TROTTING BREVITIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 22

TROTTING BREVITIES

Am«»rtfanr'P<s fnr th«» Wairarana Trmv h^W,??,P^pShtS to X,5 5 Hn§. £lv? s Meeting, to be held a« Hutt Park, close at 8 p.m. on Monday. y an Derfey wag & £ ost ly failure at Addington during the week, but he £™* ' Ig2ufe«gS £ of p,0116!™ c, fact J*18! Ye. v one Of the fastest jhorses in training. Colonel Grattan is building up a great record of late, and his last seven starts have resulted in five firsts and two seconds. This fellow is on the-.way to Cup class. . . '... Joan Grattan is likely to be at a short price in any event she: contests a * Hutt Park next Saturday, for she one of the best improvers in commission Parisienne has lost form . at- tha ' moment, and her showings at Addington were much below her best. She \ ona very tight mark: but.even so she should have done better this week. Sandusky was one of the unlucky horses at Addington, and those who supported him would be well advised to follow the Jewel Pointer gelding: Latest Edition, who is-among the. entrants for the maiden event at Hutt Park, is a two-year-old full-brother to Special Edition, winner of the Futurity Stakes at Ashburtoh. v- , Acuity failed badly in .each.of her three sWts at Addington, but- she really lost all chance at the barrier. There, are not many pacers that can bre ak and then make up ground to go o^u^uSedtohisVep>tationwith" a clear-cut win in the Sawera; Trot, ting Cup at Easter, and he is regarded as one of the most promising pacers in the north. He should experience no trouble in staying out a fast-run two miles. Paddy's Harvest is an improving trotter with a fairly good record in the south, and he niay prove worth keeping in mind for a race at Hutt Park. One thing in his favour is that jje is solid ' — " _____

The dividend on the totalisatoc double, coupling Squadron Castle, th» winner of the Lincolnshire Handicap, with Workman, the winner of the Grand National, amounted to nearly £150. There were 151 successful combinations, 135 being made when the price of tickets was 2s 6d, eleven when the price was ss, and five when the price was 10s.