TROTTING NOTES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21387, 1 February 1935, Page 14

TROTTING NOTES

Reminders Nominations for the Auckland Trotting Club's summer meeting will close to-day. Nominations for the New Brighton Trotting Club's summer meeting will close on Thursday next at 12 noon. A Well-bred Winner Lynwood, winner of the Southland Handicap at Forbury Park, is by Waverley from the New Zealand Cup winner Win Soon, and a half-brother to Shine Soon, a useful performer, trained by M. B. Edwards a few years ago. Great Logan L. A. Maidens is entitled to every credit for his victory with Great Logan in the Flying Handicap at Forbury Park yesterday. The Logan Pointer gelding is one of the last of his sire's stock on the race track, and | he was generally regarded as a backnumber. His second to Muriel de Oro at Timaru on Saturday should have prepared his trainer for the great improvement shown yesterday. Great Logan is now 10 years old. Race Driving: The Dunedin writer, "Sentinel," in criticising the judgment shown by drivers in races has the following:— "Harold Logan was made a present of two wins in the New Zealand Trotting Cup by being able to win on speed at the end of a slow run race." Harold Logan registered 4min 18 2-ssec, a winning race record, when he won in 1931 and 4min 16 2-ssec, another record, in 1932. It would be interesting to know what "Sentinel" would regard as a fast-run race. Boom in .iidelaidc "To describe recent happenings in the Adelaide trotting world, and more particularly the meeting on Saturday night, one is tempted to look to the advance publicity agents of America's big talkie productions for words. ''Gigantic,' 'colossal,' 'stupendous,' and similar words are used to advertise forthcoming productions, which often do not live up to the reputation given them by the publicity men," writes "Tuxedo," in the "Australian Trotting Record" of January 23. "The Adelaide trotting meetings, however, call for the use of such words after they have been witnessed. The ' attendance at Wayville on Saturday night was a record for recent years, between 8000 and 9000 being present. Only on two or three occasions at the earlv electric light trotting meetings in 1920 was the crowd as large. The totansator staff handled £2736 14s on the six events, and on the double. Thirty-seven bookmakers operated, and did excellent business." Training at Epsom The Auckland correspondent of "The Press" telegraphed last evening as follows:—By pacing a mile and a half alone in 3min 25sec on a dust-laden track that did not assist in time-mak-ing Kewpie's Bond showed a very fine effort at Epsom this morning, and she was the star nerformer. She went away quietly from the mile and a half post, and after taking 38sec to run' the first quarter, she sprinted the next two furlongs in 32sec, and she was steadied to reach the mile in 2min 18sec. Again the mare unwound a good turn of speed to run the next quarter in 33sec without being asked to do her best, and Kewpie's Bond completed the last half-mile in lmin 7see, the full distance being covered in 3min 25sec. Kewpie's Bond, who looks a picture, did her work very smoothly throughout, and should strip in excellent order for her engagements. Prince Etawah conceded Cherrill three seconds start in a mile and a half to finish on terms with the filly in 3min 34sec. Cherrill, going smoothly, maintained her lead for seven furlongs, where she skipped, allowing Prince Etawah to be handy at the mile, which Cherrill passed in 2min 30sec. The filly sprinted fast for the next quarter, but in the run home Prince Etawah

finished with dash, and was alongside her at the post, recording lmin 7 l-ssec for his final section. Nimbus, after going the first mile of a two miles effort at a strong pace, improved to run the next mile in 2min 20sec. He came home the last half-mile in lmin Bsee. Nimbus has put on some condition since he last raced. Handicapping or Slakes? Despite the great success of the new system adopted by both Sydney clubs, and the advantages gained for horses and owners, the Australian 1 rotting Club announces that it has reverted to the system of handicapping on time, with the maximum penalty of 48 yards to the mile, says a Melbourne exchange. Even in this exception the club in effect admits the unfairness of penalising a horse to the full time registered, and now the New South Wales Trotting Club has been left with no alternative but to assess any horses winning at Victoria Park to Ihe full time registered for the win. For the first meeting of the Australian Trotting Club, held on February 27, 19.11, the club gave a total of £SOO, whereas at the last meeting the total was £3OO —a drop of £2OO. The first meeting of the New South Wales Trotting Club was on November 19, 1902, with prize money of £99. This club has increased prize money to such an extent that the last few meetings have been of £IOOO each, while one was £1250. As both clubs have raced under the same condtiions, and the Australian Trotting Club had the advantage of the better track, it looks as though the handicapping does not make the difference, but rather the fault is m the prize money. A Popular Win

The most popular win at Forbury Park yesterday was Wild Guy's success in the Dunedin Cup. The gelding has been a very consistent performer during the present season and there was a lot of merit in his second to Rey Spec in the Ashburton Cup on Boxing Day. On Saturday last he went a good race in the President's Handicap at Timaru and but for interference might have offered still stronger opposition to the winner. Todd Lonzia. Wild Guy was always in a prominent position, and after leading into the straight with Waress came away to win in convincing style. The time, 4min 30 l-ssec, represented a very good performance, while Avernus, who was set to give away 36 yards, did well to register 4min 27 3-ssec. Wild Guy is trained at New Brighton by his owner, Mr D. Rodgers. who has had a long association with the light harness sport.