TROTTING

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 127, 3 June 1929, Page 7

TROTTING

AT CANTERBURY PARK

BIG EVENT TO WAITAKI GIRL

aviation handicap to WESTERN VOYAGE

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to "The Evening Post.") CHKISTCHURCH, Ist June. The conditions Vere pleasant for the opening day of the Canterbury. Park Trotting Club's Meeting, and there was some excellent sport. The totalisator handled £26,G56 10s, as against £25,797 10s for the first day last year. Quickfire put up a fine performance when he won the Yaldhurst Handicap. He did not show much speed in the early stages, but with a little over half-a mile to go he trotted very fast and looked like being an easy winner. Entering the straight he broke and his chance seemed gone, but he got going again in the last furlong, and just got up in time to win by a narrow margin. The winner is by El Carbine.' He always had a good deal of speed, but up to the present he has not kept steadily to his gait. Aileen Wood, who was second favourite for the Yaldhurst Handicap, carrying two tickets less than Tot Logan, was only beaten in the last stride. She is by Wildwood Jun. trom the pacer Aileen, and is a very tree going trotter, who, however, does not stay well. She was bred and is owned by the Ashburton sportsman R. M'Donnell who raced her dam with success The three-year-olds Lindbergh and Tactless made an exhibition of the rest of the beld m the Peninsula Handicap. Lind bergn put up a most ittractive perform ance. Giving away thirty-six yards the three-year-old had picked up most of his handicap in the first round, despite the tact that he was well on the outside and had to cover a lot of extra ground. He stayed the final part in great style. Lindbergh is by Author Dillon from a mare by Antonio, and is very much inbred, as both his sire and the sire of his dam are by sons of Harold Dillon. He looks like being a very high grade pacer next season, as although built on light lines he possesses plenty of stamina. He won decisively over two miles at the recent Forbury Park Meeting. Tactless, in finish ing second to Lindbergh in the Peninsula Handicap, proved his right to be consid ered a high-class three-year-old over the distance. Like the winner he had none the best of the running, but he went the distance as though he would develop into a good stayer next season. Waitaki Girl, who won the King George Handicap, is usually seen at her best at this time of the year. She had to cover a lot of extra ground in the race, but her great stamina was in evidence in the last quarter of a mile. She has become very reliable at the barrier, and goes particukrly well for C. Aker, who drove her capably. Waitaki Girl has won this race four years in succession, while a year earlier she filled second place. She was given a great ovation when she returned to the enclosure—a well merited tribute to her consistency: . ■ Silk Thread seemed to be in a bad-posi-tion in the King George Handicap, and he got out too late to show, his best. He is such a fine stayer that had the speed been faster in the last round he might have done better. It was not until three furlongs from home that he got clear, and from that point he came on really well. Silk Thread is racing in his best form at present, and, being a good stayer, he should be seen to even greater advantage in future races. Nee Oro, who won the Lyttelton Handicap, is by Key de Oro from Neeratte, the dam of Glenelg,\ Ingle Bingen, and Neerson. He is raced by his breeder, Mr. W. J. Moir, and is trained by A. Hendriksen. He is a good stayer like most of his sire's progeny, "and seems equally at home in saddle or harness. Denver's Doll did not .show up in the Lyttelton Handicap until the concluding stages, when the Denver Huon mare came very fast. Most of this sire's stock areseen to best advantage over a distance, and Denver's Doll is no exception. Western Voyage put up a couple of good races at Forbury Park, winning on the first day. In the Aviation Handicap, the Australian-bred trotter was on his best behaviour, and he won decisively. He is racing much more solidly than he did when first he came here, and Tomkinson has him very well at present. Dolores showed up well at Forbury Park on the second day, and had she" settled down to her work in the early stages of the Aviation Handicap she would have been closer to the winner. The American mare went a really fine last mile after losing a lot of ground in the first part of the journey. Travis Axworthy added another victory to his record by accounting for the Stewards' Handicap m convincing style. This makes his sixth victory this season. The American stallion is a very brilliant young pacer, and. with his easy action he should stay two miles m good company. He has not been long in work to be so successful as he was at the stud for some time after his arrival in the Dominion. He is trained by R. W. Franks, who has .shown great judgment m the placing of the' pacer. In addition to getting him into capital racing condition, JF. G. Holmes had a very easy drive behind the winner. Dundas Boy was on the top of his form m the Stewards' Handicap, and he put up a very high-grade performance. He had to cover a lot of ground, but he finished up with a brilliant burst of speed in the straight, and got second, payine a good dividend.

Firpo was first prominent as a saddle horse, but since he has been trained by his present owner he has developed into a useful harness performer. In the Railway Handicap, ridden by R. B. Berry, Firpo made short work of the opposition and scored a particularly easy victory, paying a good dividend. Firpo raced well at Forbury Park, and he has greatly improved in his manners at the barrier during the season. He started in the previous race, a mile and a quarter event in harness, but was never prominent. Hector's Own was a good second favourite in the mile saddle event, and M Holmes got the best out of the South Canterbury-trained mare when she finished second to Firpo Acre was a prominent favourite for the Railway Handicap. He was well placed at the end of half a mile, but he failed badly over the concluding stages. Driven by his trainer, Nelson Price, Chef, who -was favourite, just" won the Au Revoir Handicap, the mile harness event. He was not in a good position entering the straight, but the leaders kept wide and Chef came along on the rails, which gave him an advantage in the run home. The winner is a smart three-year-old over short courses. He is by Rey de Oro from a mare by Logan Pointer from Inmsfail, and he may develop into a good pacer over; a distance next season. Kotuku Jack was the outsider in a field of thirteen in the Au Revoir Handicap, but he was always prominent, being just

beaten into second place by Chef. The brother to Prince Pointer is a smart pacer over Bhort courses. Beaults :— Yaldhurst Handicap (harness), of 170 sotsfor unhoppled trotters; 3.40 class; one mite "» frX, «uicMre- 24yds bhd (E. J Smith) 1; 2 Aileen Wood, 12yds bhd, 2 1 Tot Logan, 24yds bhd, 3. Also started • 6 Lonesnmo Mount Royal (bracketed) 48yds bhd, 15 Great Amazon 60yds bhd, B.Nelson Ata 60yds bhd 4 Rose Audo 72yds bhd. 18 All Peters 72yds bhd 4-ssec y 108 ydS bhd- ™n«..£3n89 Peninsula Handicap (harness), of 200 sots&H&^-'™^^ %£-~™ Sac' d'eVo J^r'SSSi scV 15 Locanda Boy scr. 9 Becky Mine sir and 52yds bhd 19 I m Or°, ?#? bhd- 14 Mv Lad 24 4-ssec. I<m 36ydS bhd- Tlme,.3iln j KING GEORGE HANDICAP (harness), of 550 sots; 4.31 class; two miles. 11 8 Waitakl GilV 72yds bhd 1 V- /i^;S"k Thread,--12yds--bhd * 9 V. Alborn's Vesuvius, 24yds bhd '(Owner) 3 Th"o"rp°e siring Ml2t St; aUra scr ' 7 Har°U kPtort* £n , ate ° Mlne 2i?is bhd (brac- ££.,'«. 5 Dalmeny scr and Glideaway 36vds bbd (bracketed), 3 Jean JfElwyn scr 2 I?S tf •ra&.yd.f bh r- 10 QUa"ty 60ydS Time. 4min 27 4-ssec. cl^-fi". I*andic W (saddle), of 200 sots: 4.46 tray)" V^% n ? -e °r°' 12yds bhd (A- Betray), 1; 5 Denver's Doll, scr, 2; 7 Glenrowan s'cr' IB J&' arted,i I 2 set 4 ?in£f w r>, i 4 EouUne =cr, 18 Kautoma Kiri Jnt Melody scr. 17 Lifebuoy scr, 9 Kid Logan scr 6 Regime scr, 21 Lady Bee Apex 24yds bhd, 2 Kxina 36yds bhd 10 Waka taua 60yds bhd. Time, 4mln 41 3-ssec Aviation Handicap (harness), of 300 sovsfor^nhoppledl trotters; 4.44 class; two milesktnslnf *?• ¥*&?' 36yds bhd (W" JSSV;.' Ig2 iLS4,»i Liay^l^' bpec 108 yds bhd. Time, 4mln 45 l-ssec 2 4Ste^ rdS" HaDdic, ap (harness>. of 300 "sots; 2.48 class; one mile and a Quarter 1 Travis A^orthy scr; (P. G. Holmes" 1; 11 Dundal , Oy; i ßyds bhd ' 2: 2 "nkman. scr, 3. Also started: 4 Trimmer scr, 12 Flrpo scr 9 Dotvns Ccr' f r A,hls, Gral}i te rt Ci^ SCr ' 18 Kotui™ J™k hi* % Jr aI one 12yds bb-d ' 10 Genuine 12yds n^ 7 o ,G? den Bubbles 24yds bhd, 8 Harvest Child 24yds bhd, 6 Fight Ever 24yds bhd 5 IZ i4Myd\bhd' 17 Final M'Klnney 36yds 5« A 1"111 36yds bhd- 13 Western King 48sec EP'wam 48yds bhd. Time, 2min Railway Handicap (saddle), of 200 sots; 2 16 class; one mile.—3 Flrpo, 12yds bhd (R B Berry), 1; 2 Hector's Own, 12yds bhd 2; 4 Bing Boy scr, 3. Also started: 7 St. Bridget I I, bf rt T Lo ßan scr. 5 Bob Logan 12yds bhd, 8 Dick Logan 12yds bhd, 6 Succession l 2 24yd3 hhd (bracketed with Btng Boy), 1 Acre 24yds bhd, U Billy Sea 24yds bhd, 13 -Macaranda 24yds bhd. 10 Lingfield 36yds bhd, 9 Auguste Dillon 48yds bhd. Time, 2mln 14 2-ssec. Au Revoir Handicap (harness), of 250 sovs--2.14 class; one mile.—l Chef, 12yds bhd (N. C. Price)/ 1; 13 Kotuku Jack, scr. 2; 6 Trimmer scr, 3/ Also started: 10 Sahib scr, 2 Down- ? ast, siT^J\ Granite City scr, 3 Wharepiana 12yds bhd. 7 Logan Holme 24yds bhd, 5 Brentloc 24yds bhd, 4 Steel All 24yds bhd, 9 Bessie Logan 36yds bhd. 8 Golden Devon 36yds bhd 12 Loganwood 48yds bhd. Time. 2min 14 2-ssec.