CATERBURY TROTTING

NZ Truth, Issue 571, 27 May 1916, Page 10

CATERBURY TROTTING

(By "The Looker On.")

The Southland-owned Yarraville Is now a member of R. Allen"s team, and is being worked on the Metropolitan track. He has great pace, but is a very extravagantly actioned horse, and, m consequence, does hot stay far. Don Caesar will bo a starter at tho Canterbury Park meeting. Allen has him looking very well, as he needs (to be if he is to win off the mark he is now on. Agathos has left J; Wright's stable and is to be handled by B. Jarden m future. He is a confirmed kneeknocker and Wright had a lot of trouble with him, but could not stop W Woodchlld is a very promising: trotter, and .some enthusiastic admirers say he will develop into a champion. He has a long way to go before reaching that stage. . : ■W. Abbott arrived from the north last week with St. Ursula and Strategy. Both of them were runners at New Brighton, but neither of them got into the money. ' Scottish Mac has been taken up once, more. The old roan must be nearly old /enough to vote. The tram, service home from the New Brighton trots was, to say the least about it, decidedly uncomfortable, and it- the club does not hand m a complaint to the Tramway Board it 1b neglecting its duty to patrons. St. Ursula was sold during the New. Brighton meeting and is now a member of Fleming's team. The price is said to have been £500, with contingencies amounting to £200. Owners and trainers should make a note that nominations for the Ashburton winter meeting close on Monday evening next. Jimmy Bryce had bad luck m not winning the big race on the first day at Brighton, as Murlcata could not have lost but for a bad break -six fur-' longs from home. On the second day Bryce toddled home with Antonio. - Great Audubon is a fine trotter. "He went 4.53 when he won the Brooklyn Handicap last Saturday, and that after covering more ground than any other horse In the race. I A seotion of the crowd gave McMillan a hostile reception when he returned to the paddock with Great Audubon after winning the Brooklyn Handicap. Tommy C had. to go 4.31 2-5 for the two miles when he ran second to Antonio m the Brighton Handicap, whioh waa two seconds bntter than he was handicapped to do. i There is not a shadow of doubt as to which is the best three-year-old m ; commission this year, and Author Dillon Is m a class by himself. The start for the Derby was a good one, but Author Dillon and Harold Devon both, left their feet two or three strides past the clock, and thereby lost ja lot of ground. Jarden Is to be congrujtulatcd on the patient race he drove {the little Harold Dillon horse. smuJunlly [closing on the leaders. He was within j striking distance two furlongs from i home, and from that out the race waa jail over. I Bejlflower is a flno trotter, but she Imust be a mare of moods, for her two performances at New Brighton were 'very dissimilar. On the first day eho

finished nearly last, and on the second time out the race was never m doubt. The Bellman mare trotted the two miles m 4.51, and could lr.ive knocked seconds off that time if required. More patiently ridden, Bifrana would have won the Final Handicap. George Hard has been suffering from kidney trouble during the last two weeks. % Frandocia's performance m winning the Final Handicap of one mile m 2.12 4-5 was a brilliant piece of work, for Princess Sherwood ran him right out at the first turn and made him lose a lot of ground. '. Agnes Chief Is.' a nice pacer, and those who lost their money on her at Brighton should get it back some other time. Watchman couldn't carry the weight of money that the public bundled on him last Thursday at Brighton, and finished a long way back. Harold Devon is a good colt, and is Tamarisk's master over any distance. Kai Kanui would not settle down to his work m the Bexley Handicap, and gavo W. Orange, who had the mount on him, a very rough ride. George the Fourth, a. well-grown two-year-old by Prince Imperial— Kola Nut, | made his first appearance at New Brighton, and showed himself to be possessed of some pace. Lord Cecil, like most of JLord Elmo's stock, can go fast, but he does not seem to stay very well. Able Boy Is being: trained by Tom Annett now. He gave a very poor showing m the two mile saddle at Brighton. General "Wilkes was expected to pace a great race m the Brighton Handicap, but he found the class opposed to him much too good, and was never seen. Ariadne- ran a very bad race last Thursday, and quite disgusted his trainer, who handed him over to his owner next day. ; NVild Thorpe can stay all day and is sure to win over a distance before long. John Dillon had the mile harness race won a long way from home on Saturday. He put m tT great burst of speed over the first half, and had his field collared and beaten three furlongs from home. Coal King has always been an unlucky horse. He was forced to step 3.29 to win the Trial Handicap of twelve furlongs — a 3.52 class — which is tough going. Jini Bryee is training the black horse now. Jim Bryce had a lead of Andy Pringle for the gold whip, and us there are only, two more meetings it looks a moral >that the Scotsman will be the premier horseman this season. The O.Y.M. gelding, King Lear, looks like developing into a good pacer. Caprloclo found the lot opposed to her m the Burwood Handicap much too speedy. She made the most of the running and led to the mile and a-quarter peg, where Princess Sherwood passed her, and after that the most of them beat her. Our local ftandicappers have a select number of horses that they never take any liberties with. Radiant Morn is one of them. He has not won a race for twelve months, put is never let out a second. Galindo Lou has great speed, but something has soured her, and it is very doubtful if ever she will be much good again. Irvingwood, did not race well at Brighton, but that was not his proper f orm. ' ' The. Maid races without straps and is a fine pacer, but she was too sore to do her best last week. When m the humor, and with the going to suit, Gold Crest can go as fast as the best of them. Wallace Junr. is one of the best handicapped horses m New Zealand. ' He doesn't leave the mark once m ten times, but when he does you can gamble that he will get some of the' money, and yet he gets into races seconds further out than he should. ' Trotters imported from America performed .well nt Brighton, Madame Shaw and Great A.udubon both winning racea. Law Chimes raced well at the seaside meeting, but was not quite good enough to catch a heat. ; Eruption mado his first appearance on a Canterbury course last week. He is a very frOu gaited trotter, and it Is any odds that ha will perform better before long. Electrocute is set to give Great Audubon Ssecs. la the Winter Oats Handicap. The writer can't fancy the old horse's chance of doing It. The Canterbury Park handicapper has set -Author Dillon to give Tamarisk three seconds In a mile.