Topics of the Turf NOTES AND FROM EVERYWHERE

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 108, 10 May 1933, Page 14

Topics of the Turf NOTES AND FROM EVERYWHERE

TROTTING AT EPSOM.

THE AUCKLAND MEETING. RECENT FORM REVIEWED. NEXT SATURDAY'S PROSPECTS. With anything like favourable weather conditions, which at the time of writing arc not very promising, the one-day meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club on Saturday should provide good sport. Admittedly, the inclusion of even a few horses from the South would have been welcomed, but without them the province will muster all its best pacers and trotters at full strength. The acceptances are .particularly good, and it is refreshing to find eight acceptors in the 3.36, even though they are the same old squad. Kewpie's Guy. The chief event is the Fergusson Handicap, and the issue appears, to be confined to Kewpie's Guy, Direct Morning and Enawah. At her last start Kewpie's Guy ■won the Farewell Handicap at Te Aroha. .The race only extended to a mile and a quarter, but not only did the chestnut mare win, but she did so after getting anything but a good run; in fact, she was last to enter the straight., and it was only •her class that enabled her to win. On Saturday/she has to travel two miles, But she is a good stayer, and has only to be in her best form to be the hardest to best. Enawah won three races at Cambridge on Saturday and Monday, and though conceding substantial starts she scored easily each time. Her victories have sent her back from 36yds to 72yds, and it takes a real good one to win from her mark. She is such a good one in heavy going that she must be given a royal chance. Direct Morning failed to gain a situation in the mile and a quarter at Cambridge in which ;he was made a good favourite, but that race was run at a very fast clip, and the gelding could noi go the pace early. On Saturday the pace will not be nearly so fast and he will be better suited. Kewpie's Triumph does not seem able to win at two and Prince Pedro has been beaten on the last four or five occasions he has stepped out at two mi'es. Brentlight is iiot a good pacer on a heavy track, but Pageant, 48yds, may go well. Auto Machine seems to have had his day. The .only ones who look to have winning prospects are Kewpie's Guy, Direct Morning ,and Enawah. ...

'• The second 'leg" of the double is the Papatoetoe Handicap, and everybody will pounce upon Pegaway as the best of good things. Form does point to the gelding winning, and on paper, despite his recent ) failures,' Great Parrish appears to be the only danger to' the favourite. There is just a chance that Kewpie's Triumph will ' "go a good race, b«t it is difficult to picture liim beating, either Pegaway or Grsut Parrish. ' ' . • • - i ' Two Stand Out. If it looks like F.'Smith and J. T.-Paul fighting out the Papatoetoe Handicap with Pegaway and Great Parrish, the prospects are that the same trainers will decide "the major issue in the Whitrord Trot. Smith lias Nell Volo on 12yds, and Paul Bessie" Parrish on 48yds. At the jhandicap they are probably the two best trotters in Auckland to-day. Moko Crirl -would have a chance if she could be relied .upon to trot solidly, but Nell Volo and Jiessie 'Parrish appear to dominate tha position. £ Another race in which the public will ihave no difficulty in finding a favourite is the Franklin Handicap, the 3.28 mile and a half. Raider, as the winner of five races during the past few weeks, as on the limit, and few will care to support anything in the race with confidence to' down the eon of Man-o'-War. kike Nell Volo,' Pegaway and Kewpie s Guy, Eaider is also in F. Smith's team, and, though three races in a day at a metropolitan meeting to one trainer seem to be just a little, too much to expect,,the Takanini trainer has a royal chance of winning them.'. Other horses carrying his colours on Saturday are Pageant, Ouid Hairet and Chancellor, and it would come ' rs no surprise to see him have a regular field day. Te Mafianga, Guid Hairst and Francis Lincoln read a likely trio in "the Henderson Handicap, with, a preference for Te Mahanga, who ha« won several races since Christmas.'' The most open problems on Saturday . appear to be the Innovation Trot, in which :-,Kuihi will be at a short price, and the ! Devonport Handicap, in which the class Lis not strong and anything might win. It is the one race where there is ample room for a surprise.

SUPPORT FOR ROTORUA. Recognising that it is only by giving their support to the Rotorua Trotting Club, which is holding a non-totalisator meeting this month, that the club can hope to get a tote permit next year, trainers and owners, if their promises count, intend to send along plenty <>£ nominations. The newly-formed club, in launching out under the conditions prevailing, has taken a courageous step, and deserves every success. It is understood that nianv of the be6t pacers in Auckland will be on hand, and that Pegaway may give an exhibition of pacing. The stake money is as large as could be expected. whiie there will be some very fine trophies to the "winners. Whether the meeting is. to be a success or not rests largely, upon owners, and it is in their interests to assist to .their utmost in every way possible. ENAWAH'S PENALTY. Hardly a meeting goes by in Auckland without one owner or another finding fault with the handicapping,, or the system, or whatever it is. At Cambridge after Enawah had won the big handicap, her owner, Mr. W. .Tohnstone, taking a line through recent winners of big handicaps, did not expect the mare to be penalised for the fast mile and a quarter later in .the day. But to his surprise Mr. Goosmnn penalised her 12yds, and Mr. Johnstone, taking exception, announced that he would not start her. However, he was induced to do so, and, despite the penalty, "she won the race. But the question now arises whether the har.dicapper was justified in imposing any penalty at all. Certainly two wins at two miles in certain classes carry a penalty over a mile and a quarter, but with Enawah another factor had to be taken into consideration. It was her first win this season when she won at Cambridge, and the fact must not be lost sight of that ftt the beginning of the season Enawah, with all other horses that raced last season, wps given an assessment, that is, she was allotted certain marks for certain distances. It would be thought that no matter what a horse's previous performances were, whether good or bad, the new assessments at the beginning of a season wiped them out,* but apparently they do not, and whether a previous win be one, two or even ten years ago, it must be taken into consideration by the liandinapper when that horse wins again. That isi of course, providing the class applies. It might be said that every day, in every v.-av, owners are getting more puzzled Ltlu'-i ev';r.

N.Z. TROTTING BOARD.

ROTORUA CLUB'S MEETING. STARTING AT SOUTH CANTERBURY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. At a meeting of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association a letter was received from the Rotorua Trotting Club asking if it would be permissible to include in its programme a local saddle event for which the prize would be trophy only. The race is to be purely amateur in character.. The association replied there would be ncJ objection, provided the horses and riders were registered. The stipendiary steward reported on the unsatisfactory starting of a trotting event at the South Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting. .He stated that if a qualified trotting starter had been employed the mistake could not have occurred. It was decided to circularise racing clubs, who included trotting events on their Programmes, that wherever possible qualified starters should officiate for trotting events.

At the start of the Otipua Trot on the first day of the South Canterbury meeting on April 27 the barrier failed to operate correctly, and the majority of the drivers did not hear the starter's declaration of no start. The mishap affected the chances of several of the field. OA'MARU WINTER MEETING. ACCEPTANCES FOR SATURDAY (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) OAMARU, Tuesday. Acceptances for the Oamaru Trotting Club's winter meeting on May 13 are:— INNOVATION HANDICAP of lOOsovs. Trotters. One mile and a half. Limit 3.50. Alf Parrish . Lt. Nelson's Lady Lt. Bingen Lin . . Lt. Trigjigle . . . Lt. Beatrice Bingen Lt. Orphan Bingen Lt. Car Bingen . . Lt. yds bhd. Coreopsis . . Lt. Sansaveno . . 24 Chiming Earl Bingen , 60 Wrack . . T.tV Margaret Diana Dillon Lt. Parrish . . 72 Hakatere . . Lt. Olson .... 06 Jacob .... Lt. Honeymoon . 120 ADVANCE HANDICAP* of lOOsovs. One mile and a half. Limit 3.45. Chiming Billy Lt. War Buoy . . Lt. Guy Junior . . Lt. yds bhd. General Wrack Lt. Almont Cling 36 Hytemoana . Lt. Captain Bingen .4S Ivan de Oro . Lt. Margaret Solario .... Lt. Bingen . . * 48 Sun Brown . . Lt. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP of 300sovs. Two miles.- Limit 4.33. 'Eurfek'a Boy .- Lt.' Harvest Child 12 Huon Voyage Lt. Nglngongingo 12 Somerby ... Lt. John Noble . .' 36 Tactless . . . Lt. Neeoro .... 36 Todd Lonzla . Lt. Silver de Oro . 36 yds bhd. First Flight . 48 Gold Tinge . . 12 PAPAKATA HANDICAP of 120sovs. Saddle. One mile and a quarter. Limit 3.0. Aim worthy . . Lt. Sure ..... Lt. Goldfield .. . . Lt. Whitstone . . Lt/ John Appear . Lt. yds bhd. Little Claire . Lt. Wild Bingen . 12 " Peter Mitchell Lt'. - " WAIKURA HANDICAP of 120sovs. One mile and a half. Limit 3.45. Coreopsis . . Lt. Golden Bingen 36 Earl Bingen . Lt. Olson 36 Jacob . . . . Lt. Royal Purple 36 Orphan Bingen Lt. Resound .... 48 yds bhd. Real Belle . . 48 Margaret Honeymoon . . 60 Parrish ... 12 Enigma .... 60 Gyrate .• . . . 24 ENFIELD HANDICAP of 200sovs. One mile and a quarter. Limit 2,47. Avernus . . . Lt. yds bhd. Gunfire . . . Lt. Tactless . . 12 Harvest Child Lt. Silver de Oro . 12 Morning Sun . Lt. Eureka Boy . . 24 Ngingongringo Lt. Somerby ... 24 Some Guy . . Lt. Sic Guy ... 36 Tempest . . . Lt. John Noble 48 Tarndale . . . Lt. STEWARDS' HANDICAP of lSOsovg. One mile and a half. Limit 3.36. Black Jester Lt. Peter Mitchell Lt. Doll Dance . Lt. Sure v . < . . Lt. Guyziah ... Lt. . yds bhd. Goldfield . . Lt. Lord Lupin . . 24 John Appear Lt. Reporter ... 36 ELECTRIC HANDICAP of 130sovs. One mile and a quarter. Limit 2.53. King's Cup . Lt. Gay Gordon . 12 Priceless ... Lt. Jolly Wave . . 12 William Tell Lt. Suncross ... 24 War Officer . Lt. Automatic . . 24 yds bhd. Elite Bingen . 24 Red Spur ... J 2 Lily Harold . 24 Denver City . 12 Worthy King . 24

TE AWAMUTU TRACKS. RURI PLEASES. I ■ . ■ >• r >. , GALLANT JACK SCHOOLS. The weather was very boisterous during training operations at Te Awaniutu yesterday morning. As it has been raining solidly for several days the going on the course proper was very heavy. Fast work was carried out about 50ft out from the rails, and the hurdle track was open for schooling purposes and the inner grass for slow work. The only horse to school was Gallant-Jack,-who negotiated three fences in an improved manner. This fellow is a nice type of jumper, and should become very profficient in this department. He will in a]l probability be having his first outing in public at the Te Kuiti meeting. Course Proper. Ru-ri was the first to work on this track, being allotted a mile, which he completed in 1.59. The first half occupied 58s. i He could have done better, but as he slipped and nearly came down at the top of the straight, this, was a very creditable effort. Another gelding who is in nice order after his recent racing is Sea Ruler. He was not asked to do much yesterday morning, only being allotted a two-furlong sprint, which he covered in 265. Marechal was accompanied by Arawa Rose over a mile. They finished together in 2.3%. Beryl Latour, who was making her first appearance on the tracks since her return from the South, was sent six furlongs, and could have improved upon her time, 1.27.' It was her owner's intention not to persevere with her after her recent failures, but she is to be given another opportunity to make amends at the Te Kuiti meeting. Goodfellow hopped away well ahead of Sir Musk and Emanbipation at the mile post, but soon dropped back to finish a long way behind. Emancipation and Sir Musk were together to take 1.59%. Goodfellow was very lame afterwards. Kanapa was under restraint throughout a mile, taking 2.6. Transaction and • Protomint were sent away from a barrier start to complete seven furlongs in 1.40. The first half-mile occupied 525.Inner Grass. Tcnakoe was given pace work over a couple of rounds on this track, and moved very scratchy. Ho has evidently given himself a slight rick behind. Jonathan and Limeen were also restricted to light tasks. H. L. Russell's charges look in great nick. Although they have not been in attendance at the tracks since racing at Pukekohe, they have been doing solid, work on the hills. A. Cook has commenced handling the first, of his yearlings—a chestnut gelding by' Whirlwind—The Begum. This fellow, who is very sturdily built, will race in the colours of Mr. A. J. McGovern, and has had the name Mazir bestowed upon hisfui