Flight, but there is & vast difference in the performances of the two. Over journeys of two miles Colorado has the best record, and Nelson s Victory has earned his mark mostly by reason of performances in sprint races. It is because of thia that while the pair are on the same mark in the mile and a quarter Colorado has to give Nelsons Victory 48yds in the Cup. Colorado has the hardest part to do. A TIGHTER CLASS. The result of fixing-the limit of the Rowe Cup at 3.37 has been a good move from the point of view of the Auckland Trotting Club, as an acceptance of 18 exceeded expectations. But of the 18 in the race the best horses have no possible chance of winning unless they can make miraculous improvement upon anything thev have yet shown. For instance Gold Sovereign, 120 yds, and Kolmar, 96yds, will never get within "cooee" of the leaders, and Explosion, 84yds, can be counted out. Windchat and Roi Grande, on 60yds, will not be noticed by backers because Windchat breaks too much, and Roi Grande, owing : to unsoundness, has not raced for a long time. Carl Mack, 48yds, is fast, but it, is any odds against him keeping down, because he will have to ge so fast to get to the limit brigade, and Dark McKinney seems to be just a plugger who trots and breaks without losing much ground. At Hamilton Nell Volo went a tick worse than 3.32, Bessie Parrish and Garner should go about the same, and as this trio are on the limit., 3.37, it will be realised how much chance the backmakers can have. Had the club allowed a 3.37 limit two days, and say a 3.33 on the final day, it would have given the best of the trottere at least a sciublauce of a chance of g§tting a etakej _ _ . ._..._. ■■-;

TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS. " The following horees' arrived' by train this morning from the South: Grand Canyon, St. Felix, Baron Bingen, Bingen Chief, and Nelson's Victory. DOES NOT STAY. A. McGarry is giving Glandore plenty of work and the roan pacer should strip a very fit horse next week. However, he is not of much account and is a poor stayer, in addition to which he cannot always be depended upon to leave the barrier correctly.