TROTTING BREVITIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 68, 17 September 1936, Page 13

TROTTING BREVITIES

The sum of £1189 10s was lost ' to supporters of Vain Lad at the Wellington Meeting. In all, horses;_ from F. J. Smith's stable, who could not manage to fill a place, carried £2617. The breaking tendency, of Kings Guide in his last three races has caused his admirers concern, but he is a rare stayer and is in splendid condition. ' •. ' . ~. The unhoppled trotters' events at the Oamaru Trotting Club's Meeting on Labour Day will both be run over a mile and a half. The classes are 3min 36sec and 3min 49sec. •■ _■■ Francis Lincoln showed at Hutt Park last Saturday that L. A. Maidens has a good chance of adding the aged pacer to his list of triumphs with veterans. Audubon Chief, the sire of the dam of Kadiant Prince, was got by Great Audubon from Silver Princess, who also produced Mother Machree, dam of that fine pacer Blue Mountain. Gold Dredge ran much below her best form at the Auckland August Meeting. Evidently she is not at home in heavy ground. Her five good twomile efforts last season weres on firm tracks, and, when conditions improve, Gold Dredge should show to better advantage. One of the weaknesses of the system of penalties is that a horse like Kingcraft, who contested the Cup race several times from 1929 onwards, was let up until he could win three races and still be ineligible for a race in which he was once made'favourite.

Gift horses have • contributed .'much to Turf history.. The latest, is King<craft, winner of the Bollard 'Memorial Handicap at Wellington, Last season Kingcraft was given away by his breeder, Mr. B. Grice. to D. Withers, who has since won three races with the twelve-year-old gelding..