ADAMS MEMORIAL HANDICAP

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25802, 13 May 1949, Page 4

ADAMS MEMORIAL HANDICAP

TROTTING

LYCEUM MAY BE FAVOURITE Lyceum, which, has raced well iq, his last four, starts for_V. Leeming,. who trains him St TPrebbleton, to gain a win over Gantree ux the Harewooa Handicap at the Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting on February U/and a second to Whipster m the Preliminary Handicap, and a Win over, Desffoteh in the Liverpool Handicap at the New Zealand Metropolitan'Trotting Club’s Easter meeting, is one of the fav-f ouritqfc jcpt. flfe’ Adams Memorial Handicap, the main event on the programme, for the first of'the Auckland Trotting ClUb's winter - meeting to-morrow. • A- grand stayer, Lyceum is by Dillon Hall,from Gratitude, a Harold Direct mare Which left a family of winners including Stanza, Gratuity, and Saga. Besides Lyceum, the horses on the scratch mark in the Adams Memorial Handicap include recent place-getters in Esto Fidelis, Indianote, and Popular Girl. One of J. McLennan's team, Indianote, which won two races earlier in the season, showed her best form at the Easter meeting at Addington when she finished third to Sand Piper and Bull’s Eye in the Cashmere Handicap. An Indianapolis mare, Indianote should eventually win her way to good company. Whipster, Victory Globe, and Silent Knight make most appeal of the horses on the 12 yards mark. The winner of two races on the Epsom track earlier in the season, Silent Knight showed that he was back to his best form by winning over a sprint distance at Hutt Park last week. Whipster and Victory Globe both have some splendid performances to their credit, and they should carry solid Support. Of those further back in the handicaps, Bull’s Eye should carry most support. One of the most travelled and most raced pacers in training, Bui’s Eye has been placed in 17 of his 32 races this season. The runner-up to Tom Gundy in the Waitaki Sprint Handicap at the Oamaru Trotting Club’s meeting last week. Bull’s Eye should be in the picture with Lyceum, Whipster, and Silent Knight if C. R. Berkett can persuade him to begin smartly. Jottings

Thorndell may race well in the second division of the Otautau Harness Trot Handicap at the Birchwood Racing Club's meeting. A six-year-old mare, Thorndell is by Quite Sure from Creep, by Erin’s King from Jazz Queen. Mr W. McLeod has registered his two-year-old colt by Honestus from Belle Grattan as Cellophane. By Grattan Loyal from Lady Norris, Belle Grattan is the dam of two fine performers in Great Venture and Belmont Hall. Ikaroa, a winner on a heavy track at Epsom earlier in the year, may take part in the finish of the Marconi Handicap if she strikes conditions to suit her at the Auckland Trotting Club’i meeting to-mor-row. Won at Last Start Centenary Boy, which showed good form at his last start to beat Wrackdale in the Spotswood Handicap at the Cheviot Trotting Club’g meeting at Rangiora on March 19. is one’of the favourites for the Kowai Trot Handicap at the Amberley Racing Club's meeting to-morrow, A six-year-old gelding, Centenary Boy, which is trained by J. O'Brien for Mr C. Pateman, is by Quite Sure from Ahuareka, which is by Ahuriri from Mary Locanda. Can Pace Fast Coliseum, the winner 61 two races at the Wellington Trotting Club’s meeting on March 19, should be hard to beat if he begins correctly from scratch in the Cornwall Handicap at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting. Coliseum, which is a five-year-old gelding by Dillon Hall from Nerilihy, is highly rated by the Oamaru trainer, J.M. Bain. Distance Should Suit Biddy’s Pet showed some speed to set the pace in the early stages of the Trial Handicap at Oamaru on Saturday, but she was feeling the strain at the end of a mile and three-quarters. A placegetter in four of her last seven races. Biddy’s Pet should be suited by the mile and a quarter in the first division of the Otautau Harness Trot Handicap at the Birchwood Racing Club's meeting. A Solid Trotter Besides Whipster, which is one of the favourites for the Adams Memorial Handicap, S. T. Webster’s team at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting to-morrow includes Morning Wings, which is well placed on the 38 yards mark in the £BOO Stewards’ Handicap, the main event for trotters. A solid trotter. Morning Wings has been placed in six of his 11 races this season, his last two starts yielding a second to Desworthy in the Intermediate Handicap and a second to the same horse in the Spreydon Handicap at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Easter meeting at Addington. A repetition of that form should find Morning Wings a winner against the weaker company he will meet to-morrow. Brackets at Auckland - The following horses be bracketed on the totalisator at the Auckland Trotting Club's' meeting to-morrow: Mangere Handicap. Marypark and Atawhero. Bill Tasker and Impartial; Winter Handicap, Gay Indiana and Reclamation; Hobson Handicap, Master Dorset and Clueless, Real Nugget and Mac’s Ace, Jackie Boy and Paperman; Adams Memorial Handicap, Prince Hall and Democrat; Stewards’ Handicap, Gay Indiana and Reclamation; Marconi Handicap. Real Nugget and Mac’s Ace, Systematic and Silent Knight; Cornwall Handicap, Red Arrow and Mourne Spring; Sandiford and Fontaine; Papakura Handicap, Culture and Sflerff Knight,. Battle- On and Democrat. At Washdyke W. A. Thomas’s team at Washdyke includes Willow Hall, which he is training for Mr R. J. Martin. A five-year-old black gelding. Willow Hall is by Dillon Hall from Trachadon, which is by Worthy Bond from Pine Crest. Consistent Sent out 2-1 in the betting, Wrackdale brought his record to a win and six minor placings, in his last nine starts when he finished close up third to Te Arawhata and Fanciful in 3min 21 l-ssec in the Melrose Trot Handicap at the Ashburton Racing Club’s meeting last week. On the strength of that form, Wrackdale must be conceded a chance from the 48 yards mark in the Teviotdale Trot Handicap at the Amberley Racing Club’s meeting to-morrow. By Dillon Hall Chedworth Hall is l one of the favourites for the Mangere Handicap at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting tomorrow. A five-year-old gelding by Dillon Hall from a Harold Dillon mare, Chedworth. Hall has been placed in five races this season, his record including wins in the first Milford Handicap at the Auckland Trotting Club’s matinee meeting on August 7 and in the Stratford Handicap at the Hawera Trotting Clubs meeting on April 16. In Form All Clear’s record of two wins, a second and a fourth in his last four starts attracts attention to his prospects in the Wallace Saddle Trot at the Birchwood Racing Club’s meeting to-morrow. An aged gelding by Wellington Direct from Queensbury Wilkes, All Clear Is trained at Moa Flat by his owner, G. R. Cousins. Master Dorset's Prospects Master Dorset, the winner of four of his five races this season for Mr C. B. R. Lawler, for whom he is trained at Te Awamutu by E. N. Kennerley, should add to his record at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting, where he is well placed in the Hobson Handicap and in the Marconi Handicap. Canterbury Park T.C.

Nominations for all events at the Canterbury Park Trotting Culb’s Winter Meeting, to be held on Saturday, May 28, will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Advt. Ashburton Nominations.

Nominations for both days of the Ashburton Trotting Club’s Winter Meeting will close with the Secretary on Tuesday, the 17th instant, at 8 p.m. Final Forfeits for the N.Z. Sapling Stakes, 1949, and the N.Z. Futurity Stakes, 1949, are due at the same hour. Advt.