TROTTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21365, 19 June 1931, Page 13

TROTTING

By Sentinel. Aileen Wood has rejoined the active list in J. J. Kennerley s stable. The unlucky Kelp has be. n turned out for a spell. He requires a turn in t tide of luck. . ' .. The Logan Pointer gelding Granite City tag joined J. J. Kennerley’s stable. Stanley T is reported to be stepping along in his work at a fine, level S3'l- - is, however, still a doubt as to how he will act at the start of a race. Reports from Wellington state that Purser is in first-class condition for ms Auckland engagements. He is likely to be a well-fancied candidate for the Adams Memorial Cup, White Satin appears to hold a great chance of winning the Stewards’ Handicap at Auckland on Saturday. It is not often (says the Press) that such poor fields as those carded in the fast trotters race-in. Auckland are in evidence, and she has the'opportunity fo add to her winning record, especially aa she handles any footing to advantage.'. The Fremantle Trotting Club has a novel competition for unhoppled trotters at its meetings. There is a trophy given for the horse to score most points in a given time. Five points are allotted for

a win, three for a second, and one for a third placing. Some small bets are pending on the eligibility for nominations in the Trotting Cup in connection with horses that have won or been placed in 4.26 or better, but are still on a handicap mark mfich outside the limit in the big race at Addington. The conditions of the Trotting Cup state that it is for horses with records of 4.26 ‘or better or who have been handicapped for qualification. The Rules of Trotting state that although a horse may have a race record of 4.25 he could not be handicapped at, say, better than 4.32. The conditions of the race and the Rules of Trotting make the position somewhat contradictory, but a club rule cannot override the Rules of Trotting. Backers —and they were many—of the Australian trotter Sir Voyage at Ashburton had a rather anxious time. Over a mile had been covered before the favourite began to make much impression on the leaders. When he took third place at the home turn (says an exchange) and trailed King Oscar and Mountain Mist into the straight backers felt that their troubles were over, but they were kept in suspense until the last stride owing to W. ,T. Tomkinson cutting things desperately fine# _ _ . . It is reported that J. T. Paul has scratched Great Parrish for the Adams Memorial Cup, to be run on the second day of the Auckland Trotting Clubs winter meeting. Great Parrish has made a good recovery from his recent indisposition, but Paul stated that he was dissatisfied with the handicap allotted Great Parrish in the Hobson Handicap on the first day. As it appeared that Great Parrish would again be placed on 4.35 in the Adams Cup, he would not accept the mark. Paul also allowed Kewpies Guy to drop out of her first day’s engagements. He said he could not see why Kewpie s Guy was asked to concede June Nordica 12 yards in 10 furlongs when both pacers had recently put up similar performances off a 2.54 mark. ..., , ~ It is not unusual to hear boys of the old brigade" lamenting the alleged deterioration of our gallopers—whose times make the cracks of 401 years ago look like coach horses—hut nobody dares to raise a voice (says the Timaru Herald) to suggest that trotters and pacers are not improving. ' Third-rate horses nowadays regularly hang up times that 20 or 30 years ago would have been regarded as wonderful hoisted by the best in tbe land A maiden in a 3.45 class of pacers m not worth taking to any but a wuntrr meeting if it cannot break 3.30. Nothing worse than a 2.10 trial is reqmred to give a horse any prospects in a mile at A ddm f‘ ton, and an indication that stamina is improving as rapidly as speed la furmshed by the number of pacers with recordß ot better than 4.30. For every 4.301 o ’ bettor pacer 10 years ago there are now at least ha DiseSng the accident which took ulace in the Trial Handicap at Ashbur ton? a well-known trainer, who was m the mix-up, said it was surprising that it was not more serious to man an Aojse, He expressed the opinion (says Arg ) that the fact that the field had not got • t ton sneed when the accident hapfor most of the W fvanir ins! when the horses were roun tog the turn towards the mile post. and ithft he and othfir trainers had frequently had trouble there w ' th . r h v ° rs t “' the inclined to shy y^t would" not be so troublesome as at present. 1 '