TODAY'S TROTTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21068, 30 December 1931, Page 11

TODAY'S TROTTING.

GOOD FIELDS AT EPSOM. GREAT NORTHERN DERBY. CHAMPION HANDICAP CONTEST. MURIEL DE ORO'S PROSPECTS. The Auckland Trotting Club's summer carnival will he continued to-day, when another good programme will he presented. The principal handicap events are the Champion Handicap and Ranfurly Handicap, for pacers, and the Epsom Handicap, for straight-out trotters. An important feature of the cart! i» the Great Northern Derby, in which the best three-year-olds of the year are engaged. Following are the acceptances, with a review of the fields by " Abaydos" :

12.0—OAK HANDICAP, Of £125; limit 4.52: 2 miles. Black Magic . . Lt. Yds. bhd. Effigy Lt. Cnrl Mack . . 21 Windchn-t . . . Lt. Royal Triumph . 36 Welcome Guy . lit. Parrish Belle . 30 Worthy Queen . Lt. Explosion ... 81 After her fine showing at Hamilton and again at Epsom on the liist day, Worthy Queen will be in demand of! the limit. Welcome Guy and Windchat are possibilities, but, with Carl Mack, Royal Triumph and Parrish Belle on handy marks, their task is made difficult. If ho trotted solidly, Explosion would have a chance. The favourites may be WORTHY QUEEN. PARRISH BELLE, CARL MACK. 12.45—TRAMWAY HANDICAP, Of £125; limit 3.34; 1| miles. Flying Cloud . Lt. Yds. bhd Free Locan . . Lt. Donna Gulvallis 12 Jersey Thorpe . Lt. Gumdigger . 12 Mar. Wallace . Lt. Rey de Quest . 12 Myrtlene . . . Lt. Oliver Thorpe . 12 Modern Light . Lt. Roi Grande . . 12 Flying Cloud and Jersey Thorpe look the best of the front line, although Free Logan is nippy, and Modern Light may be improved. Donna Gulvallis has reasonable prospects, but on first day's form Rey de Quest and Gumdigger read better. Oliver Thorpe was unlucky on Monday and may do better. The best supported may be GUMDIGGEH. REY DE QUEST, OLIVER THORPE.

I.3S—CHAMPION HANDICAP, Of £300; limit 2.44; 11 miles. The Abbey . Lt. , Yds. bhd. Muriel de Oro . Lt. Gold-Jacket . . 21 Nelson Tasker . Lt. Machine Gun . 24 Yds. bhd. Jewel Pointer 30 Mountain Dell . 12 Peter Bingen 3(1 Stanmoor ... 12 Wrackler ... 30 This is a high-class field and the issue is decidedly open. On her cup form Muriel do Oro is the pick of tho limit trio, but Nelson Tasker and The Abbey should race well. Mountain Dell should be too brilliant for the evergreen Stanmoor and may be hard to dispose of. Machine Gun will be preferred to Gold Jacket at the distance, and the back-markers, Jewel Pointer, Peter Bingen and Wrackler, should make the race interesting. In a good pool fancies should tnko a wide range, but there may be preference for MURIEL DE ORO. JEWEL POINTER. MACHINE GUN.

2.2O—GREAT NORTHERN DERBY, Of £1000; 1! miles. C'iro Gold Paper Edna Worthy Avernus Derby Fame Tempest Willi the small field the three-year-olds should Ret every chance to show their best. Form points to C'iro and Tempest having the greatest claims, but Avernus and Gold Paper are smart. Investors may favour CIRO. TEMPEST, AVERNUS. 3.IO—DOMINION HANDICAP, Of £150; limit 3.29; 1J miles. Chenaway . . . Lt. Yds. bhd. Yds. bhd. Glandore ... 30 Hohora ... 12 Stoney . . . 3(> Lady Yvonno . 12 Master Huia . 48 Gaza .... 21 Peter Pirate . . 72 Carnui .... 36

Coming into this class Chenaway, who is n very smart paccr, will be hard to head off from the. front line. Lady Yvonne, if she runs as well as she did on the first day, should be very dangerous, and Carnui again promises to keep the opposition busy, although 24 yards further back. Gaza, Glandore and Peter Pirate are possibilities. There may be. most support for CARNUI, CHEN A WAY, LADY YVONNE. 3.SS—INNOVATION HANDICAP, Of ±125; limit 2.56; li miles. Derby Vale . . Lt. yds. bhd. Gumdigger . . Lt. Kewpie's Oliver Thorpe . I-t. Triumph . . 12 Poi Lt. Wilbur White . 12 yds. bhd. Prince Pedro . 12 Bell Dial . . . !2 Some Dillon . . 24 The Iftnit quartette, Derby Vale, Gumdigger, Oliver Thorpe and Poi, are smart over the distance and they should make it difficult for those behind them to head them off. Bell Dial, at her best, is more than useful. Prince Pedro is vory speedy, and Kewpie's Triumph, with anything like a good passage, must be troublesome. Wilbur White may be capable of a good effort and Some Dillon is handily placed. The popular selections may be OLIVER THORPE. DERBY VALE, KEWPIE'S TRIUMPH. 4.4O—EPSOM HANDICAP, Of ±'2oo; limit '1.40; 2 miles. Etta Cole . . . Lt. yds. bhd. Stand By . . . Lt. Jock Bingen . . 48 yds. bhd. Peter Mclvinney 48 Kolmar .... 12 Sir Voyage . . 72 Paradigm . . . 30 Surprise Journey 120 ' H'uon Voyage . 48 Stand By should account for Etta Cole, but Kolmar, on his Rowo Cup running, reads better than the front pair. Paradigm will again so a solid race, and Jock Bingen. who did not get a good passage on Monday, should again run a solid race, and Jock Bingen, who did not get a good passage oil Monday, should do better. A hard track does not suit Peter McKinney, but ITuon Voyage may be improved for his race on Monday. The Sir Voynge-Surprise Journey bracket will be in demand, and, after his splendid displays on the first day. Surprise Journey should again take some beating. The order of favouritism may be SIR VOYAGE-SURPRISE JOURNEY BRACKET. PARADIGM, HUON VOYAGE.

S.3O—RANFURLY HANDICAP, Of £200; limit 2.48; li miles. Dan Direct.. . Lt. yds. bhd. Prin. Mauritius Lt. Great Ballin . 24 Nella Dillon . . Lt. Neeoro .... 24 yds. bhd. Impromptu . . 24 Benefice ... 12 Meteor .... 24 Golden Pedro . 12 Pluto .... 24 Te W alii a . . 12 Royal Silk . . 24 Torpedo Huon . 12 Sunshower • . 36 This is another high-grado field and fancies may take a wide range. Princess Mauritius should bo benefited by her race on Monday and may do better than Dan Direct. Nella Dillon has a reasonable chance and Benefice will be suited by the distance. Golden Pedro is nicely placed, and, if ho repeats his first day's form, should bo hard to beat, while tho cup winner. Royal Silk, and his stable mate Impromptu, with Pluto and Great Ballin, should mako it interesting. Investors may prefer liOYAL SILK - IMPROMPTU BRACKET. GOLDEN PEDRO, PRINCESS MAURITIUS. Handicaps for the third day will appear at the club's office at eight o'clock this evening and acceptances will close with the secretary, Mr. A. G .Mabee, at 9 p.m. EPSOM TRACK-WORK. CIRO IN FINE ORDER. There was not much fast work at Epsom yesterday morning, the majority of tho horses, which raced on Monday, being restricted to jogging exercise. Prince Pedro was given sprinting work and executed his task pleasingly. Prince Pedro, who now races in the colours of Mrs. H. W. Burch. of Hamilton, is in good order. Royal Triumph trotted several circuits at a steady clip. The Tamahere-trained trotter, who displayed a lot of promise early last season, appears to be making a return to form again after being ofl-colour for a long time. The Wellsford pair. Bell Dial and Gumdigger, paced resolutely without the hopples, and Gurndigger showed no illeffects from his hard race on Mondax. Bell Dial had baen putting more dash into her work since coming to Epsom, and may race prominently to-day. Explosion, who is engaged in the Oak Handicap, worked soundly over several laps. If he would repeat his dirt track form in a race he would take a lot of beating. Gold Paper was given useful work, in which he showed keenness to hit out. When sprinted occasional furlongs the Derby candidate displayed a nice turn of speed. Free Logan was allowed to run along briskly at short intervals and put plentv of dash into his efforts. Free Logan is a good type of pacer, but is giving away a lot of handicap to be in the improver's races at Epsom. After tho last race on Monday the Derby candidates, Ciro, Edna Worthy and Avernus were given a run on the course proper. Ciro, who is a classy-looking youngster, shaped pleasingly over a mile and ahalf, being accompanied on the final circuit by Edna Worthy. Ciro is a bold type of pacer, with a fine turn of speed and looks in great heart. Avernus also paced in good style without being asked a serious question. He showed some speed when sprinting along the back, and lacks nothing on the score of condition. SUPREMACY'S FATE. LEG BROKEN IN GALLOP. RAILWAY HANDICAP WINNER. An unfortunate mishap necessitating the destruction of Supremacy occurred on the tracks at Ellcislie yesterday morning. Supremacy was being given a short sprint on the No. 3 grass in preparation for his engagement in the King's Plate in the afternoon when his off foreleg broke above the knee, and he felF about a chain from the spot where .lie was first seen to falter. Supremacy's rider, H. Stokes, received concussion of the brain and was removed to hospital. The loss of Supremacy is a severe one for Mr. A. J. McGovern. The horse was right at the top of his form, and he gave evidence of this by scoring a brilliant win in the Railway Handicap on Saturday. Supremacy was a five-year-old gelding by Chief Ruler from Lucella. As a two-year-old he won the Avondale Stakes, the Welcome Stakes and the Great Northern Foal Stake?, and thus early in his career proved himself a brilliant walloper. Supremacy did not race as a three-year-old, but in his four-year-old season he won the Mount Eden Handicap at Avondale. besides registering six seconds. Until he won the Railway Handicap on Saturday Supremacy had not been successful this season, but he had previously run two good seconds, and his prospects of further success appeared very bright. One of the features of Supremacy's racing career was his consistency, and it was se.dom that he failed to run a good race. His stake winnings amounted to £3530.