TROTTING NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 7

TROTTING NOTES

ThejWellinoton ; Acceptances for tbe Wellington Trotting Club's Meeting at Hutt Park are due to-night at 8 o'clock with the secretary at Petone.

Long Delay.

The long periods that horses were kept on the race track at the recent Wellington and Auckland Meetings was the subject of unfavourable comment by those present at the Canterbury Owners' and Breeders' Association meeting on Wednesday evening, and it was decided, to write to the clubs concerned asking' them to give consideration to the matter.

The Sydney Point of View. , One of the greatest crimes in the. calender, in the opinion of .the,'Nejv/Zealand racing authorities, appears .to be'bookmaking (says the Sydney. "Sportsman") When the Sydney "pacer Metal was ■ purchased by a .'New-: Zealand ..owner,' the trotting authorities' would not register the horse, or allow it to be sold in New Zealand. The refusal'to register or allow the horse to be sold in New Zealand was on account of his new owner being a bookmaker. There was nothing for it but to return the horse to Sydney, where he resumed racing. [The writer of the above appears to be rather lacking in knowledge of the statute as well as r?.cing and trotting laws of the Dominion. In addition'he imay not be quite sure of his facts.]

A Generous Offer.

Mr. J. 11. M'Kenzio, who last year presented a silver cup to the leading horseman in New Zealand, has again offered to provide a trophy for the leader in this division. Incidentally, . Mr. M'Kenzie wishes his offer to become an annual one and has instructed'the secretary of the Canterbury Owners' and Breeders' Association to this effect.

A Credit to the Family.

The American-bred mare Bertha Bell has been a great producer, for amongst her progeny are numbered Great Bingen, Peter Bingen, Worthy Bingen, Baron Bingen, and Great Peter, and it seems that the latest to face the starter, Great Nelson, will uphold the family prestige. He was started in the Claremont Handicap at Timaru on Saturday and gave a display that showed him a colt of the greatest promise, says the "Press." He was plainly suffering from lack of racing experience and he broke several times. In between breaks he showed great speed, and over the last three furlongs he settled to his work in great style, trotting evenly and only being beaten by a seasoned performer in Pavo. Great Nelson resembles his brother Peter Bingen more than he does any of the rest of the family, and it will be remembered that as a youngster Peter Bingen competed, in unhoppled trotters' races, amongst, his performances being a second to Peterwah in the New Zealand Trotting Stakes in 1924. Great Nelson shows an inclination to pace in slow work, but when set to it in earnest ho adopts the straight trot.

A Day Out,

Ihc South Canterbury trainer, T.'Walus, had quite a field day at the Timaru irotting Club's Meeting on Saturday. In the first race he drove Pavo to victory. John Noble, with his trainer iv the sulky, was iourfck in tbe Improvers' Handicap. Author Jinks ■ was third in the President s Handicap, but Wallis did not have a drive in the Levels Handicap. Then he drove Peter Liv to victory in the Waimate Handicap, and took no part in the lareora Handicap. Erin's Lynn's success in the Salisbury Handicap gave Wallis his third win for the day, so that in his five engagements he had three firsts, a third, and a fourth.