TROTTING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 18 December 1928, Page 7

TROTTING FIXTURES.

December 21!— Gore t.C. December '-B— Asbbuvton 'I.C. December 26. 27—South Walrarapa T.C. December 20, 2T—Wcstport T.C. _ December 27, 29, Sl—Aucklrnd T,C. December 29—Winton T.C December. Sl—lnangatiua T.C.

Reminders. Acceptances for the first day, of the Manawatu Racing Club's Meeting at Awapuni on Boxing Bay and final payments for the Palmerston North Stakes are due to-night-at 9 o'clock. . dominations for the l'oxton .Meeting on 16th and 17th January close to-morrow at S p.m. ■ „ ' ■ ''■ Acceptances for the Marton Meeting closo to-night. Christmas Facing Pace. On page 25 of this issue will be found an innovation in the shape of a Christmas racing page, with stories and ideas lor the holiday racing season. Aussie. Aussie's success at Hie Tc Awamutu Meeting ou Saturday draws marked attention to his chance in the Railway Handicap at lCllerslic. On figures he appears to hold Nancy Lee quite safe, for he meets her on only 31b worse terms iv the big sprint, both being down in the weights nib and 141b respectively. A bigger held will increase the element -of hick, but it looks as if Aussie is sure to play his part well. He is one of the best gallopers tho Auckland Province has had for years. A Jumping Recruit. Berinthia is making steady progress with the racing 'preparation her trainer, \. Jackson, is giving her at Te Rapn. The Mountain Knight—Civilisation mare may be taken to New Plymouth and Stratford during tho coming holidays to race over hurdles. .Her only start in this department was at the Waikato Club s Spring Meeting, where she was showing up for <W3i- a mile. She jumped well on that ocaasion for a novice, and.it only requires'some further experience for her to meet with a measure of success, says an exchange. Her trainer has Bermthia looking well, and she has settled down very readily since joining the Waikato stable. Laughing Prince's Prospects. There .is a tendency in some quarters to regard Laughing Prince as having something of a mortgage on the Auckland Cup, because of his winning record this season. Nowhere is the galloping ability of the chestnut rated higher than here, but at the same time when his record is considered dispassionately it is not quite so good as it appears. In the Mitchelson Cup the .strongest half of the field took no part in the race, and of the others sonic of the riders were undecided in the early stages about the start being a real one. Rapier beat Laughing Prince decisively iv the Harcourt Cup, and at Riccarton the chestnut had only the half-fit Count Cavour and Black Mint, who, already; had had" one race that day, to beat in tlio-Canterbury Cup. Then in the Stead Gold Cup Rapier, who was really the only cqiial class opponent of Laughing Prince, was just recovering from his accident in the New Zealand Cup. Of course, Laughing Prince may go on aml^ do all his admirers contend he will at Ell.erslie, but more 'than one will be surprised if he heats Count Cavour at even weights over two miles. Really Representative. When the Auckland Cup field is analysed the unusual feature will be found that six of the seventeen acceptors were bred out of New Zealand, and, what is more, the six are likely to dominate the betting. Two were imported from the Northern Hemisphere iv Hoylake and Tidal, and four have come from Australia in Laughing Prince, Goshawk, A^ertigern, and Corinax.. All six have done their racing in New Zealand, and their development is all to the credit oE this country, no matter if they dominate the position when the numbers are hoisted on Boxing Day or not. At present there appears to be a decided possibility of this. The representation is something'unusual on a New • Zealand racecourse.