TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 228, 26 September 1934, Page 14

TROTTING.

HORSES IN FORM. WORK AT EPSOM. FREE LOGAN RESUMES. Free Logan is doing everything asked of him in pleasing style at Epsom and A. W. Broughton has the little pacer in great order for the Auckland meeting next month. After finishing second to Wee Machine in the.Massey Memorial at the Auckland August meeting Free Logan was given a short spell and he was only recently taken in hand again. However, he comcs to hand very quickly, and the son of Key de Oro and a Logan Pointer mare is sure to run a fine race when he next appears in public. THREE SECONDS ON END. Hose Marble, who has not started since last May, is engaged in the Frankton Handicap at the Waikato Trotting Club's meeting on Saturday week. Rose Marble raced very consistently last season, and in her last three starts finished in second place. She is a very solid trotter, and if produced in good order at Claudelands should be very hard to beat. OLSON RECOM MISSION ED. Olson, who has been off the scene for more than a year, has been purchased by Mrs. M. Ilarrall, for whom lie is now be'ng trained by L. F. Berkett. Olson is a seven-year-old gelding by Sonoma Harvester from Olive Huon. He raced well for W. J. Doyle at live years, winning three times and being placed on nine occasions, so ho may prove profitable for his new owner 'if lie trains on. IN WORK AGAIN. The aged trotter Billy Carbine is again in work at Epsom under his owner, G. Pliipps, and the black gelding is in nice order to undergo a solid preparation. Billy Carbine may be raced at the Auckland meeting next mouth, where there is a 3.33 event lor unhoppled trotters, and the gelding will compete off the front. Billy Carbine is both speedy and solid and is sure to be in the firing line next month. HIS FIRST SUCCESS. Ironside scored his first success when he captured the Orari Handicap at Geraldine last week. It was his second outing for the day, as he had filled third place earlier in the day. On that occasion he disappointed by going to a break near the finish, but no fault could be found with his winning performance, as he came home very solidly. Ironside ran third in June in the Sapling Stakes, and he was sold out of the Durbar Lodge stable a little later, joining the team of J. S. Shaw at Addington. He is a hardy customer by Wrack from Gatwick, by Logan Pointer from Precision, by St. Swithin from Ivildasa, a thoroughbred mare by Kilclieran from Idasa, by Seaton Delaval. Provided ho goes on all right now Ironside is likely to play his part well in this season's classic events. A BOLD MOVE. The news that the committee of the Auckland Trotting Club has decided on an increase in stakes for the summer meeting will be received with pleasure by followers of the sport in all parts of the Dominion (says the C'hristchurch "Star"). After a period when big prizes were available, circumstances made it necessary for the club to trim its sails in all directions. The increase that has been made for the big meeting this season is substantial, and it should result in South Island owners again giving support to a greater extent than has been the case during the last few years. Another important-move has been made in altering the class of the Auckland Trotting Cup. Last season it was 4.30, but in restricting it to 4.27 horses the club is definitely out to attract the good horses. It is a bold move, which aims at securing a field from the South Island, as there will be very few horses available if Auckland stables only are to be relied on. With the bigger stake for this and other events there will, however, be greater inducement for owners in the south to send horses to Auckland at the end of the year.

WAIKATO CLUB. Acceptances for the Waikato Trotting Club's meeting, to be held on October C, will close with the secretary, Hamilton, or Messrs. Blomfield and Co., Shortland Street, at 5 p.m. to-morrow. A LIKELY TROTTER. Real Red, who had his first race when he competed in the Introductory Handicap at the Auckland meeting in August, was given several rounds of solid jogging work at Epsom on. Saturday, and the chestnut gelding infused a lot of dash into his task. He was asked to sprint down the back stretch on two occasions and displayed a gopd turn of speed for a novice. Real Red is trotting fairly solidly at present and is sure to win a race before long. A PROMISING PACER. De Soto gave evidence in more than one race last season that he was a very solid pacer, and it was this quality that enabled him win the Geraldine Handicap last week. He began slowly, but gradually worked his way to a good position, and he wore Graham Direct down in a hard battle over the final furlong. It was not the first time he had shown up in a finishing struggle, and he is likely to reach better class before the season is much further advanced. AN IMPROVING NOVICE. Having his first race in public, Silver Watch was in a prominent position for about a mile when he competed in the Mount Eden Handicap at the Auckland meeting, and it was only in the last two furlongs that the gelding began to lose ground. He has been kept going at Epsom by L. Mahoney and on Saturday was responsible for a very pleasing effort oyer a mile and a half, registering 3.38 2-5 tor the journey. Silver Watch is nominated for both improvers' events at the Waikato Trotting Club's meeting, and the son of Florizel appeals as a likely improver. REACHED VETERAN STAGE. Glandore was in one of his best moods on Saturday and went very well over a mile and a quarter at Epsom in 2.55. He was partnered by Star Pronto, but the black pacer broke after running half a mile and Glandore was left to complete the journey alone. Glandore was given a run at the recent Auckland meeting, but was palpably short of work and was never in a handy position at any part of the journey. He has improved as the result of plenty of solid work recently, but the roan gelding is now in the veteran stage and may find it a hard task to win a race.

CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS. Though New Zcalanders failed to nominate, the entries for the chief handicap events in conncction with the Centenary scries of meetings must be considered highly satisfactory (says the Australian trotting "Record'). In the Centenary Thousand no fewer than 34 horses have been nominated. These include Walla Walla, who will undoubtedly be a great draw. Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania will alao be represented, David Belmont (better known as David Derby) being owned in the former State, where he earned championship honours. GliJcaway, a great marc in Victoria ana is ew Zealand, has also been nominated, while Native Prince, a speedy pacer in New Zealand, is another notable. lie stood last season in the north of Victoria, but is reported to be as sound as cyer. Gold Jacket, winner of tlie Auckland Cup in 1028 and 1020, is also amongst those entered, but he, like Glideaway and Native Prince, is entering the sere and yellow stage. Although the Centenary Cup carries a stake of £ KMX) and a cup worth £50, it is for 2.20 class to the mile or better horses, and any horse in New Zealand worth sending for such a race would have to give away almost impossible starts. The adaption of the New Zealand handicapping system docs not make matters any the easier, and it would be interesting to know what start Walla Walla will be asked to concede over a mile and a half in the Centenary Thousand Cup. In the Durbar Handicap at Asliburton in April Walla Walla was set to give away 72yds in a 3 20 class over a mile and a half, representing about 2.13 to the mile. What he will have to give away in what purports to be a 3.33 class for a mile and a half should persuade his owner. Mr. Ij. S. Marton, to .confine the stallion's activities to the stud •instead of setting him off on what seems a hopeless chase after big prize money.