TROTTING NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22422, 17 November 1934, Page 21

TROTTING NOTES

By Sentinel.

Gold Country is again in work. R. Dunn has taken the position of private trainer to Mr J. R. MKenzie. Trix Pointer, the dam of Wrackler, has produced a bay colt to Frank Worthy. War Buoy has won nine races on end and the near future should make it double figures. It was intended to spell Donaldo, but he remained in Christchurch under J. J. Jardin’s charge. It is reported that the team W. M'Kay intends bringing over for his next campaign in New Zealand will consist of Auburn Lad, Star Princess, Tennessee Wood, and Lee Derby. In connection with the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting next week, a special horse train is being run from Christchurch to Dunedin on November 21, and a special train for passengers and horses wull leave Dunedin for Christchurch at 7.30 a.m., Sunday, November 25. The local light-harness racing season will open at Forbury Park next week on Thursday and Saturday, and as the last meeting took place in May, the long interval between fixtures should help to stimulate interest. The spring meetings are generally full of interest because they not infrequently provide a valuable guide to future events. The well-known mare Free Advice has produced a chestnut colt to Jack Potts, the sire of Gamble. Free Advice should be a good producer. She is a shapely mare with a 4min 2lsoc record and ranks as a daughter of Blue Mountain King from Intaglio, by Logan Pointer— Cameo, by Galindo from Thelma, one of the gems of the Trotting Stud Book.

Australia’s champion trotter, Walla Walla, is to make an attempt to better all standing records. Ascot is the venue and the date is November 26. The owner. Mr L. Martin, has been laid a substantial amount if he breaks the existing record, and even if he does not do so a large sum will be given him for the attempt. Walla Walla will have the assistance of a galloping pacemaker, and it is hoped that with the assistance of this wonderful track that he will do two minutes or better. The decision of the Forbury Park Committee in regard to the split of pools at next week’s meeting might have been wisely deferred until after the declaration of acceptances. It is now generally considered that the Metropolitan Trotting Club made a mistake in not providing a win and place machine, and other clubs should do the same when the fields are strong enough. There is a growing opinion that at big meetings the win and' place system is sure to grow in popularity. *A publication of the dividends in connection with the New Zealand Cup would help to confirm the opinion, and that for smaller meetings the 75-25 cut is the best Ynethod of splitting a pool; If Indianapolis stands up to his work he will be sent after a two-minute record later in the season. The attempt will probably be made at the Addington summer meeting, when atmospheric and track’ conditions are much faster than at any other period of the season in Canterbury. In the Christchurch Handicap, when hampered by broken hobbles and running out in the middip of the track in order to avoid creating trouble with the rest of the field, Indianapolis went his last mile in 2min 9 l-ssec, last half in Imin 3 l-ssec, and last quarter in 31 l-ssec. With a racing start and favourable conditions, Indianapolis would hold a royal chance of recording 2min even though the start takes place near a turn. War Buoy could have stepped inside the 4min 25 4-5 he put up at Addington last ■week had anything in the'field been capable of making a challenge to fracture his unbroken run of success. Tempest, who ■was fourth to War Buoy, afterwards won twice over a mile and a-quarter and finished by putting up 2min 39sec behind Harold Logan and Roi I’Or in the Free-For-All. Gay Gordon, who was also unplaced, went 4min 24 l-ssec in the Lyttelton Handicap, and Encounter and Wild Guy, who were in the places behind War Buoy, afterwards ran first and second in the November Handicap. It will be, seen that there was some good material behind War Buoy in the Victoria Handicap, and the fact suggests thnt.4min 25 4-ssec does not represent the limit of speed.- He looks well on a 2min 47sec mark at Forbury in the Dash Handicap.