TROTTING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20788, 23 February 1933, Page 12

TROTTING NOTES.

Ramuidera. Nominations for the Maaawatu Trotting Club's annual meeting will closo to-morrow at 6 p.m. Nominations for the Wairarapa Trotting Club and Timaru Trotting Club'a meetings will close oxl Monday at 9 p.m. Acceptances for the trotting events at the Banks Peninsula Racing Club'a meeting will closo to-morrow at 0 p.m. Nominations for the Cheviot Trotting Club's annual meeting'will close on Tuesday Nominations for the Wyndham Trotting Club's annual meeting close ou Wednesday at 5 p.m. Acceptances for the Wellington Trotting Chub's autumn meeting close 011 Tuesday at 8 p.i)a. Acceptances for this I&vercargill Trotting Club's annual meeting close next Wednesday. , The time of nominations for the Waimate Racing Club'# annual meeting (two trotting events) has been extended to 8 p.m. to-d(ty. . Answer to Correspondent. "Enquirer," Christchurch—The races won by Dillon Logan at the New Zealand Cup; fixture were the Victoria Handicap of two miles, on the first day, and the Handicap, of ono mile and a quarter, on the second day of tho meeting. 1 Team for lavercargiU. The Winchmore trainer, L. A. Maidens, intends patronising the Xnrer. cargill Trotting Club'a mooting next month*. and he has Baywood, Guyzialt, ftnd Child© do Oro moving along satisfactorily in view of racing: them at theapproaching fixture. Ail Early Return. May Chenault, winner of the Howiuk Handicap at Auckland yesterday, was not long in making a return for the northern sportsman 'who purchased her at the Christmas meeting, of the aamo club, and she incidentally secured her first winning bracket. By Peter Ch<jnault from Petrova, tho dam of Impromptu, May Chensult i« now a four-year-old. Before yesterday's race bar previous beat effort iyaa in the Now Zealand Sapling Stakes of 1931, ia which shs finished third to Silver do Oro and Tempest, her time being 3m in 27 3-Saee. May Chenault was then raced by her breeder, Mr J. ft, McKonzie. . / Largo Entries. > The Ashburton Trotting Club, has reason to feel pleased with the numb®* entries for the- New Zealand Sapling Stakes of. 1934 and thjs Now Zealand Champion Stakes to bo decided in Docember next, 2*or the. former race th«. excellent entry of 185 w»a received, and for the Champion Stakes 82 horses ■were nomtnatfd. Bey 40 Oro has tho lirgest representation of the »i?es represented, with thirty-lour of his stock in the Sapling Stakes and sixteen in the New Zealand Champion Sta&pe. Reduce Charges. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club ha# decided on a reduction iu charges for ' the future. Entrance to the course will now be one shilling, as against two shillings, and the charge for motor-cars instead of being 2a will also be one shilling. M-t With Injury. About two weeks ago Manoeuvre injured » Jog in a wire fence, and wa4 sore for a few day*, but she subse. moved soundly enough in he? work, although on Tuesday she was lame tin polling pp. However, it is expected that she will be in fit condition to fulfil h?r engagement at Now Brighton o» Saturday. Return to Yon®-

First Flight yesterday showed a. return to winning form after an absence from tM soccQsaful list of nearly a year. Her victory was expected, in view of her good effort on the first day of the meeting, and she was made »oeond favourite a the straight-out midline, and favourite on the place totaJisator, First Plight has always been regarded as b good on®, and Iter lapsa earlier in the season was difficult to account for. Towards th<j end of laat season she won three races in succession. Bhe is a six-year-old by Blue Mountain King from -the highly-bred Guiding Sta>, who is by Logan Pointer from Mario Ooielli. Tho blood of tho famous producer Thelma figures in he* pedigrees through Marie Corelli, who was by WUdwood from Tholma. MariiJ CofelU ranked as a lister to the successful sire Wildwood Juijr,, and to Authoress, of thp Champion pacer Author Billon. • ' F&TOuurt# Opinion is divided in inspect of tho chances of Crjiganour And Indianapolis for the Denton Memorial Handicap tp be decided at New Brighton on Saturday, and next in favour for that rase eomo Gumdiggcr, Mancouvrc, and Giro. For the Dafih Handicap, of one mile, in saddle, Molly Desborough has lately come into more favour, but Great Thought, Gay Gordon, and John Jinks are tl)® early public fancies.