TROTTING

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 222, 20 June 1928, Page 9

TROTTING

FIXTURES. June 23, 27—Auckland'T.C. winter, events). Jtiue’ 30—Ashburton County K.C. (two events). •July 21—South Canterbury Hunt Club (one event). August 11, 15, 17—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. NOMINATIONS. July s—South (’.'interbury Hunt. July 19—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C, ACCEPTANCES. June —Ashburton County R.O. July 10—South Canterbury Hunt. August 7—N.Z. w Metropolitan T.C. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By •■Overcheck.") News reached Wellington on Thursday of the death of the crack Auckland sprinter, Nelson Fame, and his connections must be regarded as distinctly unfortunate in losing such ii valuable animal, lie was a comparatively young horse, being only eight years, and had he failed to win any further money on the race track —an un likely contingency—ne would probably have proved a very payable proposition tit the stud. His winnings on the turf ran out somewhere around £3200,. most of which was secured by hint in the past two years. He had been nominated for (lie Cornwall Handicap on Saturday next, and the fact that he did not accept suggested the possibility that all was not wel with him. It is now learned that he had been under veterinary’ treatment for about a week past for some internal trouble. S. M. August may have some difficulty in securing another animal of the same'calibre to replace him.

During the week-end 1 spent an hour or two running through the "Turf Guide," and compiling tt statement showing the order of favouritism of the first and second placed horses in the races run during the season up to and including the New Brighton meeting in March last. In all. 530 races were run during the period in question. and the following table shows the futility of supporting any but well fancied horses':— Order of

Assuming that' a person had attended each meeting, and had invested a pound on the favourite in each race, receiving an average dividend of £3 for a win and £1 for second, he would have been down £iu. A similar investment on the second favourite. with average dividends of £4 and £1 6s Bd. t for first and second respectively, would still have resulted in a loss, though only of £2. The first favourße returned a dividend in 232 races, the second favourite in 188, and the third fancy in 10-i, or, in other words, out of 1060 dividends, those who supported the three best backed horses participated in cu 9 of them.

F Holmes was due to leave Christchurch for'Auckland on Monday , a °? would have had to run the gauntlet of the southerly gale with his coiitingent.. He will have under his care Harvest Child, Tom Thumb. Talaro, and Logan Chief. The latter three are engaged in the pnuc - pal handicap on Saturday, and they will be driven by F., M., and F. G. Holmes respectively. These horses are trained at Sockburn, which is a good wet weather course, so they have enjoyed an almost uninterrupted preparation, and will have au advantage over those horses trained on dirt tracks.

Peter Bingen and Jackie Audubon will come north under the charge of J. J. Konnerley. Both horses look like paying their expenses on the trip.

('. S. Donald’s team will consist, of Kempton, Henry Logan, and Quality, each one being in capital order. The oue most likelv to Improve on past performances is Kempton, and ho should be hard to head off in the Stewards’ Handicap, in which race he Is on scratch with Great Change and Tiger Salve.

Akenehi, who failed at Hastings, will have another opportunity in the Winter Handicap on Saturday of showing whether she is as good as jier admirers think.

Trainers who use the Otahuhu Club’s property at Mangere are, says “Abaydos,” in the Auckland “Sun.” again complaining of the bad order of - the clay training track.

S. Groat lias a promising two-year-old filly under his care. She is by Worthy Bond, from Logan Queen, who is by Logan Pointer. Besides having good looks northern writers say the filly gives the impression of being possessed of a nice turn of speed.

Beatty has been away .from the tracks of late owing to trouble in one of iter joints. Her trainer, however, has hopes of living iter right for the meeting, but eveu if she Is produced it is unlikely that she will be able to show her best form, nothing short of which is likely to see her successful.

Koez is going very well in her work, but she has not in the past proved too reliable with the colours up.

.Great Actress has been accepted for in the Mangere Handicap, of a mile and a half, at Auckland on Saturday, and she should find the distance to her liking.

The racing Blair Audubon experienced at Te Arolia and Cambridge lias sharpened him up and he moved along smartly in his work on Wednesday (states an exchangel. The Great Audubon gelding is a quick beginner, a valuable asset in these days of big limit brigades. But smart as Blair Audubon is, he lias nothing on the Man o’ War three-year-old, who is associated with him in his tasks. Man-at-Anns has lost a large proportion of his avoirdupois since visiting the suburban track, and ho is showing fine form iu his work. He is a bold pacer and will be a solid customer when asked to take part in contests.

It is reported that L. Berkett is experiencing trouble with oue of Imprint’s logs, which is said to hqve filled. He is on a nrettv tight mark now and will need to be at his best if he i sto secure any of the stake money.

Nominations of stallions for the 1' orbury Park Trotting Club’s Sires 1 roduce Stakes are due ou Friday next. The nominator of the winning sire receives 25 sovs„ and If a stallion is well represented, his owner is making a good bet as well as obtaining a useful advertisement.

Native Prince recently went very I'loasln,Flv In a spin with Master Councillor, ami he promises to take a hand in the settlement of the Mark Memorial Handicap at Auckland.

F W. Cooper was an interested spectator ’of the work accomplished at Auckland on Thursday by Koro Peter, whom he sold recently to Mrs Sweetapple. Iu company with Jewel Pointer the two-year-old covered several circuits at a good, solid clip, and never made a mistake. His match with First Wrack should be well worth seeing. .

The Australian-bred horse Western King, is working well, and he will have a good following in his forthcoming engagements.

Tito South Island trainer, O. Hooper, was distinctly unfortunate last week in missing the acceptances with King 1 obiter for bis first day’s engagements at the forthcoming Auckland meeting. It appears that h'? handed lu a message accepting for nil engagements ’ at the Barrhill post office nt 1 P.m- on Thursday, but tlie message was mislaid, and d d not reach Mr Malioc until B.l< on Friday too late to be accepted.

J. Shaw and Great Change now appear to be on good terms with one another, and this horse should not be long in adding to his winning account. He gave a tine display at Auckland on Friday last, when associated with Uncle Bort, in a spin over twelve furlongs.

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