TROTTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 43, 20 February 1940, Page 12

TROTTING.

CARNIVAL ENDS. NEW MILE STATE RECORD. CHAMPIONSHIPS SHOW PROFIT. (Received 0.30 a.in.) PERTH, thie day. The inter-Dominion Championships carnival was concludexl last night with a match between Icevus and Logan Derby over a mile, with the object of establishing a new record for the distance, and five events for Championship horses. All were from flying starts. Conditions were ideal and there was a good attendance. Results were: — Victoria Stakes, one mile and a half.— Master Dixie (X.S.W.) 1, Grand Mogul (N.Z.) 2, Our Globe (Tasmania) 3. Six started. Won by 18 yards; 15 yards. Tusmanian Stakes, one mile and a quarter. —Flying Globe (X.S.W.) 1, Binnia (W.A.) 2. Arab Chief (W.A.) 3. Six started. Won by a foot; one yard and a half. Time, 2.421. South Australian Stakes, one mile. — Will o' the Wisp (W.A.) 1, Lee Derby (W.A.) 2, Supertax (N.Z.) 3. Six started. Won by 18 yards; one foot. Time, Jl.Ol. New South Wales Stakes, one mile and a half.—Kolect (W.A.) 1. Belalie (W.A.) 2. Paddy Royal (W.A.) 3. Six started. Won by IS yards: half-yard. Time. 3.101. New Zealand Stakes, one mile and a half. —Earl Pronto (W.A.) 1, Lachlan Machine (X.S.W.) 2. Taiga Boy (W.A.) 3. Six started. Won by 18 yards; one yard. Time. 3.11 J. In the match race over a mile Derby was half a length in front of Icevus for a lap and a half, when he came away aud won by 18 yards in 2.4, Icevus recording 2.51. The State record, 2.21, established by New Derby in 103(5. was then attacked by Master Dixie (N.S.W.), who succeeded in covering the distance in 2.2 2-5, thus securing the ,£IOO put up by the association for a new record. The prize-money at the carnival totalled £9475 and the West Australian Trotting Association shows a profit.

"A Brilliant Success." Mr. R. A. McMillan, owner-trainer of the New Zealand pacer Uenuku. said that he was greatly impressed with trotting under electric light and that the popular approval was most marked. The carnival was a brilliant success in every respect. He deeply regretted the shoulder injury to l enukii. which possibly had occurred while the horse was rolling, as his prospects of gaining great prominence at the Championship had been the brightest. However. New Zealand liorse.s had maintained Dominion standards and the reputation of the Dominion as an acknowledged leader in breeding champions.