PACERS AND TROTTERS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 38, 15 February 1933, Page 6

PACERS AND TROTTERS

THE WIN-AND-PLACE MACHINE

(By "The Eagle.") At a meeting of stewards of the Wellington Trotting Club, held last evening, it was decided to apply to the executive of the New- Zealand, Trotting; Conference for permission to install'the win-and-place system of betting at . their ..approaching meeting, to. be held on Saturday, March 4. With a view: to adopting the win-and-place system at its meeting on Saturday nest, the" Auckland Trotting Club recently, applied to the Conference executive for the necessary permission, • and the request was grauted. This will bo the first trotting meeting in the Dominion to put the new system in operation. " Npinihations for the Wellington Trotting Club's Autumn Meeting, to be held on March _, will, fall due with the secretary, Mr. W. Pere, Box 4, Petohe, on ■Wednesday, next, February 22, at 8 p.m. the principal event is the R. A. .Armstrong Memorial, of 300 soys,; including an exceptionally handsome canteen of cutlery, valued at £10, presented to the club by James .Buchanan-and Co. The classes of the two races for straight-out trotters have been tightened up by 5 seconds and 6 seconds respectively,. and • the in these ""event's have been" increased by 10 soys and 15 .soys respectively above those offered at the Gold Cup Meeting. , Principal' interest' among trotting fans this week will centre in the Auckland Trotting Club's Meeting on Saturday next. The Auckland Club has received good acceptances, ' including". Several ""competitors from->Ghristchuichv : one of whom," Silver de Oro, is the-iavoUritei-selection for the principal: .ace,•'the*'Otahiihu Handicap, a 4.32 clagsi. ;tw6".'-miles;-, ..'As Silver 'de Oro figures-pa.the 'limit in this class and has several .'tiin.eS. reporded figures better than 4.25 this: fseasoh,'/including a second at Addingtph;.in-4v24, fthe'.confidence would appear, to beweli placed; - ~\ A candidate for .tlie-Otahuhu Handicap who hds; b.eeh, working well at -Epsom of late is:Page._ht,,.ahd;if.the track happens to be holding; the .Logan Pointer gelding's chance.SvilMhave tobe considered.- . Though- it! looks a} certainty that the Marlborough Trotting Club will have lost money oyer its meeting last week, the club mu.t b. congratulated. oh showing'; the spprting jspirit-and going on with..:; the meeting in;.: the face of poor entries and acceptances, thus; keeping faith with local patrons and those.who did enter for the mCeting.- • . ; . .' ; The Sockburn trainer, jN.:. L. Price; 'who made; the 'journey to Blenheim with Hard Words and Don Giovanni, had a successful day,; r winning' the Cup,; with Hard Words and;scoring; in', both trotting events, with Don .-Giovanni.,' The last-named, who is a-'seven r ye'ar : old s6n, of Author Dillonand ■Nprdica;. won ,'botn ;his races "with; the : greatest, of ■ ease,' and looks' like' developing ■into"-a'vh-e£ur.pe.fdr:_iil!ri_:.".'...'- • •;■:.- - Ti-ada, who scored a win on each of the three': days of the Blenheim carnival for L., F. Berkett, is. well known to Wellington racegoers, having made. several'appearances, at- Hutt Park, At.his .first start on - this. coUrse in , September,. the Travis ! Axworthy—Rhine gelding finished second to Raidei- in the Sharpe Handicap. Up to the present he has not shown the ability to stay beyond a mile and a quarter. Mr. G. J." Barton"has tired of .Golderi Pedro• (Don Pedro-^Golden.Dessert), whom he purchased in Australia; and has diV posed of him to his former owher, Mr. E. Byrnes, of Sydney. Though. Golden Pedro won,the President's Handicap at the Forbury Park Spring Meeting in 1931, pay-' ing a big dividend, he .proved a disappointment - Subsequently, ■ and was seven times:-second when well' tacked in twentylour starts: for the season. ;. •/.'.'. i J.-Bryee hasia promising Sapling Stakes candidate, in .work ih--Ringomota, by Aburiri— Our Aggie. r This colt shows promise of developing into, a great stayer. G. Mouritz,; ; who; came. fromi Australia with F.B. Maefarlane's' team last season, and subsequently acted- as-private trainer for,,.J;.' R, McKenzie,, has. now resigned from; that; position, and relinquished co_j-: trol of, the. team after the recent Metropolitan Meeting at'Addihgton. It was While", in;.Mouritz's hands "that .Taxpayer: w;on'.'the'Dei-by and .'other';>a..-UnV'thi* sprina It'is said-that Mouritz intends to;remain, in, New Zealand. '. ~, , ~ '■*.:;_ j Roy Beriry has 'Tiad iadditions to' his team iuv the Southland-owned "Matchmaker, alsoArion Axworthy; It is said that, the latter will" 'tally remain -unde. 'his ' control till, after 'the Wellington "Trotting Club's Meeting. , i , . . ... • ~,'...- .;.;;.;;;;.;