WAIKATO CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 112, 14 May 1935, Page 13

WAIKATO CLUB.

Nominations for tlio winter meeting ot the Waikato 'Hotting Club, to be lielu at Cluudelunds on June 1, with MetjMiß. Ulonilield and Co., Auckland, or tho secretary, Mr. W. H. Allen, Hamilton, at 5 p.m. next Friday. WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES A PROMISING NOVICE. The Takanini trainer l< , . J. Smith is at present educating a very promising young pacer named Alphonso, by Frank vVorthy out ot Juuuita, lor Air. JMiie.st Davis, and the three-year-old is showing a great turn of speed in. her Svork. She is a well-grown tilly, lull of quality, and it is intended to give her a race at tlic Auckland meeting in June. WORTH WATCHING. Mountain Flight has been having plenty of racing of lute, and the brown iilly is looking in great order. At present sue is inclined to break at the start of a race, but once her owjier-trainer, A. K. fcjuunders, succeeds in eradicating this fault it will not be long before the daughter of Blue Mountain King und Munna opens her winning account. NOT AT HER BEST. Installed a strong favourite for the Waikato Handicap on Saturday, War Paint was never a possibility, and the bay pacei is evidently not yet at her best lorni. She has been suffering from ail attack of kidney'trouble of late, and she is not finishing on as well us she lias done in her races in the south, prior to coming north. Present intentions are to turn the in are out for u short spell, and when next produced she may so_on make amends.

SHOULD SOON IMPROVE. After her second at the Cambridge meeting the previous week, Kunlurly came in for a lot of support in the Improvers' Handicap at Claucielands on Saturday, but she ran a very disappointing race and never looked a winner. iShe was suffering from a slightly enlarged knee, and .this may have contributed to her failure to pace generously during the race. Kannirly .Lasa is only a three-year-old and she should soon improve on Saturday's effort. TROTTING MORE SOLIDLY. Nelson's Glory was confidently expected to improve on her past efforts in the Progressive Handicap ul me Waikato meeting, but, the mare wa.s slow away iroin thenuuK and she found the task of catching the field a little beyond her. Nelson's Glory has been trotting more solidly of late than she has done l.or sonio time, and when she learns to control her .speed Hi it race her owner, Mr. D. Brideson, may soon be repaid for the patience he has displayed with the daughter of Nelson Bingeil. WILL WIN SHORTLY. One of the nio«t promising novice pacere seen out at thu VVaiUato meeting was Parochial, and when the three-year-old gains a little more experience she will have no trouble in accounting for u field ol improvers. She was only started in one race at the meeting, the VVaipa Handicap, und at;ter leading ail the way it was only in the last half furlong that she faded into third place. It was a very pleasing performance, and the racing she lias had should soon work the desired improvement in her stamina. RAN FAIR RACE. Having his first race since being trained by his owner at Otahuhu, Derby .Fame went a fair race in the Improvers' Handicap at (Jlaudelands. He began much better than usual and soon ran into second place. However, once the pressure was applied over the last furlong he faded out und finished in sixth place. The chestnut has any amount of speed for a novice, but his erratic starting often ruins any chance he has. Now that he is showing improvement iii this respect he should not be long in winning a race.

A HIGH-CLASS TROTTER. Having already won twice out of three starts, Great Admiral was installed a very warm favourite for tho Progressive Handicap at Claudclands, and the bay gelding accounted for the opposition in very effortless fashion. He was standing the limit horses up GOyds, but lip began particularly fast and had caught the field before they had gone three furlongs. He waa never at top after. It was one of the best performances registered by a trotter for some time, <Vnd it is hard to say just how good Great Admiral is.

NEVER PROMINENT. Elected a solid favourite, Bismuth let his supporters down badly in the Improvers' Handicap at Claudelands, and he was never handy enough to the leaders to look to have a winning chance. This gelding is a particularly well-bred pacer by Nelson Bingen from the Auckland Trotting Cup winner Jewel, but he has not been overraced, and it is only within the last twelve months that he has shown any form. As he was standing tho winner, Ken Worthy, up three seconds in the handicap, and that horse registered 2.53 1-5, Bismuth would have had to clock very fast time to have won. so there is some excuse for his defeat. Bismuth is in very fine condition at present, and it would not be surprising to note him soon rejoining the winning list. WON SECOND START. Having his second start in a race, Ken Worthy was responsible for an attractive performance in winning the Improvers Handicap at tho Waikato meeting. He is only a two-year-old, and it is very rarely we find horses of that age successful at their first appearance in these parts. In a two-year-old parade at Epsom last February "Ken Worthy beat his opponents rathor comforatbly, and he with his very even style of pacing. On Saturday he started ninth favourite in a field of sixteen. Beginning smartly, he settled down in fifth place, and he raced in that position until just before the straight, where he was handy in fourth place. Once straightened up for the run home Ken Worthy finished on in great style and won rather nicely at tho finish by half a length. It was a very stylish performance on the part of the son of l<rank Worthy, and he promises to turn out one of the best pacers we have produced for some time.