TROTTING NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 31 August 1928, Page 7

TROTTING NOTES

A payment is due at noon on Saturday for the Trotting Derby, to be decided at the New. Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's Meeting in November. Great Triumph, who was operated upon some little time ago, is engaged at the New Brigton Meeting. Yearling nominations for the Trotting Derby of 1930 will be received by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trottiug Club up till noon on Saturday. Double Event, its. whom C. Tasker made a great improvement, is now in Or. S., Smith's New Brighton stable. The trotter Native Star did not after all go into E. C. M'Derinott's stable. She was left- in the South after the recent meeting at Addington; but she joined M. B. Edwards's team. ; Logan' Park and Lingfield, who have been enjoying a spell, are back in work. The pair at present are doing slow jogging work. J. J. Kennerley is still persevering with Nelson M'Elwyn. The Southern pacer is taking a long time to come to his best speed since going into the Canterbury trainer's quarters. Nelson M'Elwyn looks well, and seems to be improving. Audubon Mac is under the care of his owner, and is doing useful work at Addington. He will be raced at the New Brighton Meeting next week. Consequent on the death of the club's handicapper (the late Mr. H. Brinkman), the Ashburton Trotting Club went into the question of appointing a successor at a meeting held, this week, but it was decided to hold the appointment over for the present. It was suggested at the annual .meeting of the Forb~ury Park Trotting Club that the season's programme should include a straight-out race for trotters over two miles and a half. Some people, comments a South Island writer, seem to overlook' the fact that the modern horse does not stay as long as a mother-in-law. J. Bryce is quite satisfied with the manner in which Ahuriri is doing his work and expects to have him at the top of his form when he is required to race in November. Ahuriri, who will probably be raced at the Wel'togUm Meeting, is now a firm favourite for the Cup, Jack Potts and i Cardinald Logan being next fancied. The Forbury Park Trotting Club stewards received a well-deserved rap on the knuckles at the annual meeting of members (says the "Otago Daily Times"). One 6f the speakers referred in pointed terms to the running of two horses during the same meeting. The running of one horse may admit of an- acceptable explanation; but whether that is so, or not the fact remains that the honorary stewards and

the stipendiary stewards arc seriously lucking in. duty to themselves, to the welfare of the sport, mid to the honour oC those under a cloud of doubtful sportsmanship if an opoprtunity for explanation is not officially offered and officially published. The biggest stake over offered for a trotting race in Australia is coutcroplatccl by the West Australian Trotting Association fov the opening of its new course during the W.A. Centenary celebrations next year. The principal row of the programme will carry over £2000, as it is (lie intention of the committee to outdo the principal stake offered by the galloping people oli that amount. Included in the programme will be Australasian championship contests, and it is hoped to attract the champion trotters and pneers not only of Australia and Now Zealand, but of other countries. When complete, the new course, which is situated in the heart of Perth, will have cost in (ho region of £150,000. The P«gp Dnirv Stake, of 25,000 dollars, confined to 2miu Sscc clara pacers, decided at Toledo, Ohio, on IJth July, tv«s won by the Oauadian-trained Grattau Bars, who ran the three mile heats in Irnin KH-isec, 2miii OMssec, and 2min 34 sec respectively. ■ Orattan Bars is a five-year-old horse, by Royal Gni Han—Polly Bars, and, commenting on his victory, tho "Horse Review" has the following: "Think of a live-year-old horse' starting for the first time in his life on a mile track, and against the foremost 2miu Ssoc elisiWes, for the period, 15 in number, including horses with records as low as lmin 39\hsp.c, and being eased up to win the first heat' in lmin 59 1/2 see! Picture, if you can, this handsome stallion.floating home _in the last quarter of the second heat' in 28J/isec, and again being taken hack to win in 2min O'/isec! These arc things that veterans of the Turf have never seen approached. But one must have been present to appreciate fully the significance of it all."