Addington Opens New Trotting Season

NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 12

Addington Opens New Trotting Season

Surprise Whii For : '.A , Speedy Talar<!> ■ In \ Big Handicap \

(By "The Toff.") V J. OWEN has Nurmi doing serviceA * able tasks, but as yet he is not properly wound up to get the money. ** * * First Fashion is getting ready for the races. He is a great trotter and some money will go his way this season. "» • ♦ . ♦ Roicole is building up nicely. He has improved m appearance since last seen m public. (■■ * * Looks The Goods Always be a bit with Native Chief. Trainer Kennerley has him m perfect buckle, and capable ot doing something drastic to some of the established records this season. * # # B. Jarden will make' another start on Judge Hancock after the National meeting. # * # Cecil Donald is unfortunate. Henry Logan has an enlarged knee that is not responding to treatment; Willie Logan has a nasty heel, and his own horse, Harbour Light, has a bad fetlock jo.int. Still, Mangautu is capable of earning the oats for the .establishment. * • ' . ' ♦ I Peter Bingen is carrying some condition, but that won't handicap him over a short course. He can fly. • * • '# M. B. Edwards is educating a halfbrother to Black Admiral and a halfbrother to Harold Thorpe. ,■# * a Sheik is m great heart, and he is revelling m his work. He is a% beauty. ■ « / • * • Happy Rosa is trotting great guns. Don't think the world is coming to an end if she comes out and cleans up some of our best trotter's this season.

Pedro Pronto is quite *. sound, and there is no reason to think 'that Jack Kennerley will have any trouble m getting him ready to sport silk. . * * * Stormy is "back with his old mentor, E. C. McDermott. He shows signs of regaining- form, and being,; the guest of. "Eugene" evidently suits. him. * " • * ' ■.• > * Some of the punters down south will have to steal the'fiennies from . the kiddies'! money-boxes if 'Moor Chimes lets 1 them 'down at Addington. *• # * The well-known horseman, A. Pringle, was out at Addington watching training operations the other morning. "Andy" still takes-. p, keen interest m the sport. . •■ • • .# • Don't think that Event has done ■ winning.. He c&ji still wind up. the clock. : * « * Loganwood is wonderfully improved. Fades Away , Hydaspes is- not much. She has plenty of toe for six furlongs and then lets somebody else have a turn. * * * .'When Theseus puts m a skip he doesn't lose much ground. Dave Bennett has him well. .••*)■. * * That fine trptter Audominion may be placed on the easy list on account of a splint.. * . '* ■ * Napland and Nelson Derby do most of their work m company at Addington. They have been responsible, for mostly three-quarter pace -virork lately, but are looking very bright and well'to commence serious tasks. , " ■ #• •■'■•# # • • There has been some talk of Nelson Derby not standing a Cup - preparation, but Trainer Tomkinson is m no way perturbed over his charge's threatened soreness. * - * ' * Berenice is a nice mare that always seems to encounter trouble m her races. She may stay two miles this season; , . . : ,'■ • '■•" <.- ,<• .•• „ . . * * ■ * •-•■"■ Lord Bingen can go a mile, but when the two-mile peg . comes along he is only going half pace. m,* ' * Bingenette has an injured foot. This is bad luck for Mr. R. Ballantyne, as she had been trotting well. . , # v *. V * Lazarus" would be a great trotter if he didn't bore. He gave his field upwards of 60yds m the first race at Addington and beat them. He is a tiger m mud.

• Some Jazz did a fox trot at the start elf his race on the first day at Addir.gttm. ' . i • • • . i Guy Parrish made a break at the sftirt of the Introductory Handicap at Aldington. Once on the journey he displayed a lot* of speed, but he failed to \see out the last two furlongs. '; * * * \ Lady Fan handles adverse conditions well,- but -jjwhen a mile and a hfl If was negotiated she crumpled u|i), and had to be content with th| : rd money. ■ # * * Theseus, who is usually a noted mudlark, i failed badly on the first day at Addiiigton. ..-./ i*' . # # MoAnt Royal can go m mud but he did ncit go good enough to get any of the money on, the first day at Addington. . ■»' Hone&Jt; Race 'Happy Rosa went an honest race on the first day at Addington. She is coming ijight. ) *', ■ * # Hydasiies gets the stitch. It doesn't look as iff!- she is ever going to stay a mile. V* * * Tarzanlhas improved since joining A. Smith"!* stable at Waimate. In the mud he y*\pri easily at Addington. *> * • . LdrSf Clan is a peculiar mixture. It looks as if he is not dinkum. ■"■ *», # * ' De,l'avan'si Quest can handle heavy going and considering the time he has beeji' m wore he did remarkably well to fmish ' f ou rth. • -. .* -•••:• Downcast broke badly on two occasions m the August Handicap at Addington. Had lie gone evenly all the ■ way he would have

......>. is racing like his old self. He will be on deck m November. -'■ . "i # . * * '. It's the same old tale.. Bell Harold can't stay two mifes m a race. * *, * - Cardinal Logan is good , wben the conditions are good. < m * • j Heavy Backing Maiwhariti was backed as if he\ could not get beaten m the mile- saddle at Addington, but when it came to .business he was one of the last to finish. • * # * • •:. • Talent is a tobey-rocher m mud, 1 but a mile and a quarter is far enough for him. ' , . . • * * . Handle McDonnell was m too. big, a hurry with Event m the August Handicap, otherwise he would not have been beaten. ' •• * * Loganwood left his feet a round from home m the August Handicap. Ho does not appreciate mud. * * . • Man o' War always was a mudlark. It is a pity he bores so badly. ,• * • When the track is firm Lady Embrupe will win a two-mile contest.

got some of the money. * * # Homer is an honest mare that , might win a race. * * * • Bing Boy, who is fond of mud, secured second m the mile saddle at.Addwgton. . .. * * * 2<lagol Pointer will nod be long m Avinnin.g a sprint. .* # * Keep Uncle Bert m n&nd. He is a good ysort. ** * ■ Dalreahine is very •\yell awd is due to win a race or two. * . \ # # Plarry, Audubon

r Becky Logan ran a good race m the] two-mile contest on the first day at Addington. | i * * * Holly Boy is evidently a better race horse than he is a track horse. For .a mile and a half he was m the thick of the fight and only gave way after a good fight. That was m the mud at Addington on Saturday. * « * Great Driver Maurice Holmes drove a great race with Talaro. He stuck to the rails all the way, and getting up on the indide of Event at the turn for home he came home singing "Rockety Coo." ■ * * *„-■. Moneyspider mado a break and then beat all the pacers m the Trial Handicap at Addington. '* *■• * Ada Bell is improving under O. E. Hooper and she might yet pick up a useful stake. . # * • . Binscarth made a bad break when he had gone three furlongs m the Trial Handicap at Addington. He doesn't Usually do those things. # * .♦■': William the Great is not yet at home over a distance. He will be by November. • . *;■#,, Moor Chimes is a good sort, but she want's the going good to go two miles. * * * . Tom Thumb is the goods.. Be with him. *;* ' # At The Door Koraki keeps on knocking at the door. A few more sacks of oats and he will soon get the thick end of a stake. •# » " Audobell will win Mr. A. S. Gurney nuite a lot of money this, season. # * *

Bundaberg is a bit like yesterday — a thing of the past. * # * Mangoutu * stood on the mark on Saturday. The race will do her good, and, probably, she wilt be m a betie-. 1 humor on the second day. * * * Red Oak loses nothing when he breaks. He kind of rests himself and goes on with the trot with renewed vigor. * * * •Young B la k c would drive a man to drink. He can, but won't. * # * I want to be

' on Rose Bingen when they back her. **' * ■ But for making two bad breaks during the last five furlongs of the Queen Mary Handicap at Addington, Doctor Dillon would have been home and dried. The slippery going may have caused him to leave his feet. # * . * Blue Thorpe is acting pretty well m harness. For The Future Stormy went a creditable race for a mile and a half m the mud and should pick up a two -mile x-ace later on. * * * St. Maura has improved a lot since entering F. J. Holmes' stable. He will win again over a long journey. *.* . * When the course is dry go for evens on Silk Thread. * * .* General Bingen went well for ten 1 furlongs m the mud,-,but after that he got the stitch. * * # i Macanda is racing as if he will soon pick up a stake. . - * * * Yenot is a stunner. She bolted m at Addington.

Kibiringi is racing consistently without much luck. * # * Kutuku Jack is not quite ready yet. He will be all right over a short journey. « * * Berenice won't be long opening her account for the new season. * * * Bell Harold had a bad passage over the last two furlongs of the Introductory Handicap, otherwise he would have won. * ■ * , * ' Bessie Logan was backed and beaten m the mile race at Addingtbn on Saturday. Ivy Audubon is racing well over short journeys. NOTES FROM THE NORTH. (By "Candid.") NO fewer than three northerners are spoken of as likely to be m the running for the A.T.C. handicapper's job. If, all one hears is right, there will certainly be more competition for the "possy" than there is to fill a corhmitteeman's duties on some trotting and racing clubs. « * • Good Position ' The A.T.C. are evidently m a flourishing condition, for the report and balance-sheet shows that after writing off £324 Is Id for depreciation, the profit and loss account shows a 'credit balance of £11,1.97 2s Bd. Of this, £11,175 has been carried to capital account, leaving £22 2s 8d still to credit of the profit and loss ac r count. . • The capital account is now £66,175, an increase of £56,175 m 13 years.

So far as training operations are concerned, the trotting game is at a dead stage up north, though' there is plenty of road and jogging work going on round about the Queen City. * # * If Sea Pearl wins at A.ddington, northerners will be ,on. They were m with. their cash on opening day, when G. McMillan's nag was withdrawn. *** . . t'For opening day at Addington there v. r as money about among northerners to support both' Uncle Bert and Money Spider. The latter won, so there was a balance' in punters' favor that day. * * * Charming Pronto is m the right hands to make good if it is m him. He is under Geo. Phipps. «* ' * • The applications for the A.T.C. handicapper's job fall due on August 24. • w • 2To Surprise Dr. Dillon's second on opening day at Addington caused no surprise, for he was a fit horse when he left the north to compete m the other island. *■'■■* '-* The annual meeting of the A.T.C. is fixed for Wednesday next, when further improvements at Alexandra Park v ill be dealt with m the chairman's address. The public hope that some mention will be made of an- electric tote. # # # It is thought Rose Pointer may find a/ new home m the other.' island. w # • Trainer Broughton will be stationed at Mangere during the season. # * ** The balance-sheet issued m connection with the A.T.C. shows that' the total cost of bringing everything up to date m connection with the main stand at Alexandra Park was £66,280 9s 4d. This includes a sum of £2650 los 8d during last season, some of it on furnishing. It is certainly a good stand. # ■*■■«■ There was no necessity for contested elections m connection with the committee or stewards^so far as the A.T.C. were' concerned. There were, just enough nominations to fill the vacan.-. cies . • * • .. * * Request Turned Down At time of writing the Waikato A. and P. Association had considered the Waikato, Trotting Club's requests relating to the Claudelands course dispute, and had decided not to accede to the club's wishes, so matters are anyhow. The next move of the. trotting heads is eagerly awaited.