AUCKLAND TROTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21518, 15 June 1933, Page 9

AUCKLAND TROTS

j NOVICES AND IMPROVERS CIMARRON IN GOOD FORM OUR SUMMER'S CONSISTENCY BY ABAYDOS Tho races for novice and improving pacers on the Auckland .Trotting Club's winter programme havo filled very well and a pleasing featuvo of, the acceptances for the Mangero Handicap, on the opening day next "Wednesday, is the promising quality of the contestants. Soven of the 21 acceptors have won races, and several of those on the limit have during the present season shown form suggestive of earty success. Tho back-marker, Whakahihi, has not yet won a race, but he has some placed performances to his crodit. He is unlucky that ho established a mark before the present handicapping system came into vogue, and he is set to give tvarts to horses that havo displayed far better form this season. May Chenault has won two races since being taken over by R. A. McMillan, and both her successes havo been achieved on heavy tracks. Apart from her two victories. Bhe has disappointed her connections on eeveral and'from her present mark fihe has a'difficult problem to solve, - ; Tho pick of the back-markers is.the three-year-old Cimarron, who is one of the most brilliant pacers in his class at tho present time. Ho has won only one race, but in that one registered 2.47 for a milo and a-quarter from a 3.6 mark. Since then he has been three times in a minor place and with a little luck in the running at tlir* Auckland May meeting would havo won a double. Prospects of Red Hope The Whangarei-owned Red Hope, who won his first raco at Cambridge; last mouth, „was carrying a good deal of condition at the time and he should now be further improved. Ho is a eolid pacer, and with his former trainer, J. Bryce, in tho sulky is sure to race prominently. Nellota, a half-sister to Pegaway, is a fine three-year-old who has been hampered by a severe cold during tho last few months. Earlier in the season she locked like reaching a good class and won a race at Epsom in approved style for F. J. Smith. She (ippears to be thriving on light exercise after a spell. Worthy-Chief's consistency on the HaweraWanganu; circuit proved that ho was on the upgrade, and ho has made further progress since joining A. J. Julian's stablo. Worthy Chief has hitherto been deficient in stamina, but his latest track efforts show that ho is improving in this respect. Now that he is staying on better, he should race solidly. When' brought to Auckland by O. E. Hooper for the Christmas meeting the bis pacer Bingen Chief eliowed a lot of pace in patches in his races. He wbb a bad "knee-knocker" and failed to win. J. 'l'. Paul took him over, but did not race him. and he was passed on to \V. E. Cockbill at Hamilton. If the speedy pacer can bo cured of his bad habit, ho should soon get on the winning list. C. Morau's latest purchase, Bonnie Direct, is a smart filly who should be improved with recent racing, and olf the 12 yards mark her ' prospects must be considered bright. She won nicely at Cambridge, where she returned a large dividend, and later at Rotorua she won again in easy fashion. She did not have much to beat at the latter meeting, byt tjie resolute manner in which she did her work attracted attention. Winning Turn Overdue Of . the large number on tho limit of tho Mangere Handicap. nothing makes a stronger appeal than Our Summer, who has raced very consistently during the season for several minor placings. Our Summer seems to be unlucky, as. after running second to such good pacers as Cimarron. To Mahanga and May Chenault. he has been beaten into a place in weaker fields. His turn is overdue and it may come at the Auckland meeting. If results could bo based on track work, -Jester wtiuld- have left the novice ranks lon« aso.-but to date he haa failed to race up. .to expectations. Prior to "' coming to Epsom he established a creditable record over a milo and a-half for a minor place, but, in spite of the fact that E. S. Groat has built him up a good deal in condition, he is still eligible for the limit of the slowest-class race 3. The day ho electa to do his very best under silk Jester will collect a Not much is known of C. S. Donald's well-bred novice Port Light, but the fact that he represents such a solid stable will ensure support. Port Light is bv Author Dillon from Ella Wood, who produced two high-grade pacers. Harbour Light, who won the "Westport and Greymouth Cups, and Real Licht, who put up some fast times in the South Island two seasons ago. If Port Light is anything approaching the calibre of his relatives, ho should be a useful maiden. I ' GOOD CLASS TROTTERS STEWARDS' HANDICAP FIELD Tho presence of two .. well-performed Canterbury trotters, Olson and Gay I'aree. in the Stewards' Handicap at Epsom next Wednesday will invest the race with additional interest. The field is one of the largest and best balanced that has competed in this class iu the Auckland Province this season and most of tho runners have recent good form to recommend them. Of the. limit quartette, Nell Vol a and Olson have put UP tho best performances, and during'the last two months tho former lias raced consistently aijd with a good measure of success, fn spite of her bad lapse at the May meeting, which lost her gee on (1 money, she should no lijird to dispose of, Moko Girl is trotting in her best form on the tracks, and she will lie assisted by the reinsmansliip of J. Bryce. Billy Carbine, is solid, but may not be brilliant enough. Olson is one of tho most improved . trotters in commission in the South Island, and in spite of tho fact that he is giving away time to take part in this race, he will be dangerous. ■ ' , . The ' consistent, Zanzibar should make ; 'things r interesting. Gay Parec is very ertbedy."but does not always:trot solidly, and Bessie'Pnrrish makes a. stronger appeal. She has been an unlucky performer and on four occasions ,at Epsom has been defeated by horses who have galloped while sho maintained a correct even gait. If track conditions are suitable. Bessie Parrish should be . handy at the finish. Dark Mclvinney showed improvement at the May rn«rtin«. when he won for his former trainer K.. 11. Kennerley, and, bracketed with Explosion, who has run some solid races this season, the combination will not be neglected. Gold Sovereign. «onco a fine performer, has no recent form. ... , n v While fancies are likely to tributcd. the favourite may be Olson, Volo and Bessie Parrish. SAPLING STAKES WINNER BREEDING OF WAR BUOY War Buoy, who in winning the New Zealand Sapling Stakes at Ashburton last ■ Saturday registered a phenomenal effort, running tho mile and a-half in 3.2 L 3-5 on a track that was good, but not at its fastest, is considered to bo tho best two-year-old pacer produced in tho Dominion to date. Ho won in such convincing fasnion that even better time could have been registered had tho occasion, demanded it. War Buoy was bfed by the Australianbred Man-o'-Wai", and is from Littlo Kow.pie who was by Diadem, by Rothschild from Little Alma. Littlo Alma carried a strong infusion of throughbred blood 111 her veins, as sho was by Telameter, by the Musket horso Artillery. The dam of Littlo Alma was by Perkin Warbeck from .a Blackwood Abdallah mare. Man-o -\v ar is by Peri Huon (St. Louis from a Vancleye mare), and his dam. AVilga. was by Ariel (Commercial-Flight) from Acorn (Vauclove —Oakleaf). . War Buoy was bred at Mothven by Mr. J. Mauger, and ho is half-brother to Dolhe Derby, winner of several races. Mr. Mauger attended to his early education and had worked him up to a very useful speed before he was taken over by M..8. Edwards early in the present year. Hib improvement in his new quarters was rapid, and it was not Ion" before ho began to reveal good form. Making his first appearance a Oamaru last month, lw won easily, and that race was regarded by his trainer as eufficient to fit him for the classic. That it was has now been proved, and the condition in which ho was produced to contest the rich event on Saturday is a tribute to his trainer. War Buoy is raced by Mrs. F Nicoll. president of the Ashburton Trotting Club, stated that the _committee hnd it "in its mind to make an increase to £IOOO ob soon ns it could ago its way clear (o do so, TROTTTNG FIXTURES June 10, 17—Nelson Trotting Club (at CreyTuno 1 "! 11 2-I—Auckland Trotting Club. j u ] y iJ_Waikato Trotting Club.