TRUSTEE

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25517, 10 June 1948, Page 7

TRUSTEE

TROTTING

SOLID EFFORT AT ASHBURTON Trustee, recent addition to G. S. rath’s team at Addington, atoned for mistake in the Durbar Handicap on first day of the Ashburton Trotting Qub's winter meeting on Saturday with * solid performance on Monday to finish to Gough’s Pride in the Winter .Driven by Smith, Trustee made a smart ginning from the 12 yards mark to ®We down to follow Red Herring, Tony '-■•Jttan, Theabelle, Pony Express, DunNational Velvet and CTueless at «end of two furlongs. Tom Gundy and fay Express broke in the back straight Smith moved Trustee up to be handy *the leaders with two furlongs to go. finished on well once the straight * reached and he appeared as the *»y winner with 25 yards to go, but Pride was not to be denied and * got up to win by half a length. five-year-old gelding. Trustee, which bred at Wyndham, by Mr H. Hunter, Kv. ■ ne well this season for Mr W. Mcarteid, in whose interests he races, for Sk/ 5 wins and eight minor placings. By Sure, Trustee is out of First Moko, imported Peter Moko from First the dam of winners in Best Seller K*Dillondale. By Author Dillon, First W®bor is out of First Water, which left of winners including some fine in Rocks Ahead. Nell Grattan, ■F Bond, and Ned Worthy. Ski lls tee is a racy type and, on Mon- ®* display, he should be capable of races in Canterbury. Murthy Chum showed a lot of speed to fourth after giving away starts 10 60 yards in the Trial Handicap Ashburton Trotting Club’s meeting **>nday. Paraded in the Tinwald Hanlater in the afternoon, Worthy lost his chance when he began aged gelding. Worthy Chum, is trained at Aranui by W. F. who races him in partnership with •mchards, is by Arion Axworthy from ““yng Queen, by Cathedral Chimes from *«y Hollywood. jjJWo-year-old filly by Quite Sure from * Lorimer has been registered as £?• A winner herself. Belle Lorimer, ift < - . by Nelson Bingen from Tairene, at the trotting gait in Belle Dale was always well back after bad break in the early part Wayfield Handicap at Ashburton * "ton day. a?, a Winning Family the four-year-old gelding, which made his debut in the Handicap for trotters at the Trotting Club’s meeting on should be capable of winning . ay to good company. By Quite Sure, J' das sired a host of winners at the Mui Conc ord is out of a sucto , F9 tter in Discord, by Wrack from ich proved capable of trotting « and a half in 3min 33 2-ssec many Im By El Carbine from the WildWood Nymph, Echo left a s-.t'ofsuGcessful trotters, including wr Tyrone Lass. Lament, and EchoWrack. » the runner-up to Gleni fbe Opihi Trot Handicap at the ypanterbury Jockey Club’s meeting S. began smarlty to set the •J?- 1 Gay Scott for the first mile in Handicap at the Ashburton TrotJuo s meeting on Monday. Milford tei h J° ok the lead and Last Wrack dandy to him until about two furtrom home, where he began to T, and he was eventually fifth to line at the finish. « Wrack has some ability and he tL~ e seen to advantage over the a half in the Oamaru Trotting at the Oamaru Trotting Club's < next week. °f the last of the get of Wrack,

which was shipped to Tasmania in 1938, Last Wrack, which was bred at Ashburton by Mr D, Robertson, is given in the list of horses registered as being out of an Oinako mare. S. A. Orr, who trains Last Wrack at Sutherlands, stated at Ashburton on Monday that this mare is out of a winner in Silver Princess, which left other winners including Mother Machree and Silver Lncanda. By Prince Imperial, Silver Princess is out of Barbara, by Young Irvington, from a General Tracey mare.