TROTTING NOTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 230, 28 August 1937, Page 6

TROTTING NOTES.

WAIRARAPA CLUB’S FINANCES. (By ‘'Square-Caifer,”) A loss of £3O is disclosed in the incoino account in the 42nd annual report of the Wairarapa Trotting Club,, for the year ended July 31, 1937. The club raced on the two days allotted. An attraction in the well-known pacer, Harold Logan, W’as put on to stimulate interest in trotting, and the result was reflected in the attendance at the meeting, and the gate receipts wore up by £7l. The totalisator figures were, however, very disappointing, being £4541 for the first day and 113130 for the second day. Interesting Encounter. The August Handicap at Epsom to-day would provide another meeting between the free-legged pacers Star l’ronto and Ncrvie's Last, who have registered highclass performances at various distances. Whenever the pair have met Nervie’s Last has finished in front, but Star Pronto lias now an advantage in the handicaps. Star Pronto won twice last season at two miles, and, although he did no hotter than a 2.18 mile rate on those occasions, was twice fourth in 4.30 after making lapses at critical stages. Although lie lias been successful only once at two miles* Nervie’s Last lias a fine .record for consistency. When he won at the spring meeting last season ho went 4.26 4-5, and recently at Addington ho was second to King’s Play in 4.24, improving to record 4.21 1-5 for third at his last start, when beaten by Parisienno, 4.20 3-5, and Double Great, 4.21. Horses on Tight Marks. Two years ago there were only nine pacers available in the Dominion for a race with a 4.26 limit; to-day there arc 23 nssessed at 4.26 or faster for two miles, and of that number, 16 have qualified for 4.25. In the opinion of many trotting enthusiasts, this will almost certainly decide the New Zealand Metropolitan Club’s programme committee to make the next New Zealand Trotting Cup a 4.25 limit, eav an exchange. Of the seven horses at present on 4.26, four are in the Now Brighton Trotting Club’s Burwood Handicap. They arc Lucky Jack, Reporter, Gamble, and Tempest. The Burwood Handicap is a 4.30 limit race. It does not follow, however, that any of the quartette can win from 48 yards behind.

Sandusky. In view of his engagement in the Wellington Stakes next month, much interest attached to the showing of tho three-year-old Sandusky at Epsom to-day. He c!c ; fcated a field of older horses at Awapuni last season and also ran a groat _ race in the New Zealand Sapling Stakes, m which he was just beaten by Twos Loose, bandusky has done well in the interval and his future is considered very bright.

Short Pedigrees. “The successes of the full;rolative3, Golden Eagle and Great Admiral and the recent purchase of the former by Mr G. J. Barton—are of more than ordinary interest in view of tho fact (hat their dam, Great Eyre, is shortly bred,” says a writer in an exchange. “At tho same time Great Eyre comes from a winning line, as her sire, Great Audubon, has left a host of producing daughters. Great Eyre was out

of Evreehild, by Rothschild from a mare by the thoroughbred Tradueer. As a sire Rothschild did more to improve the sfan dard than most stallions, and his family is ono which has curried on with groat success. His excellence has been perpetuated at the stud both by his son 6 and daughters. Tradueer was a great thoroughbred sire, and quite often his name has cropped up in successful light harness pedigrees. Great Eyre’s dam, Eyrechild, produced others in Wild Trees, Solo (who had a record of 2min 10 4-sscc), Puwhenua, Eyre Heiress, Peter Eyre, Childo Audubon, and Watsonia. Great Eyre is being bred from by Mr J. T. Paul, Mangere, and since producing Great Admiral and Golden Eagle she has youngsters by Great Parrish and Truman Direct lo her credit.” An American Pacer. Sandydale, a recent importation from America, has been assessed at 2mm 7sec for a mile; 2min 39sec for a mile and a quarter, and 4miu 22soe for two miles. The newcomer would prove a welcome addition to the ranks of our leading pacers, and while it was tho intention of his owners at ono stage to race him in the Dominion, their ideas may be much different now, comments a southern writer. His 4min 22 sec two mile mark makes him the third tightest handicapped horse racing—Roi l’Ur and Indianapolis, both 4min 20scc, being the only ones to concede him starts over the distance. Harold Logan and Grand Mogul arc both on 4inin ,23300 lines. No lour-ycar-old produced in this ■ country has yet been capable of taking such a tight mark. When Sandydale parades on a New Zealand track —if ho does —he will certainly have a fine record of performances to justify the tight marks that he has been allotted. As a threc-year-old lie took a mile record of 2min ljjscc when he won a championship for pacers of that age. At the same time the son of Abbedale will require to be at the top of his form.