COUNTRY TROTTING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 9

COUNTRY TROTTING

AUCKLAND CIRCUIT WINNERS WAIKATO STABLES DO BEST F. J. SMITH'S TWELVE WINS BY ABAYDOS Six clays' trotting took place during the season on the Auckland country circuit, as follows: —Wuikato, three clays; Thames, Te Aroha and Cambridge, one day each. The total prize-money allocated was £5050, and the' distribution resulted, Waikato stables, £1730; Takanini, £1130; visitors from outside the province £990; Mangero and Otahuhu £925, and Epsom £275. F. J. Smith was again the lending reinsman with I'2 wins, scored with Kewpio'a King three, Worthy Light and Weo Mactiiiie two each. Chancellor, Anita Fame, Le Chenault, Donum find Bingen Chief cue each. On two occasions he gained a heat, Donum dividing honours with Smoogor at Thames, while Kowpie's Kins shared first position with Miu Bella at Hamilton. J. T. Paul scored seven successes, Kingtrue and Te Kahu two each, Great Fairish, Uolden Eagle and Bismuth one each. S. M. August and S. A. Edwards, Canterbury, each drove four winners. August scored with Willie Derby, Hohoro, Gala Day and Alexis, and Edwards with Lady Fame, three, and Flay Lady. Another South Island reinsman, B. F. Mackle, was successful in winning three races with Linella. who also registered placed performances. Lady Fame's Three Wins Lady Fame's three wins, worth £'los. and Flay Lady's earnings, £OS, together with a minor placing by Transworthy, placed Mr. W. Johnstone at tho head of the list of Waikato owners with £'J7O. Bingen Chief, with two firsts and two minor placings. earned £'l7s. while Te Kahu, with two wins and a second, and Jackie Thorpe, ifith a 1 first and lour minor placings, each earned £l-15. Willie Derby'? first and second were worth £l3O, and the consistent Fukemiro gained £lls for three seconds and two thirds. Kewpie's Bond and Alexis each | collected £IOO, while a sclitary win netted Farrish Belle a similar amount. Of tho remaining 3 4 horses who contributed to tho Waikato total, Tryment, with a first, a second and two thirds, did best with £95. For the Takanini team Wee Machine's two successes netted £l?00, exclusive of a silver cup attached to the principal race at Cambridge. Worthy Light, for two wins, scored £255, including a silver cup. Kewpie's King, with two wins and a dead-lieat for first, secured £lB5, and Chancellor, who scored his only success at two miles at Claudelands, received £lO5. Visitors' Successes Three visitors, namely, Linella, Smooaer and Meteor, were largely responsible foi tho total of £9OO won by horses from outsido the province. Linella's three wins, second and two thirds produced £3OO, while Smooger's. To Aroha Handicap victory and dead-heat at Thames gave him £250. Meteor, with a win and second, earned £215. Others from the South to win a race on the trip were Ohineniutu £7O, All Worthy £GS and Billy Sundy £OO. For tho combined Mangere-Otahuhu stables Gala Day, two wins and two placings, headed the list with £IBO. Ringtrue, two firsts and a second for £l6O, and Great Farrish, £145 for a win and second, were tho only others to win over £IOO. Wins by Golden Eagle £BS, Bismuth £tio and a minor placing by Moko Bells brought J T. Paul's total to £lO5. Ilohoro won £9O and Francis Lincoln .?80. while for three seconds Man-o's share was £75. Epsom stables had a lean time and 15 horses shared in the £275, probably the smallest amount ever won by Epsom representatives on tho circuit,- Ihe only Epsom winner was Autumn Lu. who registered a surprise victory in a two-miles trot at Thames, returning over half a century on the win machine. Autumn Lu's win and a third at Cambridge were wrrth £BS, and tho next highest on the list was Free Logan £3O, for two minor placings. Best Time Efforts Some very smart times were registered on the country courses, and, in spite of tho fact that the Claudelands track was not as fast in May as earlier ill the season, the brilliant Impromptu succeeded in equalling the Mow Zealand grass track record of 2.4 1-5, c. fine performance under tho circumstances. Linella, 2.45 1-5, was tlio star performer at a mile aud a-Quarter, while free Lognn, 2.45 4-5, and Kingtrue, 2.40 4-5. also performed. 1 well at tho distance. At a mile and a-hal£ Kewjie's King. 323 2-5, did best, while' Kewpie's Bond, 3.2-1 3-5, put up a splendid performance for one in her class. Willie Derby. 3.25, and Wee Machine, 325 2-5, were the best of the others, while Gali Day's 3.32 was the fastest recorded Ly » straight-out trotter. Kewpie's Guy, who went 4.25 in the spring, took the two-miles honours, but Willie Derby's -1.27 4-5 m May was a high-class effort. At tho same meeting Chancellor's 4.33 2-5 was a fine performance for a three-year-old. At lo Aroha both tho sprint and two-miles honours went to 1. nicemiro, who, in finishing second, ran 2 41 and 4.33 3-5 respectively. At a mile and a-halt Alexis, 3.24 3-5, recorded the best efiort. ' Smooger registered a very smart mi Is and a-Quarter at Thames, going 2.44 1-5 to deadheat with Donum, who went 2.15 1-5, wuh PukemiTO recording 2.45 2-5. The last-named, with another second, registered the best twomiiea time, 4.34.

NEW PACER AT, TE RAPA

BREEDING LINES OF OLAX

L. N. Vernall. of To Rapa,. owner-trainer of Our Peter, now has in Ilia team the five-year-old mare Olax. who was formerly trained at Addington by J. S. Shaw. Olax raced in 'lie novice class at the "Wellington summer meeting and shaped in a Tnanner that suggested possibilities. Sho gained a minor place ip the South Island, but it was when acting as pacema.ker for part of the way with Worthy Queen when the trotter put up her phenomenal mile run of '2 3 •«-& that sho attracted most attention. Olax is by Travis Axworthy from Olwyn, who was by Pour Chimes from an Antonio mare. Four Chimes was by Abbey Bells, who had a double strain of llamblet<mian in blood from a King Harold mare, while Antonio is' a eon of Harold Dillon fi'om the Rothschild mare Ocean Wave. Antonio is half-brother to Muricata. dam of the dt.nl New Zealand and Auckland Trotting Cup winner Ahuriri, whose Hire. Cathedral Chimes, was also by Four Chimes.

ENGLISH JOCKEY'S VISIT

BRIEF STAY IN AUCKLAND An English jockey, E. Ransom, who has been paying a brief visit to New Zealand, left by tho Zealnndic yesterday on his return to London. Ransom, who rides for the trainers Marcus Marsh and Captain Gooch. left England at the end of last season and rode with success in Jamaica, including a win on Camilla in a leading two-year-old race, for which ho was accorded a rousing reception on defeating tho American jockey Ambrose on tho favourite. Black Lock. Ho then returned to England and following upon an accident in a hurdle raco undertook liis present trip to recuperate. Ransom rode Invershin in his training work for the Ascot Gold Cup in IO2S and 1929. but did not have the mount in the races. R. Ferryman riding him to victory tho first year, and B. Carslako the second. Ransom said he was delighted to hear of tho success of Steve Donoghue on Brown Jack in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Ascot for the sixth year in succession and also his chancci mount on Admiral Drake, winner of the Grand Prix do Paris. For a man now 51 years of age Donoghue was a wonder. F. Fox also was a most accom plished horseman, and Gordon Richards' record spoke for itself, although he went to scale at such a handy weight that he was able to get. more mounts than pi hers. Tho Australian "Brownie" Carslako had firmly established himself in England, features of his riding being his handling of two-year-olds and his strong finishes.

NEW PLYMOUTH NOTES [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday n, Dulieu has decided to take I'rinco Colossus to Trentham and he will probably go down by train to-morrow. The horse, has been kopt going since returning from Hawke's Bay, but may require u race to sharpen him up. J. O'Neill took Illuminate to Dannovirlte by float yesterday This horse will probably bo ridden by I. Tucker. R. Johnson proceeds to Trentham by float during tho week-end with Courtegn and Jacana. Both have been working well and should race prominently. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS "J.H.," Dcvonport.—Hula Belle is a five-year-old mnro by Beau Fils from Maxwellton. She scored her last win in the Trades; man's Handicap, six furlongs, at Wiugatui on Juno 2, carrying 7.10. and winning by half a head from Mobile (8.3) in 1.21 3-5. Nightform is a four-year-old brown gelding by Polnzel from Pollyform. He won the Alrlworth Hack Handicap, li milos, at Wiugatui on June 4, carrying 7.7, and winning by two lengths from Adult (7.13) in 2.30.