TROTTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19625, 2 May 1927, Page 14

TROTTING.

i NEW ZEALAND CUP. ! # STAKE FIXED AT £3OOO. [bx -Telegraph.—press association..] CHRI STCHtTRCH. Saturday. It has been decided that the stake attached to the; New Zealand Trotting Cup shall be £3OOO. and conditions the same as last year. Twenty-six horses are eligible.* Twenty have done 4.28 or better ana six others are entitled to nomination. ..avint; at some period been handicapped to do 4.J* or better. NOTES FROM CANTERBURY. i THE NEW ZEALAND CUP, [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 OHRISTCH URCH, Saturday. The committee of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club has settled the conditions for thi3 year's Trotting Cup. The stake will again be £3OOO. while the race will, as last year he for horses who have done or been handicapped to do 4,23 or better. There are I fancy 26 horses with the necessary qualification. A special meeting of the Methven Racing Club was held recently, when it was unanimously decided to change the constitution from a racing club to a trotting club. The club has languished for several years, but it should now go ahead, as the Methven district is strong in the trotting spirit. There has not been a great, deal of excitenent lately in the local trotting tracks. Most of the horses have done a lot o: rac- | ing. and even those who aie booked for the Foibury Park Trotting Club's meeting and they make up a big contingent, are being chiefly confined to useful tasks. There is, however, plenty of sport ahead for the trotting enthusiastn with Oamaru, Canterbury Park, and Ashburton to follow the Dunedin trip, while already there is a big contingent visiting Auckland in June. The pacing mare Logan Lou has been coining back gradually to her best form and there were hopes of n good win shortlyUnfortunately she injured herself rather aeri■,ously a few days ago in a work-out, and some time must elapse before makes her reappearance on a racecourse. Talaro did net race at all well in his latest efforts, and the crack pacer has gone home Ho his owner's place in North Canterbury for a iipell. The three-yeai-old pacer Mao De Ore, w.ho has shown a .lot of speed in several of his races, is to have a good spell. He ha.a not been long in work, and he came to his speed by quality. With average luck be will win good races next Beason. The West Coast pacer Golden Devon has been left at Addington under the care of A. Cox. He is looking in the beat of order. B. Jarden's two-year-old by Author Dillon from Marie Tempest, is improving fast and will be a starter in the clnssio event at the Ashburton Trotting Club's meeting in June The yojing pacer is on the small side, but is well gaited and can show a good turn pf speed. E. C. Mclj'e'rmott is working along steadily with the trotter Nourmahal. She is gifted in gait, and speed, and though & two-mile journey is beyond her at present. 3ho may improve in stamina, as she :s only a young mare. The three-yeaivold pacer by Author Dillon from Lady Wildword in B. Jnrden's st' Vila is furnishing into a quality-looking horse He may take some time to como to hi 3 hpa». but whew he does will be a good two miler Pat Dillon, a three-year-old filly by Great Audubon, has gone home for a spell. She is a useful sort, who should benefit by a rest. C. Tasker, who was training before the war and who haa since been farming, is back at Addington with a growing team, which includes'two of the progeny of trotting mare Bridget Galindo. In a conversation a few days age f learned from Mr. J. Dench that his well-performed mare Tatsy Dillon has. a jrood-looking yearling and a foal both by Wrack. He huß high hop?a concerning them. W. J. Moriruid's pucer by Nelson Bingen from Country Belle continues to show improvement, and she shapes like making a good pacer now that she haa settled to thai gait. Concliffe has not done much work lately He i 4 no\v starting to movis along, and he m-iy be seen to udavntage again Before the end of the seaßnn This Australian pacer loovo u good one. Tie well-known trotting trainer, P. Riddle, left a few days ago for Sydney to take up a position as a trainer of gallopers, Ho was entertained by his friends a few days pri >r to his departure, the function being promoted by the Owners' and Breeders' Association, and he was the recipient of a silver tea and cofTee w?rviee. At a eale of his horses there were no results at auction, but Parfcwood has since been disposed of to Messrs. Young and Blnke, for whom ■<* will ho trained by J. J. Kennerley The other horses, including Sheik, Delavan Quest, Dean wood and Mnngalung. have gone back to Australia. Riddle made many friends while he was here, and they will be pleased he does well with the gallopers