TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 15, 19 January 1933, Page 16

TROTTING.

LITTLE GUY FOR FORBURY.

HAROLD LOGAN AND ROI L'OR. NEXT SATURDAY'S MATCH. The Auckland-owned pacer Little Guy did not return to Auckland after winning at the Wellington meeting, but was handed over to M. Holmes, who is taking the chestnut to the Forbury .Park meeting. Little Guy is on the front of a 2.44 mile and a quarter, and in his present form he should be hard to beat. However, there are some speedy horses in the race, and the Au'cklander has the hardest part to do to win. RETURNED TO CHRISTCHURCH. S. A." Edwards, trotting trainer, who has been domiciled at .Winto'n during the past four months, returned" to • Christchinch on Monday with Oklahoma and Belle Derby. Insufficiency of southern meetings is the l , reason given for the transfer of the team. TRAINER OF TAXPAYER. The Australian reinsman G. M. Mouritz, who came over to New Zealand a "ttle over a year ago with Mr. F. B. MeFarjane's horses, has been attached to Mr. J. 11. McKenzie's establishment for the past five months. This position he will vacate in a few weeks' time. THE GOLD CUP. The first mile of the Gold Cup at Wellington last Saturday was accomplished in 2.18, and the mile and a half in 3.23 4-5. That was Auto Machine's time, he being in the lead when that portion of the distance was covered. Roi l'Or compassed j his last two furlongs in 30 l-os, and his! last mile in 2.6 1-5. He is by Key de Oro from Gold Queen, and is a halfbrother to Louis Bingen, who won at Addington recently. GREYMOUTH INCIDENT. Along High Street at Greyinoutli most of the residents have made lawns on the sides of the roads between the bitumen and the footpath, says a Christchurch writer. They have gone to a lot of trouble to make the locality attractive, and they take a pride in ite appearance. In view of that, one can imagine their disgust at seeing trotting trainers who visited the recent meeting at Greymouth exercising their horses along these lawns. It is stated that one of the residents remonstrated with two of the trainers, who persisted in using the lawns. WELL DRIVEN. C. King was seen at his best behind Lindbergh in the New Zealand Trotting Gold Cup, an,d was only beaten because he met a great liorse in Roi l'Or; King realised early in the race that the pace was too slow, having taken 1.12 to cover the first four furlongs, so he took Lindbergh up to the leader, Auto Machine, and increased the pace. The second halfmile was run in 1.6, and the next quarter of a mile was negotiated in 32 l-ss. The mile and a half was reached in 3.23 4-5. That was Auto Machine's time. Lindbergh compassed his first twelve furlongs in 3.21. He paced his next half-mile in 1.2 2-5, but Roi l'Or was too good for him. Lindbergh registered 4.23 2-5, and is retaining his form remarkably well. ATTACK OF COLIC. On his arrival at Lyttelton from Wellington on Sunday, Lindbergh was found to be suffering from colic, and was too ill to be taken home. A veterinary surgeon was called in, and the gelding was treated. He made sufficient recovery to be moved to his owner's stable at Belfast on Monday, and he is expected to be all right again in a few days. Lindbergh has been ( a good money-earner this season. He won a two-mile race at Addington in November, , and was successful in the mile and a quarter event at Ashburton on Boxing Day. Then at Addington, on January 2, he accounted for the Canterbury Handicap. At Wellington he ran second to Roi • l'Or in the Gold Cup on Saturday. His form pointed to his winning further races this season, and it is pleasing to note that his indisposition-is only of a temporary nature.

MATCH AT TIMARU. One of the greatest attractions at the Timaru Trotting Club's meeting to be held on Saturday next will be the match between I?oi l'Or and Harold Logan. With both horses at the very peak of their form a most exciting duel should result, and both will have an army of supporters. In their last two meetings Eoi lOr lias been the victor, the occasions having been the Free-for-AIl and the New Zealand Gold Cup, decided on Saturday, when the difference in the handicaps favoured Roi l'Or by 36yds. This match, in view of Harold Logan's record-breaking attempts, and Roi TOr's good race form, is bound to draw a 'hivgc attendance to tlie meeting, and it will, in a measure, t> an,v doubt about the merit of Koi lOrs win in the recent Free-for-AIl which has been the subject of much discussion. Next Saturday's match will be from a moving up. start, with the use ot the barrier.

fixtures. January 21—Timaru T.C. January 26. 28—Forburv Park TC February 4, (i—Nelson T.C. February 4—N.JS. Metropolitan T.C. February 9—Marlborough T.C. February 3 B'—Kaikoura T.C. February 18, 22—Auckland T.C. February 25—New Brighton T.C.