RACING AND TROTTING.

Grey River Argus, 14 November 1928, Page 2

RACING AND TROTTING.

TROTTING NOTES. (By “Original.”) The trac.K at Addington on each of thc three days was like lightning, and many of the horses that earned prize money Lav? put themselves on marks from which it will be very hard for I hem for a lung time to come to win again. Watching the Cup race closely, there 'va no doubt Ahuriri should have won. Bryce thinking that th e favourite, Padlock, would be the hardest to beat, as soon as he could, tucked himself in behind Padlock, and when he pace was turned on, the favourite, suddenly collapsed, and before Bryce could get out c£ the road, Padlock came back on him. A that would al> 0 have been hard to dispose of was Talaro. lie was running second at the mile post, just behind Petr Bingen with Queen’s Own next, when the latter mare .hit Talaro’s sulky, and caused him to break. Those who knew of this occurrence backed him well when he won in pronounced style the big race the third day. Owing to the times put up by Peter Bingen in both the Cup and FiTe-for All. it would be a long time off the mark he is now on for him to win. again. It has been decided to send him down to Mr J. O’Brien’s Stud Fann at Oamaru, and he will take up stud duties there. Though Peter Bingen put up a world’s record when he won the Frec-for-AU (mind you, more than one reliable watch made his time 2.39 2-5), 1 contend that drawing a fair comparison with thc two races and the conditions under which they wore run and won, I think Logan Chief’s performance in the Royal Handicap was equal o it. Thinking to give the- supporters of Native Chief a run for their money, t-:e starter let the field in the Free-for-All come up on the move, and Peter Bingen hitting his trap in a stride was out in front of tin rails, and he lever i ft them, beating Prince Pointer all out 1-y a nose. Legal Chief was the back-marker in th Royal Handicap, also of miles, run th? same day, with the weather conditions not as favourable as when Peter Bingen ran his race. He received all the dust from the leaders, nnd never was inside one horse. At the mile post th e last time round, ho was on thc out ide of Talent. and Golden Devon, and instead of being on the rails., as Peter Bingen was, he finished out in the middle of the course and then went 2.40 3-5. Author Jinks’ performance in the Sprinters Handicap, the fast harness tnile, was a great one, from 36 behind. In a 2-12 limit, he jigged badly on the mark, an.fi then finished/ right up alongside Dalmeny. Author Jinks’ time being 2.6 4-5. He ran the mile, from post to post, in 2.4 4-5, and then met with slight trouble in the straight though Golden Devon and Logan Holme falling.