TROTTING NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 53, 11 September 1928, Page 9

TROTTING NOTES

TKOTTINQ FIXTURES. September 15—Wellington T.C. October 6—Metliven T.C. October 13, 17- Auckland T.C. October 22—Oamaru T.C Octob-- 20, 22 -Greymoulh T.C. November 6, 8, o—Metropolitan T.C. November 17, 21—Otaliuliu T.C. November 24—Wellington T.C. November 29. Dec I —E'orbury Part* T.C. December I—'Walkato T.C. December B—Cheviot T.C. Decomber 15, 17-New Urlßhton T.C. December 31—Inancahua T.C. December 20—Core T.C December 26- Ashburton T.C. Docomber 26 27—South Walrarapn T.C. December 26. 27-Wostport T.C. December 27, 29, SI-Auckland T.C. December 2<J—Winton T.C. In the list of entrants for the New Zealand Derby Stakes of 1930 there appears a colt sired by Mr. M'Ehvyn, lmin 59 2-ssee. The American-bred stallion Ira vis Axworthy, will make Ins next"appearance at the Wellington Meeting. He is more than useful. That once fine pacoil Jinn o War.han been definitely retired from the racetrack, autl will stand the season in the Methvcn district. Katute, in J. Brycc's stable, lias shown uo lorm in recent ougascmcuts, but the rontinualion of her cngiigcmeiits at Wellington suggesls that her connections have ; not lost hope. Vesuvius appeals to have gone pnrticularly well at New Brighton, last Saturday,

and on the showing should have plenty of friends for the Bollard Handicap at the Hutt Park next Saturday. If Acron races up to his best at Wellington he may be one of the hardest to beat in the New Zealand Cup Trial. The unsoundnesa that he suffered from after racing at Addington seems to have disappeared. Of the nine acceptors for the Now Zealand Cup Trial, six, in Black Admiral, Daphne de Oro, Padlock, Acron, Jack Potts, and Great Bingen, are engaged in the big race in November. Ahuriri's engagements at Wellington have not been continued. This is unfortunate, and J. Bryce may have some difficulty in getting his charge properly wound up for his November engagements. It is now almost certain that Onyx is in foal to Peter Chenault. Some time ago it was decided to put the once brilliant mare into work again, on account of the belief that she had failed to breed, but this idea was abandoned and Onyx is in the paddocks. Harold Lee, who may be raced at the Wellington Meeting, is a four-year-old gelding by Waverley, who has done all his racing on Southland tracks. At the Wyndham Club's annual meeting last season he ran second in the Novice Handicap to Musical Chimes, one of A. M'Lellan's team, being beaten by a nose. He is credited with being a very much improved performer. J. Hickey has started as a public trainer at Hinds. He has at present in his stable Mary Locanda, Kate Thorpe, and Yoicks. The last-named has been sold by his breeder, Mr. J. Farrell. Yoicks promised to be a brilliant pacer when first raced, but he later commenced to hit his knees and this bad fault has prevented him from showing his best speed. St. Lot, who was an acceptor for the trotting event at the Otago Hunt Meeting, died a few days previously, under circumstances which gave rise to the suspicion that she had been poisoned, and investigations are being made with the object of confirming or shattering that suspicion. St. Lot, who was a four-year-old by St. Swthin from Lou Tracey, was shaping fairly well. A fortnight ago one of Sydney's bestknown reinßmen in Tom M'Grath was fatally injured in a collision between a sulky he was driving and a motor-car. M'Grath was an extremely popular trainer, and he had been connected with trotting in Sydney for many years. Recently he had been successful with Beldon Boy, Little Jewel, Lily Pronto, and Rothley Lad. On the afternoon of the day he was killed, M'Grath drove Stirling Alto and Little Jewel in races at Epping. The Wellington-owned trotter Maxegin was racing amongst the pacers at New Brighton in the Burwood Handicap. Maxegin scored a particularly easy win on the first day of the August Meeting at Addington, in the Introductory Handicap, covering the mile and a half in 3min 29 2-ssec. Oil 72 yards, in the Improvers' Handicap, on the second day, he was again successful. If Maxegin keeps to his gait he may race well in the President's Handicap at this week's meeting of the Wellington Trotting Club. Of the hundreds of foals that were originally entered in the American Horse Breeders' Futurity when the books closed in 1925, just nine survived the ills that horseflesh is heir to and started in the Toledo race, says the Chicago "Horse Review." Sis of these were descendants of Axworthy, 2min 15% sec—five of them through his son, Guy Axworthy, and three were descendants of Peter the Great, 2min 7%sec. These two families had the contest to themselves. Scotland, the winner, is by Peter Scott, 2min ssec, son of Peter the Great, Bogalusa the Great, winner of the first heat and of second money, is by Bogalusa, 2min 4'/4sec, the fastest two-year-old of 1920, and a son of General Watts, the first three-year-old to trot in 2min 6%sec, by Axworthy. The other three money winners—Guy Abbe, Red Aubrey, and Gayleworthy—are all by Guy Axworthy.