AUCKLAND TROTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 97, 24 April 1940, Page 16

AUCKLAND TROTS.

UNHOPPLED HORSES. SEVERAL IMPROVERS. | WORTHY TREASURE'S WORTH. i When the Auckland Trofting Club holds I its meeting at Alexandra Park on Satur- ; day no little interest will be displayed in the form of the straight-out trotters en- ■ gaged in tile two events devoted to them. ; It was only a few days ago that Worthy I reasure. who had impressed horsemen on i the Taranaki circuit in 1939, made so good ,as to engender the question, '"What next'' ' Well, the fact is that this aged son I Worthy Bingen and Bright Gem, em- | phasising his earlier promise, spread- | eagled a field of thirteen other horses in the Haeremai Handicap at the Wangamii j fixture at Claudelands. But the "baker's I dozen" were not so good. j Barney Bingen. the second has ; been far from reliable during the past two seasons, and, even though sucief-.-iul later in the day, she broke on more than two occasions in the race won by Worthy I reasure. As for tJoMen .iour.iev. who finished third, she is at the iis;.dv.>ntagi'of youth and the want of experience, which inclines the belief' that she will do much better ere she is twelve months older. Apart from Modest Maid and | Silver Countess, none of the others i.mI pressed as likely to command the early I attention of investors. j W hieh brings us 'back to the fact that Worthy Treasure will have to be seriously I considered in his engagements on Satur- ' day. Prima Facie, a better case is hie in the Innovation Handicap, wherein he is ranged against nine others. Bournemouth, on 12 yards, may prove to be a worthy opponent, as he should hold the front line safe, except, perhaps, insofar as Modest Maid is concerned. The last-named performer went off badly at Claudelands, but she was going along nicely in fifth position at the end. Improvement may be expected. Gold Kip and Barney Bingen, the back-markers, will need to go properly to take a prominent part in the finish. Interesting Problem. The Whitford Handicap, a four seconds class, presents a different problem. Worthy Treasure will be on the limit, if he is not affected by a penalty, and he , should be capable of de.eating Bournei month. | Gold Kip. 24yds. has some fair perfornii ances to his credit, but if Barney Bingen i w eie to trot as well as she did at' her second attempt last Saturday, .she should beat him. As a matter of Barney Bingen is going better than usual in race* and she must be considered. However, in the opinion of the writer, Barney Bingen was a shade fortunate to beat Josedale Dictator on Saturday, and now that F. J. Smith's American-bred trotter is meeting ,her on two seconds •better terms ihe should be capable of taking his revenge. A' r Pilot, 48yds, ran t>adly in slow time at Cambridge in the race won 4>y Glen Bingen from Great Guy and Grand Triumph, and as Josedale Dictator 'but paid to the accounts of both Great Guy and Grand Triumph last week-end, it may reasonably be assumed that he can do the same at Epsom. Fleet Arrow, 48yds, has not run well for a long time, and the recent form of Dick Redmond, on,. the tracks, and Elissa, in races, 'has 'been- disappointing. It may be, therefore, that investors will •prefer Worthy Treasure, Bournemouth, Josedale Dictator and Barney Bingen when they come to make their decision regarding the probable result of the trotting races.