FORBURY TROTTING CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 18852, 29 January 1925, Page 9

FORBURY TROTTING CLUB

FIRST DAY. —THURSDAY. Perfect weather for the opening day of the Forbury Park Trotting Club's Summer Meeting. Tho course in excellent order. A largo attendance early, growing to a crowd as tho day advanced. The : Knikorai Band provided tho music, and did it well, as it always does. | This morning Happy Rosa was sold by : Air G. Heed to Mr G. J. Barton. She is engaged in the Trotting Stakes to-morrow. | The price is understood to he £SOO. j VAUXHALL HANDICAP (-harness), 225 sows; second 45sovs, tiiird 22j,sovs. Unhoppled trotters only. 1m sf. 4G. M'DowoU’s Young Tom (Winn Alto—Queenie), scr (W. Grant) 1 7—A. South’s Bonny Spec, 48yds (R. Townley) 2 SW. J. Lyes’s Wee Olga, 60yds (J. Pardon) 3 Others: 1 Kawhaki scr, 10 Border Lass scr, 6 (Master Peter scr, 9 Ruth Wilkes scr, 5 Annette scr, 12 Bcnmoro 12yds, : 8 Real Lady 24yds, 2 Lazarus 4Syds, 11 Blue Thorpe 60yds. Kawhaki and Lazarus broke at the start, and Real Lady did not go olf well, whilst to add to the upsetting of calculations, Bonny Suec broke very shortly after starting, and Master Peter’s driver (J. N. Clarke) 'got tipped out, Master 1 Peter thereafter galloping on in front of j the field. Young Tom held a command- | mg lead throughout, and won by four ■ lengths. Bonny Spec broke when dial- j longing in the straight. Annette lav sec- , ond for over a mile. Lazarus and Bonny j Spec broke again in tho last lap. Wee' Olga fn iislicd two lengths behind Bonny i Spec. Lazarus was fourth, then Kawhaki . and Annette. Time, 4min. j An inquiry as to the cause of Master ! Peter s mishap showed that hn struck j Border Lass's wheel. The evidence did , not prove wilful interference, and no action was taken, ELECTRIC HANDICAP '(saddle), 300 sows; second 60scvs, third 30sovs. 3 m. 1— Mr and Mrs C. 11. Breeze's Mennmbor (Logan Pointer —Clarowood), | 12yds (O. Reed) ;• I j 7 —C. Samson’s Clou Wilkes, scr (!'. > E. Jones) 2 i 4—A. Sloe’s Schoolmate, scr (T. Wal- i lis) 3; Olliers; 2 Lord Bingen scr, 5 Harebell Direct scr, 11 Kanukuot scr, 8 Van Director scr, 3 Lucky Dillon scr, 10 Irish : Whispers 24yds, 7 Pessimist 24yds, 13 ; Lady Embrace 36yds, 12 Pearlie Chimes 60yds, 9 Ben OTlau 60yds. Pearlie Chimes stopped altogether, whilst Lord Bingen ami Harebell Direct dwelt long enough to lose all chance.' Glen Wilkes led from the start from Van Director, Mcncmber lying third. Van Director dropped out after half a mile. Menomber waited on (Hen Wilkes tdl nearing the straight, then wont cup for a comfortable win ‘by two lengths. School- j mate three lengths further back, then, Lady Embrace, Pessimist, and Lcn. O’Han. Time, 2min 18 4-ssec. MUSSELBURGH HANDICAP (harness), | 275sovs; second 55sovs, third 271 so vs. | 2ni. 2A. Butterfield's Dillon S. (Dan Dillon—Doilv S.), 24yds (owner) 1 3W. J. Lycs's ‘W r co Olga, scr (11. Purdon) 2 7—N. M'ColEs Fox Trot, scr (J. M'Kewon, jun.) 3; Others; 12 Lady Evelyn scr, 13 Real Lady scr, 8 Bonny Spec scr, 11 Vonng Tom scr, 1 Swiitlune 12yds, 5 Wild Hebe 36, 6 Lady El wood 48,‘9 Darkest 60, 4 Audominion 1.08, 10 Wood Lass 102. j Real Lady did not got 100 well away;; the others got off all right. W'co Olga,, led from Fox Trot. Wild Hebe took se- , cond place after three furlongs and lay, second to Wee Olga until five furlongs from home. Dillon S. got into second place in the back stretch, where Swiftbine broke for the second time. Wee Olga led by two lengths into the straight and was apparently winning well, imt broke two lengths from the post, and Dillon S. got up‘ in time to win by a head, Fox Trot three lengths away, then Bonny Spec and Wood Lass, Time, 4min 50sec. ,