TROTTING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 126, 1 June 1927, Page 7

TROTTING FIXTURES.

June 3, ,4—Canterbury Park T.C. June l£—Ashburton T.C. June 18;, 22—Auckland T.C. Nominations for all events at the Auckland Trotting Club's Winter Meeting close to-morrow, at 5 p.m. Second forfeits for the 19?7 Great Northern Trotting Derby and entries for the 1928 Derby are due at the same time. Nominations for the classic races (for now yearlings) are due with";the various club secretaries on 10th June. V : Nominations for future Australian, classic events';and the big spring handicaps in the Commonwealth close on Tuesday next. The fillies' classic, the Oaks Stakes, will be decided at Epsom on Fridays ■ The additional riding engagements for the coming winter meeting at Ellerslie have been announced:—R. Reilly, . Arch Queen and Gold Jacket; WP Jones, White .Bird and Kyngzone; C. Brown, Income; ;E. Warner, Prince ;Ruf us, Day Bell, and Pete? Maxwell; T: Chaplin, Llewellyn andWaiau Lad; A.'Driscoll, Archeno; E. Garrett, Tall Timber and Fair Abbey; R. M'Tavish, Te Kara,-Kingfield, Manly, and Te Koroke; and ::R;;E. Thomson, Tuki, Rangatahi, and Rata Hika..: ; .V; Mr. W. Scholium'Vcbri templates sending a few of his horses to Sydney this winter, and one that is almost sure to make the trip, is; True Blood. The yearling filly by Limond from Waterwings will also go across to be prepared if or her spring engagements. The horses',will >be under the chaTge.|of their traiher/W. Kirk, and will most likely leave here early in July. • : : . If York Abbey could be depended on to jump out at the start of ; the sprint events at Ellerslie, lie would be hard to beat." He has been very unruly at the barrier in most of his recent races. ; _■ At-the yearling sales in 1923 a bay colt by imported Magpie from Charleville' attracted little attention, and he was sold to the well-known New Zealand breeder; Mr. I. G. Duncan,'wlio was- acting for a prominent member >of the Dominion. Bar, for 130 guineas. • When: the, colt' left the ring: the party was not too pleased with the.Tiurchase, and the colt was then bought byViitr. Rqbert Miller, ilf was the celebrity Windbag, who won a little more than £06,000 in stakes, a>id; iwali sold a few weeks back for what was ;repbrted as the second .highest amount paid for a colonial-bred-sire. Mr. Miller had a somewhat Sl3 £ -experience this season, and probably he is, now. asking himself the question as to whetherhistbry will repeat itself. _ The yearling filly by imported Saltasb. from:that once brilliant galloper Galtee Maid was eagerly sought after at the sales because she was a very shapely youngster, and very like her dam. After 1 keen, bidding she was knocked down to Mr. A. G. Hunter, who has just *purchased Windbag, for 550 guineas. Mr. Hunter later found that he did not want the filly «nd she was then sold to Mr. R. Miller, and the filly is being trained by J. Kelso. fames'for horses are not censored so! severely in England as they are in New Zealand,; to judge by the following recent registrations:—Morganatic Marriage, More Than Pretty, Again the Same, Call the txame, Gerry go Nimble, Grosvenor Happy Boy, Jam To-morrow, Safe in Bed, Stick o Blazes,-Chase Me Charlie, Hunt the empper, and Wearing a Crown. __What will-beat Micronesia in tlie A.J.C. Hurdle Race on Monday next? This question wasraised immediately that horse had won at Randwick |i the world's record time, and although at the moment the weights favour him, still there is ample time for improvement in other quarters, and the extra-distance of the big event has also to come into consideration. (says the ''Sydney Herald"). Micronesia was running out badly at the finish of the race, and although this was not to be wondered at in view of the fast pace he and L.C. set the field throughout, Micronesia, is not regarded by. good judges as capable of seeing out the extra three furlongs. So far as weights are concerned, Micronesia meets Grosvenor, Praetor, and Willanjie on the same terms, Grosvenor again being called upon to give him 21b. Micronesia meets Stony 61b better, Lowcost 51b better, arid' High Plume 101b better, and'the only opponent at Tattersail's Meeting that has a slight call on him in the weights in the A.J.C. event is H.G., -who has 21b the better of the deal. _ White Fang appears to be in excellent fettle, fot one morning last week at Randwick"^ *ide on the outside of the course proper,, lie sprinted three furlongs in 37 sec. _The well-known cross-country horseman, T. Darcy, was injured while schooling Master Random at Randwiek last Thursday morning. After clearing three hurdles in good style, -Master Random fell at the fourth, and threw Darcy heavily. The club's first-aid officer was soon on the scene and found Darcy to be suffering from a broken collarbone. He was conveyed to hospital, and after treatment was allowed to leave for his home. Darcy was engaged to ride May Day and Prince,Arhn m the A.J.C. Hurdle Race and A.J.C. Steeplechase this month. . ' Charlatan was on the tracks again at Riccarton on Monday morning after the easy time he has had since he raced in the Egmont Steeplechase, and though Ms injured leg is still slightly filled, it is not likely; to trouble him for any length of time, i It seems that his owner was distinctly unfortunate in sending the gelding to Egmont, for at the weight allotted him he seemed a very fair prospect for the Otago Steeplechase. The Wellington Meeting in July will probably see Charlatan's next appearance,, and a good showing there will bring him into favour for the Grand National Steeplechase, a race his owner, Mr. J. S. Barrett, would dearly love to win. ': . .";■ ..-'■ ; Footfall, after a spell of some weeks, has again . joined the active brigade, and is looking in ideal condition to go into work, according to Southern reports.