TROTTING NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24832, 4 February 1942, Page 2

TROTTING NOTES

By Sentinel ■ •:'':'■;■■■;.■'■■! February 7.—Wellington" (T:C. '.':'■ : ' February 14.—Canterbury. Park T.C. February 14.—Auckland T.C. February 21-New BrightpnTC ."

At Auckland,—The. seven- events for which nominations were.'open' at .the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting on February 14 attracted an entry of, 157.,. . ;• Pacing Power.—The classic'Wittier Pacing Power has won £l37s*lffi.stakes,'and stands a good chance of Increasing-his total in the Great Northern Derby* worth £350 for the Winner'. : -: ; ?-,;•.. .. a.l'

Good Stakes—Good Fields.—The attractively endowed .programme issued by the Wellington Trotting,Club has . resulted,, in a list of acceptancesithat appears to be.a record for a;Hait Park meeting/': *,', Auckland Classic—After -final payment: the following;remain'in, the Great: North-, ern TrottingiiDerby.j of. £SOO, thi'ee-year-; olds, one mile and a-Batf;—Peter Abbey, Pacing Power, Our iFind, Mihini Tef e, Right Ring, Gr'aha'irl Pointer, .Joan's Jewel" Symphony. Suffragette';- Tautareya, Albert Tracy, Übakim^-i.t,: *\ .. : ' V'- > /, At Wellington— Tjie: stake provided. by' the:•Wellington, Trotting: Club has attjacteti-a field-of-19, with nine, on the front-row;"-:This, means <. that -a, back-marker-SMll haVe a" hard, task to get through. ■ / i '■ ' *

Unknown—A number -of promising juveniles were seen at'.'the Auckland Trotting Club's*mati,n.ee.,v.meeting.. but little was given about their breeding. .It is to be hoped that.the nextjand much-belated issue of the .Trotting^Studi^-Book;,-will: supply the ihformati'bni : • ■--.■ £ , ,', "*;, April Direct."Case'^-The:'April', Direct case draws attention to ' the fact, that a, definite ruling should' be-provided as to what constitutes gear. .An ear-plug, or the use of a whip.or its; absence'may be'held as gear, and so may a shadow blind or crupper. A long or short sulky may affect speed as much as any other change of gear. . '. ' '