TROTTING MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 14 September 1928, Page 7

TROTTING MEETING

AT HUTT PARK BIG FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW The Wellington Trotting Club's Meeting, which will be held on the Hutt course to-morrow, promises to be quite a successful fixture. The club has gradually grown in popularity and in catering for the best horses it has placed the trotting and.pacing sport on a much firmer fooling than formerly. The executive of the club is quite alive to requirements, and owing to the increased attendances it has been found necessary to go iv for :t scheme of expensive improvements, which will be commenced in the near future. There are not many local owner., but they are increasing and this will add interest. In the meantime,, many Canterbury owners find it convenient to race horses there and a large contingent is always present at tho meeting. The new train arrangements make the transit conditions much better than formerly, and. when the contemplated improvements are finished tho club should gain further public patronage; Myrtle Dillon has been scratched for the Novice Borough Handicaps. The following is the programme:— NOVICE HANDICAP (in harness) of 125 soys; 3.3 class; one mllo and a quarter. Alexis scr Little Author . scr Arikl Toa scr Moving Pointer . scr Bara Gold scr Olatrice scr Becky Mine .... acr Plain George .. scr Drift Wave scr Rolfo Audubon . scr Dv Jlaurier .... scr Rollo scr El Direct scr ydsbhd. Electric Gold .. sit Bonnie Princo .. 12 Insurance scr Hahnoro 12 John Gilbert scr Steel Who .... 12 Lindbergh scr Great Delight .. 24 Linkman scr Mataiiga 24 Linkmau loook. as though he will be very hard.to beat, judged by his showing in the Belfast Handicap at New Brighton last Saturday. The West Coast-owned pacer went _mm 3_sec for a mile and a half, and looked as though he might have troubled Sunfish had he gone away right. Rolfe Audubon is reported to be smart, and Rollo may show improvement on his race at New Brighton, where he finished third to his stable companion, Sunfish. PETONE HANDICAP (in harness), of 200 soys; unhoppled trotters; 3.34 class; one milo and a half. Katuto scr yds bhd. Merry Bingcn .. scr Nelson Boy .. 12 ' Young Carbine . scr Sarsaparllla .... 12 yds bhd. Maugoutu 48 Louisiana , 12 There is only a field of seven, and Katute is too unreliable to be supported, whilst the form of Young Carbine and Mangoutu at New Brighton last week was not at all good. Merry Bingen is well suited to the distance. Louisiana has plenty of speed but is unsteady. Nelson Boy won decisively last week, and Sarsaparllla broke up at the start, after be-