TROTTING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 87, 29 March 1926, Page 2

TROTTING.

WELLINGTON MEETING. Wellington, March 28. The autumn meeting of the Wellington Trotting Club yyas a complete sue-, cess. The weather was favourable and there was a big attendance. Results:— Improvers’ Handicap.—Steel Wire (Twomey) 1, All Fours 2, Tui Wildwood 3. Also ran: First Imperial, Wee Gus, Sylvia Logan, Baragold, Point Erwood, Noble Dillon, Little Huia. Won by three-quarters of a length. Time, 3.44. Beach Handicap.—Shine Soon (B. Edwards) 1. Direct Todd 2, Ariki 3. Also ran: Hope Dillon, Denver Wood, Mary Brown, Lumsdale, Beattv, Airman, Dillon’s Pride, His Pal, Van Rich, Golden Bubble, Lottie Advance. Bold Bill, Zolock Palm, St. Fillian, Pearl Coronado, Henry Logan. Won by half a length. Time, 3.32. Kaitoke Handicap.—Hardy Grattan (E. Maidment) 1, Molly Audubon 2, Some Jazz 3. Also ran: Hillgrove, Miss Lida, Black Palm, Fancy Pronto, Wakefield, Sarsaparilla. Won by eight lengths. Time, 4.48. Armstrong Handicap.—Cardinal Logan (W. A. Hendrickson) 1, Becky Logan 2, Doctor Dillon 3. Also ran; Talent, Dick Dillon, Native Chief, Judge Hancock, Fashion Queen, All Bell. Won by two lengths. Time, 4.37. Members’ Handicap.—Firpo (J. G. August) 1, Rona 2, Shina Soon 3. Also ran : Kevinlea, Pillage, Cora Tacks, Hjs Pal, Lumsdale, Abundance, Direct Tod, Why Worry, Mabon’s Day, Biddy Logan, Winter Audubon, Pearl Coronado, Rita R.ye. Won by two lengths. Time, 2.19, High Class Handicap.—Bonny Spec (R. Tonsley) 1, Betty Moko 2, John Mauritius 3. Also ran: Young Blake, Wild Lad, Mangoutu, Master Audo, Peterwah, Rose Bingen. Most exciting] race of the day, all finishing together. Won by half a neck. Time, 4.44 4-5. Belmont Handicap.—Zolock Palm (S. M. August) 1, Van Rich 2, Mabon’s Day 3. Also ran : Lady Ballin, Peter Elect, Sparkling Chimes, Airman, Denver Wood. Yoicks, Kiribingi, Bold Bill. Won by a length. Time, 4.7. Recovery Handicap.—Talent (Frost) 1, All Bell 2, Golden Devon 3. Also ran: Peterwah, Fashion Queen. Won by a length. Time, 2.52. DIVOTS. Dug by “The Del ver.” This evening acceptances are due for Waipukurati (8 p.m., but with telegraph office closing at 5 p.m.), Feilding and Wairarapa. On Tuesday nominations will be,taken for Manawatu, and on Wednesday acceptances | lor Canterbury, with final payments : for the Great Autumn and Great I Easter Handicaps and for the 1 ChamI pagne and Challenge Stakes. Riding engagements for Ellerslie include W. McCarten for Motley in the Easter Handicap and H. Burn's for Sun Up and Tarleton in their starts I at the meeting. C. Emerson is to have the mount on the South Island 1 mare Set Sail in the C.J.C. Great Easter Handicap. It appears that when the outsider Royal Land scored his first success in the last race at BuJ-s be provided aji- < other instance of a change of stable | bringing a change of luck. According to an exchange, Mr. F. Needham, of ■Palmerston given ’the I Acre gelding up as a bad job before ! the meeting and he is now trained at Feilding. i The Christchurch “Sun” of last Friday has th© following note; “There has been quite a lot of speculation as to where Glentruin would race at Easter. It has been decided that she will fulfil her northern engagements, and will leave to-night en route for Auckland." The other Christchurch evening paper of the same date has also something to the little effect, adding that she would be in charge of A. McAulay. Still the English mare’s name did not appear in the telegraphed list of acceptances for the A.R.C. Easter Handicap, Southern scribes would seem to have been at fault in information. Then, again, we were told about the ! middle of last week that Civility had been shipped from Wellington for; Lyttelton, whereas the Wanganui “Herald” of Friday last states that she was to leave there only to-day. : Y et again, it was said that, owing to Siaosi’s poor showing at Paeroa, H. L. Russell was not likely to make the trip to Riccarton. Now we are told that he was the first of the visiting trainers to reach the C.J.C. convincing ground, having with him Siaosi, Mount Marta and Berinthia. From to-day’s telegraphed report of the Hororata meeting it will he seen that the two first named both started there on Saturday, but that neither got into a dividend-paying place. All watches, says a Christchurch ' exchange of Friday last, were on • i Count Cavour, who, starting from the ' : seven furlong peg, comfortably trav- j ersed the distance in 1.31 3-5, the time 1 of thp last six furlongs being 1.18. 1 Thp Great Autumn Handicap favourite finished full of running, and undoubtedly is- ip great heart. His usual pilot, F. C. Porter, was in the f saddle. Glentruin did not seem to be 1

extended to cover six furlongs in 1.16 3-5, finishing gamely. She covered the iast three furlongs in 38sec. This was tne best trial of the morning. F. D. Jones’s Oamaru luck did not stick to him at Hororata on Saturday last, when Zaragoza and Murihaupo had each to put up with a second placing and Calcite with a third. It would not be any the more palatable, to the Riccarton trainer that the winner of Calcite’s race was Royal Despatch, the horse that got him into so much undeserved trouble with the Australian Jockey Club. Jones, by the way, is to have his team added to within the next few days by the inclusion of an apparently as yet unnamed two-year-old by Solferiho from RaicL Shoul|d she prove as successful as has Bansack, her pony full sister, in Australia, she . will be a valuable addition to the stable. It is said Novar was going so well at the turn into the straight in the Fraser Handicap at Bulls as to look likely to win, but he was jambed on the rails a little later on, and this stopped him. Of Commendation’s misbehaviour at the post on Wednesday at Bulls “The Watcher” writes:—“Mr. O’Connor is being criticised for giving undue latitude to Commendation but in fairness let it bo stated that Commendation was kicked when lining up the first time by Miss Pat, and naturally was reluctant to go back and get another. It was most noticeable that the efforts of the starter’s assistant only made him worse, while on the two occasions that Mr. O’Connor got down and placed him he stood perfectly. In the writer’s opinion it was better to give the public a run for their money and delay the start than te let a moderate Huke an unmerited win.” Flight was no good to the Great Easter candidate Baldowa, in a five furlong gallop on the outside of the racing grass circuit at Invercargill on Tuesday morning (writes “Sir Modred s ’). The sturdy chestnut cleared out from the mare and came home alone in imin. 3 4-ssec. without being ridden out under a light-weight (N. C. Dwyer). It was a very encour- • aging performance, as the track was on the dead side. Vanninia who is a full brother of 1 the successful jumper Te Kawa (Maniappto—Sweet Van), and who has done very little racing though an aged horse, created a very good impression in the hurdle race on the first day at Bulls jumping well and sh,owing a lot of pace. He was in the lead most of the way, and was still going strongly when he got into the second last obstacle a<id fell. But for the mishap he would have had a say in the finish. He was started on the. second day, but was effects , of his fall, and did no good. Stuart Waddell got away by this morning’s express for Ellerslie with Shirley and Rascal, his nephew, Fred Waddell, at the same time starting for Riccarton with Gold Light and Father , O’Flynn. All ar© looking in the pink of condition and may be depended upon to play their parts well in their respective engagements. Although many of her admirers would have liked to see the Hymettus mare have a run in public before trusting her for so hard a race as the Great Autumn Handicap , generally is. she has been doing well everything asked of her on the training i track, and that without developing any , symptoms of a return of the trouble , that threw her out of commission after running a dead-heat for first with Nigger Minstrel in th© Wanganui Eclipse Stakes last September. There is, too, of course the possibility of her starting the 9-furlong Sockburn Handicap. a win in which entails no penalty for the bigger race on th© second day. Shirley has no .engagement for Saturday next, but will probably take her place in the big six-furlong event on Easter Monday. Rascal is probably a good deal better horse than he was at Napier/ Park, where ho shaped well. H© may run forward even in the Champagne Stakes, though his chance should be brighter in the handicap race on Monday next.