AUCKLAND TROTTING.

NZ Truth, Issue 881, 14 October 1922, Page 12

AUCKLAND TROTTING.

The season m Auckland will be opened ..at Alexandra Park next Saturday. • ■ «c If the nominations received by the A.T.C. are to be taken .as. a guide, then trotting .is going to go bigger and better than ever this^year. Albert; 'Patch set 'thW tongues wagging last week when he ran a mile with Ni fa-Bell. "Alberi: "Patch lias the speed, but he has always been a rogue and can 1 never be relied on to do his best. ■.••'■■ Ben Wallace looks well, but he may /want racing to tune him up. Blue Mountain King looks better now than at any time since he came over from Australia. Be a little with him at the meeting. Cunningham's imported maiden trotters will be at short prices when they line up. ■ Aerial Bingen continues to work m great style. He might not do so well m company. 7 J -.-■• - ■■■''■- ••'■■' ■'■■■ : "■ Lord Roberts is working well, but he has the hardest -part to do to win again. Enid will .'be the best of J. Lynch's team which is far from strong at present. ' Moneymaker is showing all his old clash and if his^iform next' week is satisfactory he will be on a trip to Adaington for the N.Z. Cup. . Pnni w ill be hard to beat m any race he takes on. Ie looks a mu over the odds .expecting Alt' McKinney to win a raeo. It is time lie was pensioned off. "Garth" Robertson has decided to give up training, at anyrate for the j present, as hi.s place is too far away from the training track. Audex is being- tried m, saddle. Sho can muster up a. bit of pace, but not quite enough to Land a stake. First Carbine is still very backward and 'it will be well on m the season he is at \ his best. The promising straight-out trotter, Guava, went the way of all flesh recently. Her death would be a severe loss to owner Gilson. Togo's Promise and Mulwaree, two Australian horses purchased by M. Taylor, have gone into J. Shaw's team. D. Simmonds has Treanac m work and moving- nicely. Treanac has pace, but cannot stay. Johnny ' Golddust has joined J. Lynch's tearh again. Everyone is waiting to see how fast Al Mack will so. '-"'■ He has a record of going' a mile better than 2min 4sec. He won't' do it m Auckland.

J. Shaw has Pitiroa going like a train at express speed. He will be m the money next week. At Otahuhu Lady Dunmore is going great guns. Elsa Nore will let the maiden trotters know there is a meeting on before she is done with them. Rangiatua Erua has joined the workers again. He will take some building up. W. Tomkinson- is expected with four horses next week. Whatever he. starts will be well backed. The veteran alintson is showing a lot of dash and he gives the impression that he will still go a good race. Master Basil can put on a lot of side, but he might not be a good one. Ho does not look as though he will stay. * A juvenile by Great Audubon — Maplewood has joined W. Orange's team. The easiest* races to win next week will apparently bo the rich prizes, as the fields will certainly bo the smallest. Harold Junior has stood* up to the work allotted him and he will be a nuisance to the others. Acceptances: for the first day's programme close on Friday of this week. Auckland Trotting Club's Spring meeting to-day. George Phippa, who brought Dick Dillon over from Australia, has added three more Australians to hi 3 team. , The speedy Brendo is ' reported to have changed ownership, and m future wilL race m the interests of E. Morrison. Brendo can muster up a fine turn of speed and will be unlucky if he does not pay his way. - Locally the various trainers have their charges well forward, but with the number of visiting teams present races are .not going to be easily won. Boycott and Manna are the moat forward of A. Groat's lot. He is ateo putting some young green pacers through their education. > Pani continues to please the touts m his work; and promises to be an early winner. '. Aerdal Bingen is going better than ever on the tracks, and the only question is: Will he do as well m a big field of horses? Red,, Star may be given a race m saddle. -He can stay .as long as the proverbial "kid m a; lolly shop," but takes time to get much pace on. Levreine is hardly ripe enough to be picked yet. Promenade is irresolute* at the peg. But for this nothing would be outside her reach. Lord Rbberts ' is very well, but is disposed to leave his feet when racing. Bon-bon is a good trotter and will taste sweet when his party decide to open the box. ■„■■■ . ' .', : My Junior is well forward and may catch an early race. Master Councillor is backward. He may shine at a festivity about Christmas time. ' , Albert Patch is looking better than He has ever done. He has plenty of. pace, but m a race never, appears to be looking for the whole basketful/ He prefers "half a loaf;" „ : P. Glasheeii is booked.;to arrive: from Australia with a big -team .of horses, . including the champion Good Voyage;' The Otahuhu Club is out with an attractive programme m book form for the -1922-23 'season'. ""•■ The Spring meeting will be held' on November 18 and 22. The stakes for the gathering total £6400. ' !