WAIKATO CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 106, 7 May 1938, Page 24

WAIKATO CLUB.

THE AUTUMN MEETING. ONE-DAY FIXTURE. .. i i i GOOD FIELDS F.XCAf; KIX ; Good acceptances have licen received by the Waikato Trotting Club for it« i autumn meeting on May 14 at Claude- ■ lands. There me 10 of the original l-"> in the Autumn Handicap, while from the Kaipaki Handicap there were only two defections, leavinj; 1"). There are ; 14 in the Visitors' Handicap and 2,' iin I the nnvice trotters' event. - Details:— <■ 11.30 — INTRODUCTORY HANDICAP ( n'rntters) of £13.". One mile and a , half. Limit 3.4'.i. ' Aurnmnr . . - T.t. Riptide . . . T.t. r.arney Itincen I.t. Itnse Marble T.t\ THek Kedniond I.t. Wiri Btnffen . It. .' Kllintvale . . . Lr. Worthy i l-'lnsli r.vn . . T.f. Worker . . . T.f. Front lor r.oy Lt. yd ; Mid. ; (iohlell Surprise I.t. Canadian . . . 4S Gn-iit Surprise I.t. Corona T'.ell . do Headier Clow I.r. Xntlve Princesi liO I.neleela . . . I.t. Win Hllon . . 72 Mnxtermnn . I.t. Mmeninr . . . S-l Molrn MiniiPn . I.t. I.ndy Hunker S + Nflsnn Carbine I.t. Dilfnsliion . . 108 OTtnwa . I.t. r!.l<> KCKKKA HANDICAP of El|)s. One mile and n cpisirtrr. Limit •"-•"'. Axmlnster . T.t. Kin Knlia . . I.t. Bliiek Metnl . I.t. Neon Orn . . Lγ. Bonny Pointer I.t. Voter Smith t.t. Conclifr Miiid I.t. Scottish Bard I.t. Kxeel .... I.t. Stnrgum . . . T.t. Frank Rolfe . Lt. Sunny Varrish I.t. .Towel Crest . I.t. Wall Street . I.t. John's Last . Lt. Winhlswny . . Lt. V_\s0 —AUTUMN HANDICAP of £32.". Two miles. Limit 4.40. Oiild TTairst Lt. Musketeer . . 12 Kowpie's Crest Lt. Our War . . Si; Twenty Grand Lt. Winnway . . . ::r> yds. bliil. Crocus .... 4S Argolis .... 12 Proletarian . . 48 Gay Sister . . 12 J.3S—TAMAHEBB HANDICAP of £13.?. One mile and a half. Limit 3.33. Charlie Chan Lt. Transwell ... 12 Derby Lu . . Lt. Young Pointer 12 Jjidy Amanda Lt. Handicnpper . 24 I'etite Jewel . Lt. Raron Grand . 36 Luininate . . Lt. General yds. bhcl. SnrsHeld ... 30 Uismuth ... 12 Sniidusky . . . Our Summer . 12 Sir Frank . . 48 2.13 —MKMT'.KKS , HANDICAP (Trotters) of £133. Two miles. Limit 5.0. Canadian . . . Lt. Within .... 3fi Nelson Carbine Lt. ISingen Sun . 48 yd*. Mid. Nelson Chief . 4K Grand Triumph 12 Dllfashion . . HO Win Huon . . 12 Reception ... S4 Braemar ... 24 Moko Girl . .150 2.SS—KUKIIMA HANDICAP of £139. One mile and n half. Limit 3.43. Axniinster . . Lt. Kosalyn Thorpe Lf. Black Metal . Lt. Scottish Bard Lt. Concliff Maid Lt. Sports Queen I.t. Kxcel Lt. Sunny I'arrish Lt. Harlow .... Lt. Wall Street . Lt. John's Last . Lt. Winhisway . . Lt. Kia Kaha . . Lt. yds. bhd. Neon Oro . . Lt. Roma Girl . . 48 Ratepayer . . Lt. 3.3S—KAIPAKI HANDICAP of £160. One mile and a quarter. Limit 2.01. Argolis .... Lt. Twenty Grand Lt. Compass . . . Lt. yds. bhd. Frank Bes-t . Lt. Valdor . . . .' 12 Gay Sister . . Lt. Our War . . 24 Hearsay . . . Lt. Winaway ... 24 Kewple's Crest Lt. Crocus .... 36 Musketeer . * Lt. Proletarian . . •*« Our Peggy . Lt. Star Pronto . 48 4.IS—VISITORS' HANDICAP (Saddle) of £135. One mile. Limit 2.21. Bold Venture Lt. I.umlnate ... 12 Kultawa ... Lt. Derby Lu . . 12 King Country Lt. Hori Bingen . Nerihana . . . Lt. Our Summer . 12 yds. bhd. Spessiva ... 12 J'.ismuth .... 12 General Charlie Chan 12 SarsHeld . . 36 Cherrill .... 12 Trynient . . . 4t

NICELY PLACED. When ehe laet won at Epsom Bold Venture was responsible for a tine finishing effort. She did not look to possess any jhance of catching Adversity when the straight was entered, but J.-T. Paul's mare came on in great style and just got ap to win. Since then she raced at the Hawera meeting, where she secured a third ■placing. On the front of the Visitors' Handicap on Saturday at Hamilton »he must be given a chance. BACK FROM ADDINGTON. The useful' mare Our Peggy, after an unsuccessful campaign at AiU'iington, will be back in Auckland to compete at the Waikato meeting. The bay mare took on the best of her grade at Addington and it was no surprise to find her beaten. At the Waikato meeting she will not meet euch strong , opposition and the recent racing ehe hag had ehould see her at her best in the Kaipaki Handicap, the 2.51 mile and a, quarter, in which she figures •n the front. FIELD OF TEN. There Is just , a useful field of ten accepted for in the chief event, the Autumn Handicap, to be decided at the Waikato meeting. Of the three on the front Twenty Grand reads best and shduld have no difficulty in beating Guid Hairst and Kewpie's Crest. Argolis, Gay Sister and Musketeer are on 12 yards, and if consistency goes for anything Argolis ehould go well. Guid Hairst and Musketeer did not race well a week ago at »Epsbm. Our War, 36 yards, should beat Winaway on the same mark, but both Crocus and Proletarian will get support. They are on 48 yards and although Crocus failed in her engagements at the championship meeting at Addington the opposition is not so strong next week-end. , A likely pair at present to be favoured are Twenty Grand* and Our War. A BAD RUN. Followers of horses trained by F. J. Smith, and there are not a few of them, must be in deep orf the debit side of the ledger since the summer meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club. People in Auckland have got so used to seeing Takanini trainer-driver saluting the judge that the bad run he has experienced lately is almost incredible. The stable has won three races since Christmas, but Smith has not driven any "of the three, and he himself must have had somewhere about 50 drives in succession without landing a winner. BINGEN BLOOD. The influence of the Bingen blood infused into New Zealand trotting mostly through the agency of his son Nelson Bingen, was again brought under notice at the Otaki Trotting Club's matinee meeting on Saturday. Of the eix races decided no lens than • three of the victors claimed Nelson Bingen as their sire or grand-sire. The Bingen line has been on tho decline in America of recent years owing to several of his best sons being exported, but its influence overseas has been more predominant than ever. Tan John, who won the Otaki Handicap, is a eon of Worthy Bingen, who took a record of 4.48 2-5 as a trotter before unsoundness interfered with his racing career, and he •was retired to the stud. Worthy Bingen is a son of that prolific breeder Bertha Bell, who hns proved herself one of the greatest broorl mares ever Imported to the Dominion. She was foaled in 1909, and bred to American time produced Bell Bingeu to Bingen, but he was of no account, and never won a race. The two following -yoars her foals died. and Worthy Binnen came next. Sent on a visit to Nelson Bingen again next season Great Binaen was the result of the mating. He proved himself one of the finest racehorses of riis day, and this was when there was a plethora of first-class pacers. He took a recov.fl of 4.19 2-5 before hi« career end e<l, and of recent times has been prominent at the stud.