TROTTING NOTES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22492, 29 August 1938, Page 15

TROTTING NOTES

Reminders Acceptances for the New Brighton spring meeting will close to-morrow at 5 p.m. ' _ Nominations for the 1940 New Zealand Derby will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, when a further payment for this season’s classic will also fall due An Improver Guy Hugo, now in the care of A. Butterfield, at one time looked like qualifying for the highest Class in trotters’ events, but he later disappointed badly by breaking repeatedly in his races. His latest running at Addington suggests that he has regained his steadiness of gait and he has trotted very well. Guy Hugo has previously shown his liking for grass tracks, and on this account he will have his admirers in the Spring Handicap at New Brighton. In Better Class

The great performance of winning four races and finishing second in another event at the August meeting has led many to believe that Marsceres as unbeatable in the company he is at present racing in. Certainly Marsceres put up a 1 remarkable record: but it may be advisable to await his next ap-

ported that the Hunt Club had made a payment of £2O towards the proportion due from the club’s meetlns* and also that the Hunt Club was making a grant of £2O towards the building fund. The chairman expressed appreciation of the grant.

pearance before classing him among the champions. At New Brighton on Saturday he will be given a chance to prove his worth, for in the Wainoni Handicap he will be pitted against horses that have raced in the highest events. One of Viis opponents may be Blair Athol, who showed great consistency in the InterDominion Championship at Easter time He is a good, game pacer and well suited by the distance of a mile and a quarter he will race over. Marsceres is a coming pacer and may not have yet reached the end of his tether; but he has yet to meet the crucial test. An Auckland Pacer

Tommy McElwyn, winner of the first division of the Mount Eden Handicap, at Auckland on Saturday, is a seven-year-old gelding by Guy McElwyn— Chrlsteonia. Guy McElwyn has not figured prominently in the winning sires list, but on breeding alone he should prove a success. He is by Guy Parrish from Miss Spear, an imported mare by Peter the Great, and dam of Jean McElwyn, who in turn left Grace McElwyn. Though this was his first success. Tommy McElwyh had shown poromise by filling minor places in maiden events. He is highly thought of in Auckland trotting circles.

Kenworthy In Form In winning the August Handicap at Auckland on Saturday, in 3mm 28sec, on a heavy track, Kenworthy registered an attractive performance, _ and he may go on to still better things. He has just turned six years, so there is still plenty of time for him. He is by Frank Worthy from a mare by Peter Moko, and is owned by Mr S. A. Cutts. His First Win

Another of the Frank Worthy breed to win on Saturday was Stamboul, who was successful at the Otago Hunt Club’s meeting, the dam being Trix Pointer, who also left Wrackler and Arethusa. Stamboul is four years old but in nine starts last, season, he failed to run into a place, although at the Westport meeting at Riccarton he showed promise. He now races in the nomination of Mr J. Butler and is trained by A. Cranston. Well Related

Salalon, a winner at the Otago Hunt meeting, is by Adioo Guy—Our Nurse and Is a half-brother to good performers in Sure and Probationer. A Good Double

After having driven Kenworthy to win the August Handicap, at Auckland on Saturday, F. V. Cutts completed a good double -when Compass was successful in the Massey Memorial Handicap. At one time Compas was trained at Addington: but he was disappointing there and while he has won several races in his long term, at Epsom he has not been an outstanding success. Compass is a half-brother to Reporter and Harold Denver.