AUCKLAND TROTTING.

NZ Truth, Issue 910, 5 May 1923, Page 11

AUCKLAND TROTTING.

Aockland season finished la3t Saturday. A glorious wind-up to a record season. . . Record crowd at Epsom last Saturday. Machine dropped £5000 first day, but increased £ 15,000 second day. Increase on the meeting, £9902 10s. The meeting 1 started • badly and finished brilliantly.. , - . v „ :;■ The. going was dead when the first day started, and when the rain started it was soon sloppy. } > A lot of the best horses side-stepped the first day. The weather was fine for a start, and over 12,000 rolled out on Tuesday, but they melted when the showers started. There were nasty smashes each day going out of the straight. Cutting-in tactics should be cut out with a heavy hand. Minton Derby is a champion. He had his field at any stage of the big race, ' Happy Voyage didn't start in a race, but gave a magnificent exhibition of pacing the second day. The track was considered too rough for recordbreaking, but the Aussie flier did half a mile in lmin 1 1-Gsec. He had no pacemaker to help, but Sid Hirst, the •popular huntsman and clerk of . the course, gave him a go down the straight amidst great cheers. Happy Voyage had too much pace for the hunter. "Worthy JJingen ran away with the first event. Five smashed up behind him. Steel JBell ran brilliantly, but had no ohanco with Minton Derby. With a bit of luck the old grey mare would have won the second day; but was bumped out by her stable mate, Gold Girl, losing a sulky wheel. Was Showahoe wanted? Pyramuß ia a good mare. Two flrata, a second, and a fourth was a fine performance. The rehandicapping penalty just stopped her in her last pop. Bonny Logan ran a good race. Bryca, sen., brought Reliance along with a rattle in the Mangere and ((cored nearly a sixth of a century, which ia unusual for him in Auckland. Brenda strolled in through the mud. Roy de Oro was a dud at Epsom. Alto Chimes was anyhow <In the mud the first day, but won easily | from Snick the second day. Buz Buz was unlucky. J. Shaw must hold tho season's record for running- second. Norman Cunningham was handiihe second day by having his jaw In a sling. An argument with another trainer started the trouble, and it is understood that the argument will bo finally settled in another place. These trotting trainers are keen. Last meeting one developed a busted boko. Couldn't the Boxing Association stage a trotting event? The first event tho second day was sensational. Worthy Blngen was only worth a few spots for a win. He ran across his field going out of the straight, made a boo line for tho exit gate to his box and defied Tomkinson to straighten him up, so they let him out and with him went most of tho cnaffcutter. Then Lady Irving strolled in nnd scored nearly a century with Reta Huon going well over double figures for second. Martin Taylor paid a good price for Mulwaree in Australia, and he showed some promise early in tho season, but vrent off und was dropped for seventy <Wkl. W. Kelsey «ot him right again nnd hopped him out In the Mangero to pay nearly half a century. A ticket on the first winner last Saturday, "all up" on the second winner, would have netted nearly four thousand. We missed it, as did several others on the course. Anselm landed the Adams Gold Cup for the Ohnupo sport, Jack Teddy, Jun., nnd his/ driver, Alan McMillan, was congratulated warmly on hi*' popular win. x l^r.tly Joan 'landed tho Liverpool easily from l-'lrat Carbine. Roclmway was unlucky with his two seconds, but palii well for following. v

Snoyrshoe wasn't . seen till the <^ffr. when he was seen going like fury. ■ Blair Audubon -was the fancy for the mile saddle each day. He landed the 'second pop. Heather Girl was consistent. The' Cambridge T.C. were good sports in sacrificing their day to permit the A.T.C. postponing to Saturday. Peter Riddle returns to Sydney with his team and a few thousand in a gold cup to -boot. He has been well in the big money with Minton Derby, Sheik, and Argus, but can't afford to winter for six months in Auckland waiting for the next meeting. He wiU return next spring with some extra good stuff, and will be welcomed back, as he has proved himself a good clean sport. Tbmkioson's lad, Dunlevey, had tHe ntount on Lady Evelyn In the Farewell saddle event, but the Aussie mare was too fresh and hurt her rider, playinpr, up. The boy brought her back and chucked the job over to Fisher, the lad who looks after her. Haricot could have got second, but the driver didn't seem anxious to push her. . A. E. Rae Is one of the unlucky Aussie visitors, and failed to catch a race here, although he had good stuff in Globe Derby, Pyramus, Hartcot and Lady Evelyn. As soon as he sold Pyramus she ran two firsts and a second in two days. Rae Is returning to Sydney, but if he comas back he ought to bring a good driver with him. . Pete Peter petered out at Epsom both days. . . We expect another Aussie invasion next spring. Machine Brick, who recently cleaned up Grand Voyage, Clarrie Daley and others in the Sydney Thousand, is expected across. Had Globe Derby won on the first day the Tommy Rooks would have been crying for a year, as the dub. Minton TJerby and Globe Derby was backed off the cards. •