UNHOPPLED TROTTERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20882, 26 May 1931, Page 7

UNHOPPLED TROTTERS.

REVIEW OF RECENT FORM. GOOD ONES VERY SCARCE. BESSIE PARRISH STANDS OUT. Although the present trotting season iB fast drawing to a close the position in respect of the square-sailed horses ill the Auckland district has not made any material advancement upon that disclosed during the first few months of racing. There hns been a little progress among the improvers but generally speaking there is still a dearth of useful trotters as rovealed by performances on the recent country circuit.

There is no disputing Bessie l'arrish s ability as a young trotter, and in tho hands of such a past-master with square-gaileis as J. T. Paul, slio promises to reach good company as she matures. At Cambridge she did everything wrong and then won by sheer gamenoss, while at Claudelands she made no mistakes and gave nothing a chance. Bessie L'arrish looks to be one of tho few trotting finds of tho season. Carl Mack showed a lot of promiseearlier in the year and after scoring the first time out for F. J. Smith at Whangarei ho captured a double at Jhallies. However at Cambridge he performed badly and sinco then has been given a short respite. He is now in hand again with » view to racing at Epsom next month. Guy McElv/yn Disappoints.

After his fine display on the second day of tho February meeting at Epsom good things were expected of Guy Mc.Elwyn. but at Thames ho let his party down badly through losing a lot of ground at the start of his races. On the eve of tho Waikato meeting ho got out of hand with tho result that ho was 100 eore to tako part, and he is now to bo given a spell. Parrish Belle showed her best form at Epsom in February when sho won a raco each day. In her subsequent races sho failed badly and as she is only a dryweather proposition sho has been placed on the holiday-list.

The Canadian horse, Mr. Penalty, who was converted from pacing to trotting Boon after entering F. J. Smith's Epsom stable, was not long in giving his new owner some return and tho manner in which ho won at Te Aroha suggested that he should be a useful proposition. He did not have much to beat when he won, but he displayed a solidness that was worth a good deal. lie should be in good order for the slower class events in Juno. Tiwha Shows Promise. Tiwha, who won at Te Aroha. is another novice who promises to develop into a useful trotter. In his initial start at Thames he made a yood showing und at io Aroha gave E. S Groat a comfortable winning drive. Tiwha, who races in the same interests as Floraline, has Splendid bleeding to recommend him, his dam being a dauchter of the great horso Fritz. Tiwha should make further progress with experience. Although the Corrigan stable shelters several aged trotters they can only be classed as mediocre. Finoro won at Ashhurst, New Plymouth and Cambridge, but in each instance the class opposed to j ie r was very ordinary. Bingen Sp'ers, brotnei to Jean McElwyn, continues to be a failure, and at the Taranaki meeting performed very badly. Mokanna. who has been off the scene for two years through unsoundness, ran a creditable race at Claudelands. and should have un excellent chance of securing a stake at Ashhurst to-morrow. The Hawera owner has one young trotter, however, who threatens to reach h'-h honours. This is Worthy Queen, by Worthy Bingen (Nelson Bingen—Bertha Bell) from Queen Chillies (Coldstream BellsVanquish). The filly had her first race at Ashhurst in March, when she won in attractive style, a performance she repeated in her next essay at New Plymouth Worthy Queen has a beautiful stylo of trotting and i 3 generally considered one of the best young B<iuaro-g(iiters seen out for some time.

Win Huon's Prospects. For a novice. Win Huon is shaping encouragingly! although in his races ho lust fails to get in a dividend place. At present he is rather green at starting and consequently loses enough ground to make his contract harder at the othor end. borne time ago Win Huon looked a hopeless proposition. but C. G. Leo persevered with him and he is making such projness that it will not be surprising to find him on the winning list shortly. . In spite of her forward showing at Thames, where she troubled Carl Mack over a mile and a-half. Golden Huia has not trotted in anything like similar fashion on the recent circuit She has a good turn of speed and if she could be induced to control it in a race she would not ue long in making some return to her owner. G. F. Lovegrove. Gold Star, who for some time past was considered a back-number, has recently displayed a reasonable return to form wnicn gained him second place both at Cambridge and Te Aroha. At Cambridge lie might have beaten Finoro if the final ru " had been made sooner, but at Te Aroha he did his best and had no chanco with Mr. Penalty With another suitable race or two pending Gold Star should have a chance of scoring a win. Black Magic's Solidness. Without securing a first prize. Black Magic has run solid races on .the country circuit, and his consistency is deserving of a better fate. Up to a mile and five furlongs he is decidedly useful, but lie lacks stamina. The classes of the .shorter events aro so loose that Black Magic is a long way back in the handicap but nevertheless ho threatens to win one of them before going into retirement for the winter. The Epsom-trained Moko Girl, who ran very green for W T. Dye m her first couple of starts, made quite a cred table showing at Claudelands when she was driven by J. Gee. She .began well and over a mile sailed -along in the load in prood ntyle. A lapse when tiym~ to go with Bessie Parrish cost her _ some ground, but she was hanging on well in the final stages to finish closo up fo the placed division. Moko Girl may spring a sur"SySLSK it am. to, Z»l»a from Cnn.cla with Mt. Pon»Uy. I.». b«>, making progress for F.J. Smith durins the kst couple of weeks and her track work has been more impressive. However, so far she does not" appear to understand what is required of her at the starting Post, and at To Aroha and Claudelands slow beginnings put her well back early. Once on the journey she trotted steady races and she may do better when next she sports silk. If she fails again Smith will try her as a paccr.

TRACK-WORK AT EPSOM. EXPLOSION PACING AGAIN. Before ruin set in yesterday morning the dirt track at Epsom was available for work, but few trainers took advantage of tlio opportunity to give their charges sound work. The fooling was not fast after recent rain. Explosion (W. Clifton) was pacing in fine ntyle in I'is niilo and n-half tli.sk, but a break two furlongs from the finish marred the effort. After running the mile in '2.23 Explosion was bowling along splendidly for a fust-ruu final half until lie faulted, and the journey occupied 3.3(>. Warpluir; (L. J. Smith) registered .1.. 2 for J'2 furlongs lie run the opening luilf in I 12. the middle one in 1.11 2-5, and the final in L.B 3-5. Wnrphuic did not infuse much dash into his effort, and had to be kept up to his work at the finish. Miss Braeside (F J Smith), Pavlova (C Smith) and Key de Quest (G Webb) were associated over a mile and a-half. Begin ning smartly the trotter was going nicely to the seven-furlongs post, where she nut in a Lad break. Itey de Quest led past the mile in 2.33. hut Pavlova ]oggcd homo at the finish in 3.52 Miss Braetiitia. who continued on the journey, took 4.2. Lord Lu (W Clifton) after being warmed up was despatched over a mile and a-riuar-tcr. and after pulling hard for six furlongs was allowed to step along the final half, which he negotiated in 1.11. Lord Lu has lately been showing signs of soreness in his shoulder, hut lie put plenty of vigour into his task. Gaza, who haß tieen having an easy time since his surprise victory at Hamilton, was worked in saddle free-legged, without any attempt at speeding J. Mahoney's charge has never boen in better condition ut any stage of his career. A. G. Pillenger put the straps on lus two-year-old by Worthy Bond—Lenglen, and the youngster paced soundly over a couple of circuits in company with the trotter Win Huon. The two-year-old l short of stature but makes up for this by sturdiness. J. McKendrick's Gold Bell maiden shaped pleasingly over a mile, showing-a. 2.24 gait. This mure, who took some educating, is now showing promise of being a useful pacer. An unnamed filly by Peterwah gave a neat exhibition of trotting for R. Saunders. She has a good even gait* and gave glimpses of useful speed in short epriuta.