TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 24

TROTTING.

TE AROHA CLUB.

THE ANNUAL MEETING. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) TE AROHA, this day. The annual meeting of the Te Aroha Trotting Club was held on Thursday, Mr. R. L. Somers presiding. The balancesheet showed the income as £1392 14/5, and the expenditure £1803 2/8, leaving a net loss for the year of £470 9/3. The retiring officers, Mr. K. L. isomers (president), Messrs. P. Baine, R. Burke and G. P. Goodfellow (vice-presidents), Mr. G. H. Deverell (treasurer), and four members of the committee, Messrs. Aislabie, C. V. Car ley, Henry Jackson and James Kenny, were re-elected. As published in the "Star" yesterday the club decided not to hold a meeting this season. Efforts are, however, to be made to increase the membership and popularise the sport in the district.

THAMES CLUB

An attractive programme has been drawn up by the committee of the Thames Trotting Club for their annual meeting, to be held at Parawai on November 2. The principal event, the Thames Trotting Cup carries a stake of £105, including a trophy valued at £25, donated by Auckland supporters of the club, while the Kopu Handicap of £100, one mile and a quarter, limit 2.40, is the open sprint. Other events are: Ilikutaia Handicap of £05, limit 3.5, one mile and a quarter; Parawai Handicap, for unhoppled trotters, of £05, limit 3.49, one mile and a half; Turua Handicap of £95, limit 3,34, one mile and a half; Puriri Handicap of £70, limit 3.43, one mile and a half; President's Handicap, for unhoppled trotters, of £85, limit 5.2, two miles; Kerepechi Handicap (saddle) of £80, limit 2.23, one mile. Nominations close with the secretary, Mr. E. O. Brownlee, Thames, or with Messrs. Blomfield and Co., Shortland Street, at 5 p.m. on October 23. The renoinination clause will apply to horses competing at the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting.

WAIKATO CLUB.

Nominations for the spring meeting of the Waikato Trotting Club will close with the secretary, Mr. W. 11. Allen, Box 76, Hamilton, or with Messrs. Blomfield and Co., Shortland Street, on Monday next at 5 p.m. '

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

LEFT EPSOM. Replied and Manoeuvre, who were trained at Epsom by S. M. August, have left that trainer's stable for Cambridge. Replica has only been at Epsom a short time, but she showed a fair turn of speed, •and impressed as an early winner. CHANGE OF STABLES. The -well-performed grey pacer Blue Mountain has left J. Bell's stable at Aslvburton, and is ndw being trained by J. S. Shaw at Addington. Blue Mountain is looking, in, great order to undergo a spccinl preparation for the New Zealand Trotting Cup in November, an event in ■which lie acted as runner-up to Indianapolis last year. IN BRIGHT CONDITION. Hidden Charm is a fine young pacer, and his trainer A. E. Messervey, hns him in excellent order. He docs not appear to enjoy any luck in his racing, however, and he is still a maiden performer. He has built up a lot during the last twelve months, and it seems only a matter of his gaining experience to pay his way. Hidden Charm appears to be a horse that will be well served by time, and he may yet develop into a good stayer.

A PROMISING PACER. L. A. Maidens has had great success during the last few years with horses from outside stables, and Loretta is the latest addition. This filly was previously trained at Addington; but her five starts last season did not bring any jurist to the -mill. Maidens, however, has gained a first and a second in three starts, and he may continue his run of luck. Loretta, like Gaillard, the other winner at Ashburton, is by Key de Oro, who, now. at. .the stud in Southland, is a serious competitor to Wrack in the winning sires' list. INDIANAPOLIS' CONDITION. The work-out that Indianapolis had with Wild Guy at Addington last Saturday was just what the big pacer required in the early stages of his preparation for the New Zealand Cup. His trainer, F. C. Dunleavey, was well pleased with the effort, and he intends to send Indianapolis to Oamaru on Labour Lay and to give him another race at Wellington before the Cup. Indianapolis is more forward than he was at this stage last year, and when nominations are taken for the New Zealand Cup he will be the early favourite. ' WORTH FOLLOWING. Installed a strong second favourite for the Orakei Handicap on the first day of the recent Auckland meeting, Silver Watch was a little unlucky to get beaten, as lie lost valuable ground about half a mile from home when Peter Junior broke right in front of him. At the time Silver Watch was pacing very fast in third place. He was not started on the second day, and was given a short spell.'He has been taken up again at Epsom, and is in great order to be prepared for engagements near at hand. One of the most promising stayers trained at Epsom, Silver Watch should be worth following in near engagements, as lie is very partial to a dry track. THREE WORLD'S RECORDS. Tara, a remarkable young trotting mare by Volomite (2.3%) out of Sweet Fern (2.15), won an epochal race at Goshen, New York, when she annexed first honours in the Progressive' Purse, says the American paper the "Horseman." Her first heat in two minutes established a new race record for four-year-old trotters, regardless of sex, and in winning the second and third heats in 2.1 and 2.2 respectively she lowered the all-time record for trotting events of that length. Then, inasmuch as she acquired a mark of 2.7% at the pace, when a two-year-old, her record of 2.0 at the trot gives her the added distinction of being the fastest double-record mare at an average of just 2.3%, as opposed to 2.4. the mark held jointly by Anna Bradford's Girl and Miss Ellen Todd.