CANTERBURY TROTTING

NZ Truth, Issue 568, 6 May 1916, Page 10

CANTERBURY TROTTING

(By "The Looker On.") Irvan got out with a fly m the Halswell Handicap and that was the end of it. The time was 3m. 335. which was slow. Sinoda ran a fair race for a mil© and a r quarter, but tho pace was too solid and she collapsed at that point. Sho was lame on pulling up. Agathos is hitting his knees again and was lame when ho went out to contest the Halswell. In consequence he did not begin well. i Annett made, 100 much us© of Moknu over tho first mile In tho Harvest Handicap He was giving the limit horses 12sec«. for the two miles and ! was with them at tho end of a mile i which tho leaders covered m 2,30 3-6. ! One or two runner* In the Harvest I Handicap did not look as if they want- , od a cheque that day. ** u \ * or tt coup 1 * of br«ak«, Chub i would surely hay« troubled tho >vlnI nor of tho Two Mile Trot. Xla lame m front, and waa not Been at her best lost week. Mushroom Is not going very steadHy. Probably the hard going ofTthe summer is finding him out. i James Madison cannot stay two | miles out at any solid pace. 1 Hal Zolock, who hails from Wellington, looked a picture. He begun smartly m tho Metropolitan Handicap and never giving anything a look In, paddled homo an easy winner. | Admiral Wood was mado a screaming hot mvorlto for tho big handicap. Beginning-very, smartly he was soon m a good position, but he was not class-, enough- to win, though he lookod to have ii hope six furlongs from home. f Don Caesar lost a lot of ground at the start and waa i ...never m tho huntSherwood, who ftniahod jICUj, .jviw close up. If v knee-bool hud not slipped down, tho little black goidJng would have surely got a place. ''„'. Persuader and Tommy C, both got bad runs through the race or they would have been closer 'to. the leader. St. KcvJn docs not utuy two roilea well. One hundred yards from the post ho looked a moral to get second money, but he., collapsed and finished fourth. | Succeed is not class enough for euoh i-'i Hold {is contested tho Metropolitan ; Handicap. . ..... Electrocute trotted « game race In iho Trotters' Handicap. A. -break-'-' four i and u-half furlongs from homo looked j us if It might cost him the race, but | Wright got him down quickly. I Michnoi QttlinUo whs too »ore to do any good on the hard going 1 and I v.'iis snow m trouble, ■ 'Annie IC. Trugsinlnl. I«ord Hoantiiild and Auckland flirl. would net Uvep down mid mpuJlt whatever chane«n - lUpy luui, ..-'!' a tfocilon of. the. crowd g»ve I2lec- ; trocuio v hontile reception on his r«-' , t»jru to th** paddock for having intert'crvd witli H(r<* Hviithvr whoa he

broke; JV Wright, who drove Electrocute, was fined £20. Red Heather might have got second but for some interference, half a mile' from- home. ' Cappriccio made' no race of the Wilkin Handicap, Running, to the front' four furlongs from home the little Q.Y.M. mare made the rest of the Held 'look\ cheap. • Quite a number of trainers complained to the writer about individuals who have no right to be ther.e, .finding their way Into the owners' and trainers' Btand. Thiß is a matter, that »thY Metropolitan as well as- the >New Brighton and Canterbury Park, dlubs should attend to. \ , '.'„ ' f ,' ' Gnlindo Lou is a pacer with- plenty of speed that can be written down on the already ,long list of unreliable horses. Gertie L. was. out on the limit m the Wilkin Handicap, but she would not go" to her bell, and eventually loft many seconds behind the scratch horse. Once going she showed great speed and finished sixth. >' . •\ i Practically ' every stable in* Christchurch will be represented at the Forbury Park meeting next week. Acceptances for the Forbury Park meeting close on Muy 6. . Cronstadt was expected to race well m the High Class Handicap, but a skip at the stand completely settled his chance. Mountain Rqse should have won the High Class Handicap, as she , flushed a very close second to Author Dillon, after a very bad break. She had the Dillon colt doing his absolute best. f St. Kevin won tho . miio saddle m 2.11, off the 2.14 mark, and looked as if he could have done a shade better if required. ' Solo And Emmellne were together on scrutch m the mile saddle. Tho first mentioned did not begin well and lost two or three seconds, but she finished m front of Bmmellne, who was ridden by A. Oliver. Emmcline is not nearly as good as she. was two, seasons ago. , Mintson finished fourth' in the mile saddle. The little J*apanul— Mint horse is sure to win a raco Boon. Marizion was lame after the meeting and la at present having a spell. It seems a waste of time going on with her as both front legs are as soft aa bars of soap. Aguthos hit one of his kncea on tho first day of the meeting, and was lame from it. . Artlo Bultorfleld was m groat demand lit tho mile saddle, on Wednesday week. Ho was - wanted to ride Emmollne, Ifrandocla and Little Tib. i The stewards had to deolde which ho should ride. Owners of backward horaea engaged at tho Forbury meeting will not have much chance of working them on tho tracks m their preaent state. " Denver Huon ia engaged at the Dua- V edin meeting, but it ia any odds that he cannot bo right on the day. , John Dillon's front legs do not look too good, but ho raced soundly enough lnst week. Mako Mako has boon In the boom for a long time now. but so far his showings m public have not been of a very high class, Harold Devon ia engaged at Dunodln, and it is «oid that present lnten< lions are to take the colt down to tho xne«tintf. It Is reported that Our Thorpe i» quit© sound, but he will not bo meed again until next season. He will thus have overy chance to forget his tumbio at Forbury. Michael Galindo was oa lame aa the proverbial eat after tho mevilng, out ))e has been Uko that before and yet rac«tf iigftin. George Hard has been 'a good horse to th© Tuskers this auuson. During tho lust -.twelve mouths ho Imh won four raco«.