TROTTING.

NZ Truth, Issue 606, 27 January 1917, Page 10

TROTTING.

n^uridum wax only an Inmate of J. Bryce'H Ktablcn for it fc«\v day». She la back under H. Mills' a care. Qulncclyn hit himself very hard when rnclns on tho West Con«t and his ownor found It neccw&ary to blister and turn out tho bltf son of Qufnccy.

. Cathedral Chimes is to have a goo< ' spell. Present intentions are to le him stop out of training until the win , ter. This may be altered, as hi; , owner has been called up to join th( L reinforcements. The chestnut which joined E. Me , Dermott's team is not Acushla Mac ' chree. It is a filly by Harold Dillon j The first-mentioned filly is beinj trained down m the Hind's district. . Kirikiriroa was to have arrived fron ' Auckland by boat last Saturday week but somehow or another he got, lost oi the voyage and .when Charlie* Heari went to Lyttelton to take .delivery '.o. his old- trotter the. Union Company'; people \ proceeded to hand him over i half-draught gelding instead of Kiriki I riroa.' On Heard refusing to take delivery of the proffered "moke," th< shipping " people harked back anc found that the trotter had been left ir Wellington by mistake, and they dulj praduced him on the following Tuesday.' 1 - I Arthur Cox is taking a team of three to the Dunedin meeting. They are Marletta and Reta Peta (both of whic> are engaged m the three-year-ole trotter's classic), and the Gallndc pacer Nancy Stain. All three have been responsible for some very nice work. Marietta will be .driven m the Forbury Classic by McDermott and Reta Peta will have Cox behind her. On track form there is not a great difference between the two Petirela fillies. Tho four-year-old chestnut geldiing by Wlldwood Junr. m. Cox's stable looks like developing into a speedy and solid trotter. As a rule the Wildwood Junr. stock pace, but there are quite a few m commission now which show a preference for the trot. Red Heather is being got ready to race at the forthcoming Metropolitan meeting.. The Rothschild gelding improved rapidly for some months, but now seems to have come to a standstill. Hickenbotham is taking Peter Bell down to contest the tf otter's classic at Forbury . The big fellow may. get beaten as he is still babyish arid overgrown, but with age he is sure to develp into a payable trotter. Very little is known about Jimmy Bryce's candidate for the trotting stakes at Dunedin. You can bet your life that he is some . good or JameS Would not keep him going. Dolly Spanker is engaged at the.Fpr- . bury as well as i at ; Wellington. >SoTne owners who had horses racing at the Hutt early; this week intended trying to get them- through to Dunedin. Blackford was worked out over two miles (with a galloper alongside) to see if he was worth taking to Wellington, but as the grey did not get over the distance m his handicap time McDermot would not pay up with him. It is rarely that a horse can win m the time the hand icapper assesses him at. They must have many sceonds up their sleeve to be given a chance. Palmdale, who is engaged at Forbury, was taken down to the last meeting on that course,- but he showed a decided objection to the standing start and was left each time. This Is n smart pacer when he does begin. Wallace Wood will race at Dunedin but there is not a hope of his leaving the mark. ..J Nordicn, who was sold by auction 'a week ago, was bought, by her trainer N. Price. If anyone, should know the mares-values -value Price should. Scottish QueeYi, who ran a good second at Plumpton, is engaged. at Dunedin. She si!oul"d, race better '-with a professional behind her. She. is, sister to Scpttish MaciJ I ■* ■4j (}* •Muriel Star showed fa.ir form at Hororata and Methyen^but she wHl, ; .have to Improve. o.n it to win at Dunedin/? Vera Mauritiup; is & lbng time making pood. For a.' while many nice things were said about her. Gipsy -King ia. an improving pacer; So far he has v been unlucky m hi^pubUc essays, but surely "he cannot always be numbered among the unfortunate ones. That very promising paeeir, Lord Agapanthas, Is now at Oakhampton Lodge. Bryce will not need to/ improve much on this _ norse's Brighton running to win races with him,. ' Zara was undoubtedly a very fine pacer when W. Kerr-had her, but she lost all her style afiter she was sold. Once back lo form this mare will show something good. Gay Wilkes haaVy.-'Ji_eens entered amongst the pacers ; at; Forbury. He Is the makings of a fine- trotter, but at \ present he is not toor solid, and on paper it looks as if any decent pacers are sure to carry him off his feet m the first part of It. . Scenery is looking Rood, but docs not show any great dash m her work. Allen has mudo a great improvement m the roan muro's manners. Mr. Frnak Vale hns sold his mare. Lady Teddlngton, to the Wilson Brbs. The price paid wa« £290. At that figure she seema cheap. Coal King Is to bo brought In and put Into work again. The black horse wiis added to tho list some time ago. .Master ThGCkla han arrived buck nt McDermott's stablea and Is looking m nlco condition. Berry Is gradually getting Olive L Into solid shkpc. Tho conslstou little mare is doing as-well tvs any iniliHT could wiHh.llor.t9. Sweet Pot maybo taken down to tho Korbury meeting. It is a pity this mare Is not A 'more reliable beginner a.s she ca.ll pace fast when under way. Tom AnrVett . miwt have pot tired of trying to win milo r.icoa with Submarine, us tho old trotltJi'rt immA'.uppoars m the two 'mUb'hjiats at Forbury. Little Kauri- was tried out over two miles on the Metropolitan track one day last week. On hia showing thin pacor can have very little chanco of annexing either of tho bljr races at Dunedin. It took him 4.47 2-5 to i-.ovtT th<* sixteen furlonps and that with tho holp of pacemakers. Tho trainer of .A pathos evl«letuly Intends (riving tho poldinjc another trial over two mlle.s. as he hus nominated tho O.Y.M. pact-r for the long distunce racoa at Dunedin. Tho writer cannot imaglna thla horao staying oul a Holldly run two mlleti. ChildndaU-'s dt'feat at tho hands 01 Admlml Wood m tho Auckland Our r was a (Treat mirprlse to all connects with Bryco's tttabk'. I'erhaps tho iroc}i I nl Forbur>" win suit him bolter that I did tho Aucklnnd one. Hncinu Handbook, post free 7d, »o< advortUoracnt pago 9.

i ■— — —— — — ■— — — ■— . . j Franzalena does ,not appear to be a 5 good track performer, as she has to be i hustled to make her show anything like time. Dorothy Dillon is a greatly improved L mare since going into Harry Frost's t stable, and she should show a hand-. . some credit balance at the end of the season. : The standing start being m vogue at >. Dunedin may not suit Lady Haldane. I She did not make any shape at all m I Auckland. - If the races are started from an ab- ' sclute stand at Dunedin it is any pdds that Reggie Huon will not leave the / mark. .: 1 Persuader caused a surprise once at Dunedin and it is ntf moral that he will ; not repeat it. Bryce will not have had St. Kevin long enough to show much improve--1 ment at Dunedin." It is doubtful if he ; will 'get him to stay two miles < ; Sungod, who' was the star per- \ former at the last Dunedin meeting, has not been harshly, treated m being put on the 4.35 mark. Such is exactly what he went when he won the ' big race on the second day, i Handicapper Brinkman has let Mirttson up one second at ' Dunedin, while Don Caesar and Admiral Wood have both been let out almost two see--1 onds. Nobody can complain, at this 1 leniency over a five furlong tracks Monavale has been showing somewhat improved form since she was last 1 seen m, public, but his staying powers ' are nothing very great yet. ; Bill Black is training Belle Elmore. She goes with great dash and is show- . ing speed, but Black does not think he \ has had her long enough to take on a Dunedin trip. • ,• . Aero, who used to be spoken of as a pacer of great promise, has not come on as he should. He always had \ plenty of speed for a furlong or two, '■ but could never see a journey out. t There will be some silver changing i hands if Canterbury owned horses do ■not win most of the stakes at the Forbury Park meeting. ' . f Beeswing, who trotted very " solidly at the last Forbury meeting, must be improving as the name appears j amongst the good class trotters. j » Fox has Arcadian going well. The j chestnut looks much fitter than he did at Brighton. .> A good word has arrived from the , south about Rosie McKlnney. At the last Dunedin meeting Lady Patricia won m very hollow style, and gave Gay Wilkes a start and a bad . beating. Since then the" last-named showed himself to be a more than useful trotter at Plumpton. This goes to (Show that Lady Patricia should per- \ form well at Forbury. Tom Annett has got three good trotters, Gladsome, Commander Bell, and Submarine, engaged m the Otagro Handicap. Good as they are they are a very long way back and Tom cannot ride the lot of them. When Commander Bell first raced here after arriving from the south she won like a high-class trotter, but good judges from Southland would not admit Lowe's mare as \ staunch. They were right, ahe has never run out \ a solid race since. The Oamaru trained Bacchus had the reputation of being very deficient m stamina, but as age arrived this pacer managed to get to the end of a mllo very nicely. * Free Holmes Is keeping Dalwhlnnie up to her work. She Is a mare that onco given a let up takos a very long time to get into form again. Colmena Is considered to have. been very unlucky when sho was beaten a. short head by Sungod. If sho was, the chestnut mare will have an opportunity to do better at Dunedin this week. Dot Robblns Is a good pacor. and one that has shown herself capable of winning on the Metropolitan track In good company. Manderene is credited with having worked out on several occasions lately In a manner something approaching his old time form. If this Is correct, the black horse should be heard from soon . ' • 1 From the way handlcnpper Brinkman has handicapped Admiral Wood and Adelaide Direct m the King George Handicap it \.i evident that he j . considers the Wllilwood Junr. horse i capable of lowering the mare's eoloru i and this In the face of her recent brilliant showings at Auckland. Ho haa , asked Bryce's champion to Rlvo Ed\vrmlt»'B record holder two seconds m j ten furlongH. Both animals nro to step i ngiiiust the. Forbury irack record for ti j mile and whatever Adelaide. Direct i does the Admiral should clip somes thing, off it! i , When Chin. Rhodes won with Scop- ; trc at New Brighton it was the first ' race ho over landed m Canterbury, I

Tamarisk was put well back for his two wins at Ashburton, and it is very doubtful if the black horse wilf be a runner m the Cup at Forbury. John Peel found the track at Ashburton too uneven and left his feet on two occasions. The dirt track at Forbury may suit him much better, and he is expected to give a much better showing than he did on Boxing Day. Gladful, the full sister to Cora Dillon m W. Black's stable, is filling out into a very shapely piece of horseflesh. So far she has not been asked to show speed, all her tasks being accomplished on the bit, but, she has shown herself to be a smooth pacer. Seychellis was worked out on the Addlngton track during the week. He showed plenty of speed m the straights but did not negotiate the turns very well on account of hitting his knees, and was very tired at the end of a mile done m moderate time. It is doubtful if he will be able to do himself justice on the Forbury trade. The last time Wingatui was raced at Dunedin he was solidly supported to beat Cappriccio over two miles, but he found the task set him considerably more than, he could manage as many other N pacers have done. This trip lie may not have such a solid customer to tackle. Paul Dufault is showing signs of developing a temper. Some days he gets quite sulky when taken on to the track, and at all times it is impossible to get the Harold Dillon pony to extend himself without a pacemaker. One day last week Adelaide Direct skipped over four furlongs m 59 3-5, and finished well. A local daily that should be an authority on all racing matters, stated one day last week that W. Kerr had sold a two-year-old colt by Wildwood Junr. — Thelma to so and so, etc., and all sporting men are laughing at the par, for of course Thelma is the dam of Wildwood Junr. The colt sold was by Galindo— Thelma and Is a half-bro-ther to Wildwood Junr. and not his son . There are fourteen high-class pacers engaged m the Parliamentary Handicap to be run at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's forthcoming meeting, and six of the best are inmates of Bryce's boxes.