TROTTING NOTES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22388, 7 April 1936, Page 9

TROTTING NOTES

FORM AT WANGANUI IRONSIDE'S FINE DISPLAYS PROSPECT IN HAWERA CUP BY iABAYDOS A feature of the Wanganui trotting meetings was the success pf Aucklandtrained horses, who won 10 races and £655 in prize-money, while Ironside's owner also received a canteen of cutlery and a silver cup. J ron-side was the host horse of the meeting. His two victories were gained in a manner that left 110 doubt about his staying ability. In recording 4.31 2-5 the Wrack horse equalled the track record of Worthy Light and Smooger. lie was. well driven by his trainer, J. G. Robertson. Although Ironside is still a little outside the ilawera Trotting Cup limit of 4.38, ho is a likely starter and in his present excellent condition he should be clangorous. Ho won £l9O at Wanganui. I3aroit Alfonso won the Suburban Handicap, two miles, through sheer determination, ;iidcd by judicious handling from his driver. In a hard finish with Great Chum, who hung on with surprising gameuess,' Baron Alfonso displayed rare stamina and for one of his age he did very well to register 4.39 4-5 from a 4.55 mark. Now that he has regained form, Baron Alfonso should win more races for Mr. Ernest Davis and the Hon. Mark Fagan. One of the form iiorses at the meeting was Rockella, who won both sprint events and was third each day in the chief two miles races, his earnings being £l4O. In the Liverpool Handicap Rockella looked like winning at the distance, but C. Moran changed his course and lronsid-a and Treasure Bond beat hiin home. In the Farewell Handicap Rockella was early in third place. He finished with great dash and won going away. Rockella looks like being a difficult horie for the Manawatu Cup. Silk Cord as Sprinter

Silk Cord, who ran a sound race for third behind Muriel Bond and Parochial, showed some improvement to make a dead-heat finish with the lastnamed in the Louis Cohen Memorial Handicap. Silk Cord was assisted by a smart beginning and a good run. \\ hen he shook off Allworthy inside tho distance, he looked a winner, but Parochial got to him. This was Silk Cord's second success for C. Moran, and he does best in-sprint races. Parochial, who in her two starts the previous week attracted attention by her smartness from tho barrier, lost ground at the start of the Louis Cohen Memorial, and, getting in a bad postion earl}', she had to work hard to make up the leeway. She was in third place at the top, and, although she appeared to be tiring slightly at the end, she ran on gamely for a dead-heat. Had she not made such a lapse at the beginning, Parochial would have won outright, and she will race well again in short events.

Polly Pan repeated her first day's performance by breaking several times in her first start and then winning the two miles trot. Making only one mistake, Polly Pan won nicely, going 4.45 from 5.0. She won £125 for two firsts and a second and she should add further to her total on the circuit. Muriel Bond showed fine dash in her winning effort and she only requires to keep sound to secure further laurels. A display of more than ordinary calibre was that of the Hamiltontrained four-year-old Sir Frank, by I'rank Worthy—Aggie Bell, who was having only his second race, and may have been closer than third had he not covered extra ground. His finishing effort left no doubt about his courage.

Rayon d'Or Beaten JRayon d'Or liad four races during the meeting, but failed to gain a place, although he was three times fourth. He -was responsible for the sound pace in the Liverpool Handicap, and less than two furlongs from home he was still in the front. Looking better for the racing, he was given every chance in the Farewell Handicap. He ran a solid race and was in the firing-line in the hard finish, but just misst-d third money. With classes at the Manawatu meeting to suit him, Rayon d'Or should score. One of the most improved novices at Wanganui was Baron Grand, the three-year-old by Baron Chenault from Welcome Pearl, ,who is owned by# Mrs. J. D. Piper. He was a backward colt when he raced in the Great Northern Trotting Derby and was just beaten for third by Great Jewel, but H. Garnett has made much improvement with him. On the first day Baron Grand ran a creditable race, and, as he had worked attractively in the interval, was backed on the second day. Ho was splendidly handled by A. Garnett, the trainer's son, who won races last season, and, when severely tested at the finish, the colt showed fine courage. King Franz has not done much racing, but he is a useful-looking horse and was nicely handled by his owner, D. W. Hansen. He is by the successful trotting sire Native who was also represented in the race by Native Tree (second), Native Bird and Native Leaf. Celebrity, who gave C. S. Donald his only win at the meeting, put up an attractive performance in conceding 48 yards to a big field in the Stewards' Handicap, to win in 2.48 1-5 from a 3.1 mark, the time equalling that of her stablo mate Blondie, who finished second in the Farewell Handicap oif 2.55. Celebrity is a shapely filly by Jack Potts from Delco, and she appears destined with age and experience to reach a high place.

TROTTERS FOR HAWERA DEPARTURE FROM WANGANUI I * [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] "WANGANUI, Monday The Takanini horses, Ray on d'Or, Baron Alfonso, Muriel Bond and Polly Pan and the Mangers pacer, Ironside, left for Hawera to-day. Farm Girl and Nelson's Princess are returning to Auckland. C. Moran's team, to which Winshow lias been added, is going .to-morrow to Palmerston North; and will not race at Hawera. L. N. Vernall is also going direct to Palmerston North 'with Our McKinney and Worthy Nor. The lastnamed injured » leg in the Ballanco Handicap at Wanganui, and is to be spelled. KEREPEEHI SPORTS TROTTING HANDICAPS The following handicaps have been declared for the trotting races on the programme for Easter Monday of the Kerepeehi Sports Association: — HANDICAP TROT, unhoppled; li miles. —Netherton. Glen Tui, Tikarere, Bonnie Pointer, Mokatina. Peggy Bond, Wild Wdrks, Miss Loreno, limit: Colleen Murphy, 24yds bhd; Win Hucn, 48; Heather Glow, GO; Waikaha, 72; Matty Herbylin. 84; Satin Bird, 9G. KEREPEEHI TROTTING CUP. 2 miles. —Netherton. Glen Tui, Tikarere, Bonny Pointer, Mokatina, Miss Lorene. Wild Works, Judy Thorpe, limit; Colleen Murphy, Gaza, La Triumph, 12yds bhd; Win Huoii, 24; Mazda (unhoppled), Dainty Lady, 86: Hoather Glow, 4S; Mattie Herbylin, Waikaha, 72; Taumatakaujra, 108. KOPUARAHI TROT, li miles.—Netherton, Takarere, Bonnie Pointer. Mokatina, Peggy Bond, Miss Lorene, Wild Works, Judy Thorpe, limit: Colleen Murphy, 24yds bhd; Win Huon. 3G; Dainty Lady, Heather Glow, 48; Waikaha, 60: Mattie Herbylin. 72; Taumatakaura, Satm Bird, 108.