TROTTING BREVITIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 55, 6 March 1937, Page 22

TROTTING BREVITIES

Acceptances for the Wanganui Trotting Club's' Meeting close on Tuesday at 9 p.m.

, Worthy Song has improved enough 'to be worth a trip to Hawera, says a northern report. .'■ . ; ,'

Gumdigger is in work again in the north. Now rising thirteen, Gumdigger has been hard to keep sound, and not much hope is held out1 for him.

■L. O. Thomas is preparing . for maiden pacers' events Princess Rey, a four-year-old chestnut mare by Jack Potts—Dilemma. She. has a free style of going* and.is clean gaited.

' King Country's correct marks at Wanganui are 60yds in the Eastbrook Handicap and 36yds in the Foster's Handicap. ■ , ...

' Biworthy is looking particularly, well at the moment, and this young, trotter is showing the benefit of the patient preparation he has received from S. A. Eagan. at Hutt Park. Eagan has a 'way of his own with trotters.

Nawton Parrish is one sure to reach a higher plane. He finished second to Levity over a mile and five furlongs at Cambridge, and has compiled a very consistent record. :

The opening event at the Wanganui Trotting Club's Meeting next Saturday will be the first Exhibition Match between Harold Logan and Glenrossie. It is timed to start at 11.30 a.m. The

second Exhibition. Match will taka place at approximately 3,40 p.m.

Sewana is' a big gelding, and pulls hard .in.'a race; Because of this L. O. Thomas is- taking him-along ,quietly, which;is; the only reason .for his absehcefrom the.. maiden -fields; at the Wellington Meeting. . , . -,

;vF/ JY;;Smith's team for■■■■■.Wanganui consists of Levity, Frank Best,' Mountain flight, ;■ Accel,1! Ann: Pointer, and Cash- .Down,'- the .last-named'; 'being a novice- by Frank :Wqrthy ; -fi-om ' the good:class mare Florrie Bingen..: Cash Down had a race "at/ the. Auckland Matinee Meeting, where he -,-. showed some promise, and his breeding • suggests that he should prove useful.

Proletarian, who scored his first twomile success in the Wairarapa Trot.ting Cup;;;off_ £mm. 445ec,.. is now. on 4mih">;40sec;;.wBicKv-is' ;the limit of the Hawera;race. ■■■FriorMo this Proletarian had displayed smartness at middle distances, and, although he;,-was hard pressed to-whi at the longer journey, he will improve, as it was his initial attempt. I. R. Morrison has,the'Frank Worthy horse in good order, arid if ha fails at the distance will have opportunities at .shorter,,range. ' ■'.

C. G. Lee. who does not often travel .his horses very.far, will take Tangaroa arid Glen Bingen to Wanganui. Tangaroa showed early promise when raced at Hamilton in May, but developed "pulling" tendencies (says "Abaydos") which hampered his progress. He has had a beneficial spell and may do better later on. Glen Bingen is a solid type of young trotter who has not Had a deal of race experience, but,he gives the impression that he will be a useful trotter with more, opportunities. \

Ironside, who failed in the last Hawera Cup, when giving away two seconds start, but ran third in the Waimate Plains. Handicap, is again likely to contest Hawera events. He won both two-mile races at Wanganui last season like a proved stayer, and although his opportunities this season have been limited, he showed at Epsom that he is returning to form by finishingthird to Kewpie's King and Guid Hairst when conceding them 36 and 48 yards respectively.

Mr. J. F. MacKenney, the owner, declares that Lawn Derby is the best pacer in Australia from a mile and a half to two miles, says the Sydney "Referee." For a few.days there were hopes that the owner of Wrinkle would accept a challenge' to race the Sydney horse to contest the title-^-the - owner of the. latter had £500 to stake—but his idea was not a match race, rather a contest in a race with other competitors, when Mr. Messenger would be prepared to start Wrinkle off the same mark as Lawn Derby. It .< has ended up in mere words, and the best South Australians were to see of Lawn Derby was hisattempt to lower his own mile record at Wayville, with the assistance of a galloper and a couple of pacers from the' same stable—probably Great Royal and Bright Walla. Meantime. Wrinkle will be given a spell. and there is just a chance.that he will, be sent to New .Zealand to race.,