TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 145, 21 June 1934, Page 16

TROTTING.

AUCKLAND MEETING.

HORSES IN FORM. REALTY WORKING WELL. Nothing is working better at Epsom than the aged pacer Realty, and although he has not raced up to his best form for some time he may make amends at the Auckland fixture. His track efforts have been first-class and there is no doubt that he likes the soft going. Realty is engaged in the Marconi Handicap olf 24yds, and although there are gome speedy pacers engaged the son of Real Guy and Lady Morelahd appears to be back to his best, and will be hard to dispose of in liis races at the meeting. AN EXPENSIVE FAILURE. Insolvent was an expensive failure in the Wai-iti Handicap at South Canterbury on Saturday. As a result of his second to .Dundee at Ashburton a week previously he was sent out a hot favourite, but after going well for about a mile he broke badly and retired from the contest, lie has ample speed to win a loose class race the first time lie goes without a mistake. TROTTING IN GOOD STYLE. Nelson Pirate is trotting very freely at Epsom, and the Nelson Bingen trotter is displaying more solidity in his work. Nelson Pirate possesses a good deal of speed for one in his class, and ho would only have to trot solidly on race day to record another success, lie is not engaged on the first day of the Auckland meeting, but figures in the Royal Handicap on the concluding day. FINISHED GAMELY. The two-year-old Subsidy, who put up a fine performance to gain second place in the Sapling Stakes at Ashburton, had his winning turn at South Canterbury on Saturday. He was in the picture all the way, and after taking the lead in the straight he fought on gamely when a challenge came from Charteris Vale, whom lie held off decisively. Subsidy is likely to go 011 to more important succcsscs. MAKES AMENDS. Wild Dreams, after disappointing his friends on several occasions, made amends on Saturday, when he won the Wai-iti Handicap at Washdyke. There is nothing wrong with his speed, but he is not reliable at the barrier. In his latest outing he began in great style and soon opened out a gap from the rest of the field. Llewellyn's Pet issued a strong challenge in the straight, but Wild Dreams had enough in reserve to stall it oil'. Having broken the ice, he may go on now to more successes. ENGAGED ON WEDNESDAY. Lucky Love is to have his first start sinco joining S. M. August's stable at Maugcre, when he contests the Manukau Handicap on the second day of the Auckland winter meeting. When trained at Epsom Lucky Love displayed a good turn of speed and was responsible for a smooth performance in finishing second to Kewpie's Bond in the Waipa Handicap at the recent Waikato meeting, registering 3.31. Provided he has done well in the meantime his prospects of opening his winning account appear good.

MAY GAIN A PLACE. Manna's Son has been executing liis track essays at Epsom in pleasing style, and the little chestnut trotter is in very bright condition. Manna's Son won two races in very quick succession prior to Christmas, but since then has found the task of eoiiccding a large handicap a little beyond him. He is a fairly solid trotter and a brilliant beginner, and lie possesses a good chance of paying expenses at the Auckland winter meeting. He figures in the Winter Handicap on the first day and will be driven by W. Willetts. MUST BE CONSIDERED. With a soft track likely to prevail on Saturday Peter Pirate cannot be left out of calculations at the Auckland meeting. He figures in two races, being 84yds behind in the Adams Memorial Cup, and is conceding 24yds to the limit horses in the Cornwall Handicap. His prospccts do not appear too bright in the Adams Memorial, in which lie is standing some wellperformed pacers lip a good start, but it would not be surprising to see the l'eter Moko gelding running prominently in the sprint event. HAS GONE FAST. Kewpie's Bond has arrived from Cambridge, and the chestnut appears very bright. Kewpie's Bond opened her winning account when she annexed the Waipa Handicap on the first day of the Waikato Trotting Club's meeting, and followed this up bv registering 3.24 3-5 in finishing second to' Play Lady in the Kaipaki Handicap on the concluding day. This mare has derived a good deal of benefit from the racing, and, with such fast time to her credit, must be seriously considered in engagements at the Auckland ' winter meeting.