THE INTER-DOMINI0N

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22372, 8 April 1938, Page 6

THE INTER-DOMINION

THE INTER-DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Supreme Test of Speed and Stamina

“The evolution of the trotter has been aided by trainers, drivers, sulky builders, harness makers, and track builders. The successful trainers of to-day are thoughtful, hard-working men, with a larger store of information than those of former decades. They understand balancing through shoeing better than their predecessors, and respect the rules drawn up for the preservation of discipline. The material that they handle is far better than that of 20 or 30 years ago, and quicker results are obtained. The tracks and vehicles are seconds faster than when Dexter was heralded as the invincible trotter of the world. The two-minute record for trotting shows that we are fast getting to the time when we can claim that we have a trotting and pacing breed of horses in this country that approximates in breeding to the thoroughbred racehorse in England.” This was the considered opinion of Hamilton Busbey, author of “The Trotting and Pacing Horse,” in 1903, and though in the matter of the speed of our horses we may be 20 years behind America, his words apply to New Zealand to-day as they did in America close on 40 years ago.

It is our turn to boast of our trainers, drivers, and sulky builders, of our harness makers, our shoeing smiths, and track builders, and though we still live in the hope of seeing our first twominute pacer before we produce a two-minute trotter, the leaps and bounds that trotting has made seem to indicate that one of these days we shall reach our goal—the signal of one mile in two minutes by a New Zealand-bred horse. How near we are to that goal is not generally realised, for we cannot judgp the speed of our horses by the time they register in their races. Trotting is an expensive business, and the winning of races with their attendant cash value is a very grave consideration with every owner. The winning of races rather than the registration of time is the aim of every owner and trainer, and the fine stakes offered nowadays and the opportunities for good

horses to win them gives a pang of regret when we remember the limited opportunities of champions of other days, Almont, Ribbonwood, Author Dillon, Great Bingen, and Harold Logan are names that will go down in history, and faster than any of these horses is Indianapolis, whose record of 2min 0 2-ssec for a mile marked him as one of the greatest pacers in the world. Whether Indianapolis can reproduce his wonderful two-minute speed is a question to be answered, for while he has possibly reached the top of his form, there is any number of young pacers ready to occupy the pedestal when he retires. The Inter-Dominion Championships at Addington, commencing on April 16, will give these younger pacers the chance to show their mettle and to prove to a horse-loving public that the Almonts and the Harold Logans live again.

INTER-DOMINION TROTTING

DRAW FOR QUALIFYING EVENTS' For the Inter-Dominion championship the draw for the different events Is as follows; FIRST QUALIFYING EVENT, of £2250. Limit 48 yards. One mile and a, quarter. ■ First Heat Our Walla scr Rocks Ahead 12 Aide de Camp scr Parisienne .. 12 Nervle’s Last scr Evlcus .. 12 Frisco Boy .. scr Willow Wave 24 Kolect .. 12 Grand Mogul 24 Pot Luck .. 12 Roi I’Or .. 36 King’s Play .. 12 Second Heat Picador .. scr Worthy Light 12 Joy’s John .. scr Bingen Palm 12 Double Great scr Plutus .. 12 Speedy Boy .. scr King’s Warrior 24 Dan’s Son .. 12 Lucky Jack 24 Graham Direct 12 Indianapolis 48 Reporter ~ 12 Third Heat Kernel Lu .. scr Village Guy 12 Big Author .. scr Bonny Azure 12 Blair Athol .. scr Gamble .. 12 Icevus .. scr U. Scott .. 12 Lady Cloudy Range 24 Chlldewood 12 Tempest .. 24 Glenrossie .. 12 Supertax .. 36 SECOND QUALIFYING EVENT. of £2250. Limit 60 yards. One mile and a half. First Heat Icevus .. scr King’s Play .. 12 Aide de Camp scr Graham Direct 12 Frisco Boy .. scr Pot Luck .. 12 Dan’s Son .. 12 Hocks Ahead 12 Lady Supertax .. 24 Chlldewood 12 Tempest .. 24 Bingen Palm 12 Grand Mogul - 36 Second Heat Picador .. scr Worthy Light 12 Our Walla .. scr Reporter .. 12 Kernel Lu .. scr Bonny Azure 12 Blair Athol .. scr Lucky Jack .. 24 Big Author .. scr King’s Warrior 24 U. Scott .. scr Indianapolis 60 Village Guy ..12 Third Heat Joy’s John .. scr Plutus .. 12 Nervie’s Last scr Glenrossie .. 12 Double Great scr Cloudy Range 24 Speedy Boy .. scr Gamble .. 24 Kolect .. 12 Willow Wave 36 Evlcus .. 12 Roi I’Or .. 48 Parisienne .. 12 THIRD QUALIFYING EVENT, of £2600. Limit 72yds. Two miles. First Heat Joy’s John .. scr Bingen Palm 12 Village Guy .. scr Tempest .. 12 Frisco Boy ~ scr Bonny Azure 12 Blair Athol .. scr Parisienne 12 Big Author .. scr Worthy Light 12 Lady King’s Warrior 24 Chlldewood 12 Indianapolis. 60 Second Heat Picador .. scr Plutus .. 12 Kernel Lu .. scr Graham Direct 12 Rocks Ahead scr Reporter . • 12 Double Great scr Cloudy Range 12 Nervle’s Last scr Lucky Jack 24 Icevus .. scr Willow Wave 48 Dan’s Son .. 12 Third Heat Our Walla .. scr Glenrossie .. 12 U. Scott .. scr Pot Luck .. 12 Aide de Camp scr King’s Play .. 12 Supertax .. scr Gamble .. 24 Speedy Boy .. scr Grand Mogul 36 Kolect .. 12 Roi I’Or .. 48 Evicus .. 12 NOMINATIONS RECEIVED The following nominations have been received for events to be decided on the first, second, arid third' days of the interDominion championship meeting. Handicaps have been declared for the Akaroa Handicap, to be run on the opening day. The fields are as follows: TAKAHE HANDICAP, of '£3 so; 2min 52sec class: one mile and a quarter—Wee Wrack, Whippet, Full Hand, Southern Chief, Activity, Sandusky, Cavan Chief. Bing Crosby, Moana Tama, Morewa, Ivy Peterson, Racketeer,. . Sky , Wink. „ Dark Hazard, Great Divide, Red Pigeon, Mar-

AKAROA HANDICAP, of £350. 3min Slsec class. One mile and a half. Brigadier .. scr Eastern Prince 12 Cavan Chief .. scr Fay Rey •• 12 Colonel Bogey scr Great Divide 12 Dundee .. scr Lord Wrack .. 12 Effie Parrish scr Loyal Pat .. 12 Galllnfosd .. scr Molly Direct 12 Golden Moness scr Morewa .. 12 Ivy Peterson scr Old Faithful 12 Marsceres .. scr Olive King .. 12 Mont d’Or .. scr Red Pigeon .. 12 Rollalong .. scr Reno •• “ Taruna .. scr Sandusky .. iz Agility .. 12 Dark Hazard 24 Connenora .. 12 Marlene .. 24 Doubt .. 12 Reylena .. 24

lene, Reno, Savoldi, Lone Derby, Reylena, j. Eastern Prince. Zincali, Our Peggy, Agility, Old Faithful, Civic, Dundee, Molly Direct, Fremont, Bay Flyer, Heather Queen, Taruna, Doubt, Pola Negri, Marsceres, Twenty Grand, Ace Pot. KIWI HANDICAP, of £350; 3min 3Xsec class; one mile and a half—Old Faithful, Loyal Pat, Sandusky, Cavan Chief, Fay Rey, Lord Wrack, Morewa, Ivy Peterson, Red Pigeon, Dark Hazard, Great Divide. Olive King, Connenora, Eastern Prince, Marlene, Savoldi, Reno, Reylena, Royal. Grattan, Agility, Dundee, Molly Direct, Effie Parrish, Gallinford, Golden Moness, Rollalong. Taruna, Doubt, Mont d’Or, Marsceres, Brigadier, Icevus, Colonel Bogey