TROTTING NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 7

TROTTING NOTES

The acceptances for the ■ Auckland Meet-" ing. which opens next Saturday, avo decidedly numerous. The size o£ the field's appears to be exciting a good deal of comment in the North and much :is being written about division races. The fact that this is a matter to be decided at the next Trotting Conference appeai:!; 1 to have been overlooked. At present tjiere is no provision under the 'Rule's'-of Trotting to divide any race. It is to be regretted that yhen any question arises nowadays there is a tendency to rush to politicians to interfere. Political interference with racing Of any kind cannot be discouraged too much. .. The latest Australian importation Western King stands his ground in thu Campbell and Corn-wall Handicaps to be run at Alexandra Park next Saturday. It is probable that lie will run in the second, the shorter distance event. Western Kins .lias beeil out on tile track doing easy -work without the hopples since his arrival in Auckland, and the track-watchers are pleased with his appearance and smooth style of going. The Australian pacer Auto Machine, v.ho ,7v"as racing here earlier in .the season, has 1 -evidently reached the top of his form since jieturning to Sydney. At Epping recentfly he was responsible for n brilliant performance in winning over two miles in :4min 28sec. Auto Machine demonstrated gfhii« racing here that:he .^ras a brilliant ■2e«fc^b«Vn2 .waa not' altogether leliabla

at the barrier and spoilt excellent prospects on more than one occasion by failing to leave the mark correctly. Respect, Gold Jacket, and Glandore ■worked well at Alexandra Park last Thursday. The accident he met with at Hawera has left Gold Jacket with a scar and an enlargement on his off hind fetlock, but this does not appear to trouble him. The black pacer is carrying an improved appearance and has been doing his Work in good style. When Mars won the Stewards' Handicap (one mile and five furlongs) at Cambridge last month he was having his first outing this season, but he scored nicely on a slow track in 3min,53 3-ssee, which is equal to about 2min 24sec to the mile. It is likely that he may be an improved norsethis month and he should have prospects at the coming meeting. It should not come amiss to him if the track is heavy, as twelve months ago he proved his ability to handle such conditions by finishing second to Stanmoor in the Manukau Handicap. Although beaten. Cardinal Logan proved he was in form by finishing second to Bessie Logan in the Advance Handicap at Addington last week, and if he is taken North he will be a fancied horse in the principal events at the Auckland Winter Meeting. When he was there in February he finished third in the Otahuhu Trotting Cup, off a 4min 30see mark, in 4miu 30 4-ssec, and on the second day of the meeting won the Dominion Handicap, off a 4.30 mark, in 4min 29 l-ssec. Cardinal Logan figures, on a 4.29 mark in the Campbell Handicap. ' . The consistent Jewel Pointer, whose record this season entitles him to rank as the best pacer at present in commission in this province, bears a very bright and healthy appearance. The Logan Pointer horse is a gross customer that requires plenty of work, and, considering the adverse conditions that have been experienced lately, J. Shaw has him in fine oralthough he might be all the better for a race. -.-... The performances recorded by The Shrew this season have stamped her as a very useful pacsr and one likely to win more races. The Shrew is engaged at the coming meeting and she may command. good support in whatever events she competes m. Her last winning effort was to lead the held home in the Hawera, Trotting Cup at Easter, when she scored oft" a 4.39 mark in 4min 37 4-ssee, beating, among others, Hoon Hay and Ausehn. One. of the local brigade that looks in good order to tackle his engagements at the coming Auckland Meeting is Dick Dillon, writes "Picador." ~ The chestnut pacer is a .reliable customer, and rarely runs a bad race, but he is now on a mark from which he is finding it difficult to win. Xhe latest efforts of .Horn a Bingen have not been in keeping with the promise she displayed earlier in t.he season and her form has fallen.'- short of expectations on. more than one occasion. Roma Bingen is a nicely bred j bung mare with a good turn of speed, and wish age she may. become more solid; ', . Although lie missed a place, Machine Gun is credited with pacing a good race to finish fifth in the Paparua Handicap at Addington last week. Machine Gun was handicapped on a 4.30 mark in that event, so he should have prospects of getting into the money, at Alexandra Park next week, when he will start off a 4.31 mark in the Campbell Handicap. When she raced at Cambridge last month Festive Morn looked a little above herself, and ran accordingly. The Great Audubon mare should bo in better trim to tackle her coming engagements, and may bo seen to more advantage at Alexandra Park, where she has previously figured as a winner this season.