TROTTING

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 257, 26 July 1930, Page 19

TROTTING

Unemployment Relief AUCKLAND MEETING The unemployment relief meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club is to be held on August 30 and September 1. , Jliere , “’® seven races each day, carrying stake mon totalling £4OOO. . The principal race each 'day is tyoitli £5OO, and is for horse that can do 4.64 or better. . , T , • Nominations for all events dose on i nday, August 15, at 5 p.m. Season's Statistics. In this week’s New Zealand “Referee are published the season’s trotting Statistics, and from these it is disclosed that 36 horses have won £IOQO and upwards in stake money, as against 3o last season. Three only have won over £-006, as against six last year, while the sum won by the principal winner, ladlmA, amounted to £2357 as against Gold Jacket’s £3225 last season. Space will not permit of reproduction of the cmnipmtc list in this column, and so I publish the first twelve only. Padlock 2387 Carmel Wrockier Machine Gun Job! Jean McElwyn .. 1»4;> Harold Thorpe 3840 Sunshower • • Erin’s Fortune lUj* Peter Bingen UIV Dilworth 16S» Gold Jacket • • 1086 Winning Sires’ List. Nelson Bingen again tops the winning sires' list, with .74 winners and 200 placings. His best winners were Jean McElwyn (who won only one race but was placed on 15 other occasions), Peter Bingen, Raima, Nelson Tasker, Admiral Bingen, Olive Nelson, and Great Peter. Logan Pointer follows Nelson Bingen, his stock having won £17,7C3 ; Harold Logan and Logan Park were hw principal winners, the former accounting for £l4iu and the latter for £l4OO. Winning Owners.

The winning owners’ list this season is headed by Mr. J. A. Mitchell, owner ot Padlock, with £4534. Last year Mr. G. J. Barton headed the list with £■**““■ Next to Mr. Mitchell comes Messrs. H. F. Nicoll £3945 W Johns one £3724, D. R. Revell £3691, G. McMillan £3lbo, and G. J. Barton £2775. Donald’s Team.

O. S. Donald has three representatives in the August Handicap at Addington--Carmel, Quality, and Dundas Boy. Other horses of his nominated at the Meetm„ include Kempton, Royal Silk, Invader, Tonic, Writer, Lindbergh, and Morning SU Donald certainly presides over » Powerful stable these days, and should a„ain have a good season. To Tackle tlie Pacers.

Koro Peter, who is reported to be in first-class order, has been nominated foi the Stewards’ and Queen Mary Handi caps at Addington in August, the hist being for trotters only. He is on a .4.31 mark against the trotters, but is let ou to 4.32 amongst the pacers.

A Smart Youngster. . , Todd Lonzia is being kept in steady work at Addington by A. Cox. Rus youngster is reported to be into a fine three-year-old. and big thin„s are naturally expected of him. feo tar no programme has been mapped put him fine thing is certain, and it is that ho will not pay any great dividends when he "oes after stake money. , Dilworth is reported to bo training along very satisfactorily. for L. 1' ■ Bi kett at Nelson. She is on . be national Handicap, and so is likely to be well tested if she starts.

Austrian Trotting Derby. . The. forty-seventh Derby in- Austrian trotting annals was settled on bunday, May 11, over the Krieau track in Vienna, Austria. The first Austrian Dcr V trotters was raced back in 1884 ov „ distance of 2400 metres, and such it remained Ce unHl 1890. when tho association shifted it to be a 2-in-3 heat race. In the year of 1897 it again was changed, but this time to a long distance race 330 metres (more than two miles), where it now stands. The first Derby over 3300 metres (in 1897) was won by the colt Benefiz, which trotted the distance at a 2.364 gait. Seven years later came the first winner below 2.25. It was-the colt Arganaut, by Cald, 2.071. which trotted a 2 231 (1-29 per kilometre) gait in 1904. In 1911 the great race was secured by the very fast colt Pierrot, which trotted at the rate of 2.1 <1 (1.20. b for the mile. This record is the fastest to date in this classic event, and there is good reason to think that it will not soon be replaced. The Derby is and has always been for four-year-olds only, in the Derby of this year twelve horses faced the starter, and the filly Alraul }® was a strong favourite, with Colorado Zealous and Friand next m the betting. When the starter gave the word, Friand was the leader, trailed by Colorado Zealous, Mnd these two horses held the command the first two rounds. Then Friand tired, and while Colorado Zealous went in the front for a little while, Alraune, who was last horse at the start, began to move up from behind. In the Imine stretch Alranne passed Colorado Zealous in an easy manner, and won with some two or three lengths to the good.