TROTTING NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24474, 6 December 1940, Page 3

TROTTING NOTES

By Sentinel FIXTURES December 7.—Wairlo T.C (non-totalisa-December 7.—New Brighton T.C December 21.—Reefton T.C. December 26.—Ashburton T.C , . December 26.—Gore T.CDecember 26, 27.—Westport T.C. December 27, 28, 31.—Auckland T.u December 28.—Winton T.C Long Overdue Win The seven-year-old pacer Marfax won his second race when he won the Mayfield'Handicap at Ashburton on Saturday,He began racing in the 1937-38 season, and in four starts gained a second. In the following season.. he appeared twelve times f.or. a first and two seconds, and-last season in seven contests he did not get a place. , Lady Carol .; At New Brighton on Tuesday Lady Carol left the two-mile post, and at the end of four furlongs was joined by Shadow Queen and Wainoni Girl. The three pacers raced in close order and completed their tasks in fine style. . Lady Carol did the two miles in 4min 52sec. She and her colleagues did the last mile in 2min 16sec, and the concluding four furlongs in lmin 4sec. Lady Carol has developed into a handsome mare, and she should make a name for herself later on. One To Remember Swagger Jack gave a solid performance to beat all but Indian Clipper in the Melrose Handicap at Ashburton on Saturday. This is the second time this season he has been runner-up; and he promises to make sufficient progress to win more than one race before the season ends. He was bred at Riversdale by Mr S. Lynch. ,and was five years old when he was registered on June 6. 1939. He began racing in R. Townley's colours but after two unsuccessful efforts he was transferred to O. E. Hooper, and for some time he has been In R. W. Townley's stable at Orari. Solid Trotter Short Wave, who in winning the Rukuhia Handicap gave one of the finest trotting displays seen at Claudelands, is by Travis Axworthy from Security, by Worthy Bond from Lady Haldane. As a three-year-old Security revealed fine speed, but an injury checked her racing career. Short Wave was a failure as a pacer, but since being converted by J. A. Gerrard, he' has made good, his record being five firsts and a third in seven races as a trotter. Short Wave has not vet reached the limit of his capabilities.

By Jewel Pointer Musketeer, by Jewel Pointer from Harvest Home is a full-brother to Great Jewel, who last season headed the winning list of horses in the Dominion with £3OOO. A few seasons ago Musketeer won good races for F. J. Smith at two miles, but later suffered loss of form. Musketeer's last success prior to his win on Saturday was in the President’s Handicap at the Waikato summer meeting in 1937. Pacer of Promise Crucible Is fron\ the Great Audubon mare Antelope, and is a young pacer of rare promise. As a three-year-old she ran second to Bonniedene in the Great Northern Derby, later winning the Devonport Handicap at Epsom and the Tamahere Handicap at Hamilton in May, which was her last start prior to her success in the Kalpaki Handicap on Saturday. Consistent Bronze Queen, a daughter of Rey de Oro and the Logan Pointer mare Logan Queen, is one of the most consistent pacers in the Auckland province, and her win in the R. T. Reid Memorial Handicap, which was well deserved, was very popular. Last season she registered one win and six placings, and it is a coincidence that her success was also at Claudelands, the race being the Wanganui Centennial Handicap, of two miles. Showed Improvement Modest Maid, in running a dead heat with Worthy Worker in the Introductory Handicap last Saturday, showed a lot of improvement on her previous displays, and now that she has developed solidness, should have a bright future. She is by Wrack from Belle Axworthy, a speedy mare by Travis Axworthy from Belle Bingen, a daughter of Bertha Belle-