TROTTING NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 174, 26 July 1938, Page 16

TROTTING NOTES.

GREAT EXPECTATION*,

Southern Chief is work under J. J. Kennerley at Addington, and this pacer is expected t.o, develop into, one of the big money winners 'of ' the - y&r. fie has been handled with patience, and, a really good stayer, lie may be'heard 'of at Addington next month. The bad state of the tracks has affected the training at Addington as badly as any part of the Canterbury district; but in this matter all trainers will be on an even footing.

A POSSIBILITY." has not been entered for the Challenge* Stakes to be decided on the second day of the New Zealand MetroSolitan Trotting Club's August meeting, ut he will be a starter in the Stewards' Handicap on the opening day." At one stage Flotsam looked like developing into one of the best ti-dtters in New Zealand, but unsoundness affected his preparation for serious engagements. Flotsam, in the care of M. Holmes, will have a rare chance in trotting events at the coming meeting.

AMERICAN PURCHASE,

Another valuable addition to light-har-ness bloodstock of the Dominion hae been acquired in the United States, according to a- writer in the journal "Hoof Beats." He states that Mrs. E.Berryman,a South Island sportswoman, -who races Warnooka, Captain Bolt and 'other" horses, has purchased a mare named Justified. The mare has " a record of 2.5%, and is by Full Worthy (2.2) out of Nervolo C. (dam of two under 2.8), by. Petpr Volo (2.2) from Polly Parritt (2.13%). The third dam is Lady Maud G.- (2.0%), sister of Hedgewootl Bt>y (2:1). Before leaving America the v/ell-brjed more will be*" matcd with Peter the Brewer (2.2%), and the' alre.idy big list of American importations in New Zealand will be augmentedby a good on*.