METROPOLITAN TROTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1934, Page 16

METROPOLITAN TROTS

MEETING OF CHAMPIONS

PROSPECTS FOR SATURDAY

-• : (Special to the "Evening Post.") , CHKISTCHURCH, This Day. , There is every prospect of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's Autumn "Meeting, 1934, being the most memorable in the annals o£ the light-harness sport .in-jSTew Zealand. The wisdom of the officials in arranging two invitation match races is in keeping with the progressive policy they have always pursued, hence the high standard which the sport enjoys today. Tho . enterprise displayed in securing the presence of Walla Walla.at Addington, and the excellent idea of inviting four of .the best Dominion horses to measure strides with him over two separate distances has aroused tremendous interest, and it is safe to state that,, given a fine day, the biggest crowd for thirty years will patronise Addington. The course is in-perfect order. Apart from ihe special invitation vace, the meeting hag attracted great fields. The other Australian visitor, Auburn Lad, has made a big impression, and it will surprise many of the sound judges of the sport if he fails to win one of th* principal events. ;The club went back to the single-pool system of betting for its -meeting last month, and this system will again operate, with :two dividends in fields of six or more starters. The following horses will be fancied for their engagements:—- . .12.5: Preliminary Handicap (for trotters).—Raclaini, Real Belle, and Don Chenault. , _ 12.50: Belfast Handicap.—Royal Drusus. Reporter, and Meteor. . _ 1.35: Invitation Match Race.—Red bh'adow, Harold Logan, and Walla Walla. Easter Handicap.—Auburn Lad, Kewpie's Triumph, and. Sunny Morn. 3.5: .:Express Handicap.—Lilian-- Bond, Onenwood, and^Peter Loeanda. 3,50: Autumn Handicap (for trotters)— Louis Bingen, Worthy Queen, and First Wrack. • ■Flit 35 V Wakin Handicap.-Real Huon, -tnte Bingen, and Young Frank. -. • _5.20:; Flying Handicap.—Sunny Morn, Sir'Gny, and Glenrossie. .The card is ( as follows:— . '

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