TROTTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 129, 27 November 1940, Page 14

TROTTING

SHORT WAVE'S NEXT TO RACE AT CLAUDELANDS (By "Ariki Toa.") It is not often that the Ashhurst trainer J. A. Gerrard takes a team of horses north without collecting at least some share of the stake-money, and therefore a good deal of interest centres in the respective displays of First Call and Short Wave at the Waikato Meeting on Saturday next. Short Wave is one of the most promising trotters bred in the North Island for some years, and a line to his ability is furnished by the fact that his last five starts have furnished four firsts. Seeing .that he now comes in from 12yds at Claudelands it is difficult to forecast his defeat. First Call is an improving maiden who has already been placed on the course, and he should pay expenses on the trip. May Extend Record. There is not a particularly strong field of stayers engaged in the slow two-mile Kaipaki Handicap at Claudelands on Saturday, and it is possible that backers will pin their faith in Crucible, a member of M. Stewart's stable. This mare has made direct improvement with racing, and her final three appearances last season resulted in two firsts and a second. Raced Without Luck. Clockwork was responsible for two pleasing performances to finish second each day at Forbury Park, and with an ounce of luck he might easily have won either of the two events. He had to thread his way through big fields, and it was only the result of splendid finishing runs that he gained some of the money. He should pay to follow in the near future. Won a Double. King Potts atoned for his defeat at Addington by annexing a double at Forbury Park, a feature of his displaj's being the fact that he won in slow time on the first day and then on Monday scored in 4min 22sec. This horse has promised to make the tightest classes for some time, and heonly requires to make the expected headway this season to achieve that object.