TROTTING BREVITIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 29, 3 August 1939, Page 13

TROTTING BREVITIES

Colonel Grattan looks a bright prospect in the open sprint event at Addington on Saturday.

.The trip south with Kenworthy has definitely been abandoned, for, although the injuries to his forelegs were not serious, the stoppage in his preparation was deemed'to jeopardise his chances of success.

The Epsom trainers J. Gee and A. T. Newdick are both laid up at the moment as the result of accidents.

Peggotty put up some amazing performances in trotting events last season, but like the majority of the stars she has worked her way back to a mark from which her opportunities are restricted.

Although Gerfalcon was allowed to forgo his engagement on the first day of the Addington Meeting there is nothing amiss with the gelding, and he will probably appear on one of the later days. F. J. Smith's" team for Addington, consisting of King's Warrior, Ironside, Swordsman, and Nell Volo, passed through Wellington yesterday on their way south. Bingen Palm is now a member of R..J. Humphrey's stable at Templeton, but the chances of the bay pacer returning to his best again do not appear bright.* . The ex-Australian remsman G. Mouritz has been engaged to pilot members of R. J. Humphrey's stable at Addington, as J. Pringle will be required for his own representatives. Epsom track watchers have been impressed by the capable manner in which Don Acron has been accomplishing his latest training essays, and his first appearance is eagerly awaited. Josedale Grattan is undoubtedly one of the best young horses in the north, and the American-bred colt should be a bright proposition to follow this season. Francisco has derived a good deal of benefit from a recent spell, and she has been attracting attention by the manner she has been stepping along in training.