TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 113, 16 May 1933, Page 12

TROTTING.

FORM AT EPSOM. KEWPIE'S TRIUMPH STAYS ON. PEGAWAY'S DEFEAT, It is a long time since so many presumably good things were beaten, as was the case on Saturday at the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting:. In several races there were "paper certainties," and these were sent out at short prices, but> not one of them arrived home in front. Two favourites did win, Wee Machine and May Chenault, but these could not be regarded as good things by any means, and their prospects did not look nearly so good as those of Pegavvay, Kuini, Raider and Kewpie's Guy in their respective races. The heavy going may have been responsible for the defeats of the hot favourites, because it would be a courageous student of form who would have predicted Pegaway would bo hopelessly beaten in the mile and a quarter. Out in front for the first half mile, Pegaway then began to drift, and he continued to drift until lie was at the tail of the field, lengths and lengths away from the placed horses. That form was too bad to be true, and backers generally will ignore it when the bay pacer next steps out, particularly if the track happens to be firm.

LOOKED LIGHT. C. G. Lee started Win Htion and Ariel Bell at the meeting, but both failed to get in the money. Win Huon's task was a hard one, and he could not concede the .starts he was asked to do. Ariel Bell looked very light when he went out to contest the Devonport Handicap, and, though he was in the picture for nearly a mile, he then began to drift.

CONSISTENT RAIDER. For consistency Raider would be hard to beat. During the past couple of months lie has been stringing together a series of victories, witli an occasional second place sandwiched between. On Saturday he looked to have another royal chance of winning, but it was freely mentioned that his heels were troubling him, and several who intended supporting him solidly were content to reduce their investments. Raider went a good race, being in front half-way up the straight, but over the last 100 yards Silver Bingen was too good for the son of Man-o'-War.

WALLA WALLA COMING OVER. The Australian champion pacer Walla Walla, in pacing a mile in 2.2 2-5 on a halfmile truck at Sydney yesterday, put the seal on all other brilliant performances previously recorded by him. Recently Walla Walla has been competing in uiihoppled events and winning, even though ho lias been conceding tremendous starts to his opponents. He is to be brought to iN r cw Zealand later, and there is no doubt he will be equal to holding his own with Harold Logan, Koi l'Or and other outstanding performers here. LOST AT START. It was generally conceded that Kuini, with a good beginning, would win the Innovation Trot, but the doubts about the chestnut going right in the early part were as the Nelson Bingen filly wont to three or four breaks in the first half mile and was then too far back to have any chance of winning. Kuini is a rare stayer, and once properly balanced goes very solidly, but she will have to learn to gather up speed a little more quickly if she is ever to reach good company. She should bo capable of winning a race or two yet in the class in which she is rncing.

THE MONEY WAS RIGHT. Tho form of May Chenault when she won tho May Handicap was a vast improvement on her recent displays at Thames, Te Aroha, and Cambridge, although at Te Aroha she did at least make a showing. However, on her runs there was little inducement to make her a shade better than an even money favourite for her race on Saturday at Auckland, but the money placed upon her proved a fine investment, and she duly led the field home. May Chenault is one of R. A. McMillan's team, and tho time to back representatives of tho stable appears to be when the price offering is small.

BETTER THAN USUAL. The big trot on Saturday was a little more interesting than usual and the finish was a good one. Still, as an exhibition of straightout trotting there was little to enthuse over. Dane McKinney and Nell Volo, who finished first and second, both went to breaks, Nell Volo just before the finish, and Dark McKinney several times at different stages. Bessie Parrish went her usual solid race, but'nono of the others ever looked to have even a remoto chance. As a matter of fact, it was a three-horse race so far as getting the money was concerned. Nell Volo's galloping warranted the stewards placing her third and Bessie Parrish second.

NOT RIGHT. There was nothing to enthuse over in the effort of Kewpie's Guy in the Fergusson Handicap. The chestnut mare was a hot favourite, but weight of money did not assist her, and a very moderate third was her place at the judge. Once during the first mile her pacing suggested she was not comfortable, and when nearly five furlongs from the finish Smith pulled her out to go round Prince Pedro and move after the leader, Kewpie's Triumph, she immediately tangled when asked for speed. For the next furlong, although pacing, she was not balanced, and her driver did not unduly knock her about when he eaw there was no chance of beating either Kewpie's Triumph, or Prince Pedro. If anything, Kewpie'a Guy looked to be a little on the jolly side, but Smith's horses always look big and strong. The daughter of Blue Mountain King is better than her third on Saturday would suggest.

A GOOD YOUNGSTER. All the honours of the Devonport Handicap go to the winner, Chancellor, a two-year-old who. has been moulded and made by the Takanini trainer, F. J. Smith. Chancellor is estimated highly by his trainer, who was quietly confident of the gelding winning if he could be induced to leave the barrier right. The youngster was taken to the Te Aroha meeting and stood on the mark, with the result that he finished down the course, last. Last week-end he was produced at Cambridge and Northland meetings, and again he was down the course, finishing last or thereabouts in his engagements, due again to failure to leave the mark correctly. > As a matter of fact, his chance was so little thought of at Northland that he carried on the win machine a solitary 10/. Though it was known he was speedy, the son of Peterwah, on top of his three could hardly be expected on Saturday at Epsom, but this time he went away right, and, holding a good position throughout, he came on in the straight and won in fine style. It is to be hoped that now he has shown what he is capable of he will continue to do the right thing at the barrier, because hjs owners, the Messrs. Bridgens, are popular sportsmen, and if the gelding goe3 along the right way in the meantime he wall most likely be sent south to take on the best two-year-olds in the south in the Sapling Stakes.

WALLA WALLA GOES 2.2 2-5.

COMING TO NEW ZEALAND. SYDNEY, May 15. The pacer Walla Walla, with three pacemakers, to-day broke Harold Logan's record of 2.5 for one mile on a half-mile track by registering 2.2 2-5. Next Monday Walla Walla, at Victoria Park, will attempt to reduce Aerou's record of 2.3 3-5 on a six furlongs track. Later Walla Walla will be.sent to-New Zealand, J