TROTTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22257, 9 May 1934, Page 11

TROTTING

: .j •-'... ■ .By Sentinel. ; !: It is reported that the price paid "for Prairie ; - King was .£ SOO. ■■.'"■-" ; , Mr W. Rudkin .will not be in his usual place ae judge at Forbury Park owing .to important business', matters calling mm out'.of town. , ■ ■ ' . _ . The.form displayed ,at Forbury Park to-day- should help to provide a guide foripOSßibilitiei at Oamaru on Saturday Harold Logan is booked to appear at the Oamaru Trotting Club's meeting on Saturday. next! The. crack pacer will, however, not be alone .in his glory, on SS blot exists in the Forbury Park Trotting Club's race books. lodS Vila Walla; (2min 2 2-ftec) will he-seen in action, but the table .of distances attached to. the race book starts at a 2min 3sec gait., ; . Some newcomers on.the scene will help to impart extra interest in the racing at Forbury Park to-dav.. . . A'difference of opinion exists as to how the draw,for position in the match between Walla Walla and Harold. Logan should take .place. The result will be the same, the lucky horse gets the. rails. • Several visitors', including owners and trainers. . had packed for departure yesterday, but decided to remain learning that. the. second card of the Forbury Park meeting would be got on •o-day under any circumstances. ,

A correspondent desires to find out the breeding of Shiela Fleetwood, 'a. mare by Sir Hector from a Fleetwood Abdallah mare. She was raced during the season of 1925-26, and her present owner would be thankful if any information on the dam's side could be obtained. --•'.' The crack trotter Worthy Queen added to her host of admirers by the clean action and gallant light she put up on the first day'of the Forbury- Park meeting. .-• All going well, she will be seen in action to-day under more favourable track conditions. • ' . ... • The exceptionally heavy- ram which fell early yesterday morning was really a blessing in.disguise. ,It was- responsible'f6r a further postponement of. the Forbury Park meeting, but scoured the track,". and when the weather improved this assisted the wind and sun to dry up the- going, which- promises to be in quite good order to-day. The- going l may be a ; bit sticky at Forbury Park in the early part of the 1 day. but -is sure to improve rapidly if -the weather- and" wind assist' in drying out the track.' So far the writer has never seen oil applied'to'the forks and wheels of a-sulky in order to 1 prevent mud clogging and over-weighting the machinery. It is statedthat Lilian Bond will require;- at least six'months to recover from the injury she received' on : the first day at Forbury Park-. It is. stated that the ■ tendons are not-injured, although that- appeared to be the case when she carried the damaged leg after the race. The cut appeared to be too high on the leg to be'inflicted by an ordinary, overreach, and was apparently the result ot interference during the race.' ~ ■ ' Walla -Walla has- made many friends since -his arrival •in Dunedin. His bright and.buoyant deportment and the vim he imparts. into his- action convinces • everyone that the Australian is a real racehorse. We must, of course," be loyal to our own',champion, Harold Logan, and recognise l that he also is a. real ratehorse, with plenty of vjm left-for racing after several seasons <of campaigning on the track. .. • 'A visiting trainer from Canterbury has suggested to the writer that a false rail would be-an improvement: at Addington. The false rail would certainly prove a boon -to back-markers who, under present conditions, have to travel wide to get a clear run in a .finish. The best horses have to cover more ground behind the scratch than ■the ' majority .of a.'-field, and it is a sporting proposition io assist them at the finish of a race., The circumference of the track,:it. is claimed, lends itself to the \ 'introduction of a false rail; ' ' • • '-.'■'