TROTTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21772, 11 October 1932, Page 5

TROTTING

By Sentinel,

i Eureka Boy continued in winning vein at the NewV Brighton meeting, and has not yet reached the full length of his tether. ~V . Silver de pro, .the winner of the principal event run. at New Brighton, w another of the far too many not in the Trottipg Stud Book. - The death# of the following horses are reported r—Bethola/;’"Bundura, Gladful, Golddigger, Great' Palm, Harvest Rose, Lady Joffre, Lady Rosemary, Lulialoy, Nelson Palm, Nona Bingen, Proud Maid, and St. George. .-Great Burton. who beat Garner at New Brighton, scored one win last season and also paid a good dividend on that occasion, Great Burton is an aged mare by Great Audubon. Hndianopolifi broke at the start of his

race at New Brighton, and although he afterwards travelled fast could not do better than get a close third. Harold Logan was stepping around a 2min 7sec clip when he’ went 2min 38 2-ssec at New Brighton. The going is -not so fast at New Brighton as at Addington, but the former balances matters to a considerable extent by providing long stretches to gather and hold speed. Harold Logan went 4min l 3 2-ssec at Addington during the midsummer month when track and atmospheric conditions help 'to produce speed from a watch-breaking point of view. In the list or handicaps for the Oamaru Club’s meeting on Labour-Day Patchmore, in; the - Improvers’ Handicap, should be Tachmore, and in the Redcastle Handicap Royal .Ch enault should be Great Chenault. The acceptances for the meeting are due on Tuesday, October 18. , The brilliancy and stamina displayed by Harold Logan should strongly tempt breeders go obtain mares with a thoroughbred base to. their pedigree with _ the object of breeding them to trotting sires; There is no doubt a more or less strong -infusion of thoroughbred- imparts good looks, speed, and stamina to the light harness horse, and Harold Logan is not an isolated proof of the fact. • Those looking ’forward to the future would do well to pick up a cheap thoroughbred mare or two and breed them to light harness stallions, if, they ate anxious .to. get something With 2min speed in a cofiple of generations. With conditions as perfect as they were at Addington last week, there are one or two trotters who could lower Revenue’s mile trotting record of 2min 11 4-ssec. .Admiral Bingen (in the mood), Stanley T, and Biddy Parrish, for instance, and, of course (says “Riobonwood”),- there -is the greatly-improved young trotter Gay Paree, who this week startled the spectators at Addington by reeling off a mile in around. 2min llscc, and finishing at a very fast clip. The Christchurch Times reports that a spectacular' finish was provided in the Avon Handicap at New Brighton and a new world’s'grass track record for a mile arid a-quarter was established by Harold Logan, wfid did: the journey in 2min 38 Dillon Logan -set a fast clip for a mile, where Impromptu, -Muriel d’Otp; <.GbM Country; and Ayrmont Chimes collared him, with Harold Logan travelling very fast. They spread across the .track a furlong from home. - Impromptu got to the front at ,the. .distance and fin*, if bed on'gamelyto win by a - length, froinr 'Griid Goijntry.' wlio beat Harold Logan by a head:. The latter was flying at the' finish. .. Ayrmont Chimes fourth.Cranleigh broke when in first place at; the end of three furlongs. . He was favourite with £298 10s. Impromptu carried. £lB5.

In commenting ,on the 'principal event at New Brighton, the report in the Christ-; ,;church Star mid:-. The Waimairi Handicap resolved itself into a duel , between Silver d’Oro and Gold Tinge. Three' .furlopgs.. t from home Gold Tinge took charge' arid-‘drew away from her opponent, but on approaching the entrance to the straight Silver d’Oro ran up to her, and after,a real battle Silver d’Oro beat ■ Gold Tinge by half a length. War Paint ’lost _, a lot jofground through her i in-, "ability td r begin, buV travelled fast over the last mile to secure third place. Tempo,. Nimbus.and Holly Bank had every chance, but were not good enough. Guy Denver, Wild Guy and Lord Matchlight failed to. leave the mark kindly. Silver d’Oro was favourite' with £390, and then came Tempest with £292, and War Paint with >£2B7' los. The first mile was run in 2min 11 2-ssec, and the mile and a-half in 3min ,23sec/ : r /;:- ■ .

At the monthly meeting of the Trotting Association held last week Mrs I. E. Sweetapple reported that she had leased the horse Warplane to L. A. Maidens, and she called attention to' certain clauses! in the • lease.: She stated that even if the horse won a lot of money she could not cancel the lease, although if ' the horse were no good -Maidens could re-, turn it at a week’s notice, because another clause had been inserted. She .woulfi be pleased -to know whether it was compulsoiT for her to sign that agreement., The letter gave. rise, to some die•feussion, "and members gave varying views on the subject. The question of the termination of the lease at short notice might act advantageously to either party. A man might lease a horse, and finding it no good, might-turn it out for the remainder of the > term of the lease if com-; pelled to keep it. It would be unfair to the'lessor to compel him to keep a horse in work :if there were no prospects of it paying its way. The matter was discussed at length by the board in committee, and it was decided to reply to Mrs Sweetapple that the matter appeared to be one of arrangement between her and Maidens,