Trotters for Canada

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32587, 22 April 1971, Page 8

Trotters for Canada

Fair Play and Tasman, two horses which graduated to the top trotting company, will in I future race in Canada. They will I leave for their new owners in J the next few days. Fair Play has been secured by the Canadian trainer, Y. Bailiergeong, who has enjoyed considerable success with Disband and Le Chant, two other big winners in New Zealand. Baillergeong recently spent a fortnight in New 'Zealand with another Canadian I trainer-driver, J. Filion. ! Fair Play, a member of the team trained at Templeton by :D. G. Jones and J.' Grant, won I nine races and recorded a long • list of placings for his Christchurch owners, Mr and Mrs D. G. Matheson, for whom he won .more than $12,000. An eight-year-old gelding by Court Martial ■ i from Tat Scott, he is a brother to another top trotter, Merrir. t Tasman, an ejght-year-old gelding by Smokey Hanover I. from Adoration, was trained at ; Methven by C. V. and T. M. i May for Messrs D. and T. Smith 1 and T. Welly, of Winton, for / V/hom he gained seven wins and .'numerous placings, the most recent of which was a second to s Geffin at Addington Raceway on ? March 27. Tasman will be raced by C. . Archdeacon, of Ontario, who enIjoyed much success with two I!earlier, trotters bought in New i Zealand. Glen Dee and Castle- . ton’s Gift. Glen Dee was orig- " I inally trained by C. V. and T. |M. May.