RACING AND TROTTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 November 1944, Page 7

RACING AND TROTTING

MEETINGS TO COME. November 4: Napier Park. November 11: Napier Park. November 11: Avondale.

TROTTING.

Nov. 4:—Metropolitan. Nov. 11:—Metropolitan.

Government’s Share: The taxation paid by the Greymouth Trotting Club on its two-day meeting held at Greymouth last month totalled £4,057/5/3. The totalisator turnover for the meeting was a record—£4l,sBs-2-.

Addington Brackets: The following horses .will be bracketed on the machine at Addington on Saturday: Victoria Handicap: Vera de- Oro, Punctual and Scottish Lady. Riccarton Stakes: Golden Imp, Renown’s Pride, and Worthy Gold, Jackie Guy and Prince Dale. New Zealand Cup; Clockwork, Hardy Oak, and Haughty, Bronze Eagle and Pacing Power. Canterbury Handicap: Recluse and Turco. Dominion Handicap: Will Cary and Manian. Empire Handicap: Loyal King, Special Edition and Joan Conquest. Challenge Stakes: Jack’s Son and Caledonian Girl, Worthy Gold and Imperial Lady, Slavonic and Bel Hamed.

Cup Prospect: Langue d’Or has come into the limelight lately, and on the grounds of consistency his prospects for the New Zealand Cup will be closely examined by those in search of the up-and-coming young cup horse who might be a stayer. In nine starts since he joined G. W. New’s stable, Langue d’Or has won six times and finished second once. The limit of his winning performances to date is a mile and a-quarter, at which distance he has won four times, one of them in open company. He has also won in the open class at six furlongs and a mile. The longest race he has attempted to date is one mile and three furlongs in hacks, when Gunga Din beat him by a head at Trentham last season. If Langue d’Or stays two miles it will be due to the influence of his sire, Lang Bian, whose stock are doing well at present over middle distances. His dam, Princess Doreen (Chief Ruler —Doree), was essentially a sprinter who did best up to a mile, and her dam did not win beyond a mile and none of her progeny excelled at a distance.

TRIALS AT ADDINGTON.

A series of trial races for horses with engagements at the New Zealand Trotting Cup meeting was held at Addington yesterday. Once he settled down in the 3min 50sec class mile and five furlongs event for pacers Lucky Gem won all the way. Ho clocked 3.42 and beat Sir Volo by half a length, with Golden Shadow a close third. Sir Volo was fully 10 lengths behind the leader with a mile to go. Forewarned gave a taste of her quality when she won the 3.46 class mile and five furlongs event from Royal Worthy and Will Cary. The time, *3.41 was nothing exceptional, and Royal Worthy, after being in the lead at one stage was not driven out at the finish; but it was serviceable work.

Hilda Potts and Light Brigade had a keen duel from the top of the straight in the 3.39 class mile and five furlongs event, and Hilda Potts won by a neck in 3.39. There was no speed on early, and. they went no better than 2.20 for the first mile, with Manpower then clapping on a pace he could not maintain over the last quarter. Trusty Scott, the only other starter, was a close third after a slow beginning. Josie Dell, one of F. J. Smith’s Derby candidates, held on to beat Scottish Emperor by half a head in the event for three and four-year-olds. Rosie Grattan finished fast a head away just in front of Slavonic who was not driven out over the last furlong after opening up a lead of 10 lengths in the middle stages. The time, 3.43 2-5 was only fair. After a great race home, Integrity beat Pacing Power by a length, with Bronze Eagle half a length away, a head in front of Shadow Maid, in the mile and five furlongs event for Cup candidates. Parshall, whose welltrained appearance attracted notice, led the field to the home turn. The race would probably improve him. Pacing Power is a mass ol muscle, and nothing impressed more than Berry’s candidate. He had a lot of ground to make up in the last mile, and was travelling as fast as Integrity at the end. Integrity also came from well back in the early stages and actually had the race won a furlong from home. Burt Scott scarcely looks in the best order tp run a Cup race, but all the others, who took part—Loyal Friend, Clockwork, Horsepower, Indian Clipper, and Hardy Oak—are well-conditioned.