IN SADDLE AND SULKY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3961, 11 February 1930, Page 53

IN SADDLE AND SULKY.

Ai’ikitoa has a lot in hand yet. but he has to be taken on trust at the barrier. Nominations for the Timaru meeting arc due on Wednesday of next week.

Baron Bingen looks nicely placed on the front of the Railway Handicap at Wellington. Carmel has been doing good work at Epsom, and he will be a lit horse -when harnessed up at the Otahuhu meeting. Nominations for the Invercargill Club’s animal meeting are due on Wednesday of next week.

Pink Sugar looks certain to step her way into better company than she is in at present.

If Zepp is taken to Clifden he will be a hard horse to beat. He is one of A. M’Lellan's team. Each day’s card of the Oamaiu Jockey Club's meeting on March 22 and 24 contains two events for pacers.

Tamaliine is a trotter of whom the best has not been seen, and she will have a big following in any race in which she is started at Wellington on Saturday. _ Judged on the form she showed at Forbury Park. Wrackeen is entitled to be favourite in the February Handicap at Wellington on Saturday. Millie de Oro is speedy, but she will not be seen at her best until she becomes more solid. Another year on to her age should make a big difference to her. St. George will have to mend his barrier manners before he can lie supported with confidence. There is no doubt about his speed.

Nelson's Bov finds a two-mile journey a bit beyond him yet. but with his speed he should win enough over the shorter distances to pay his way.

Dolly Chimes is improving, and if she is taken to the Gore Racing Chib’s meeting nt the end of the month she will set the back-markers something to do. Lenwood did not look anything like right at the Forbury Park meeting, and his name was never mentioned on cither day.

Liberal appears to have steadied down at the barrier, and if that is the case he will win more races. He has both speed and stamina.

At the recent Forbury Park meeting Luath stepped two fair races, and he should be an improved horse in his next outing.

Erin's Chance should pick up a race at one of the country meetings before long. He has shown some promising clips in his work at Omakau.

If Boy Blue is taken to Clifden and is in anything like his best form, he should go close to winning one of the two trotting events. Among the deaths of horses notified to the Trotting Association at its meeting in Christchurch on Friday night was that of the Dunedin-owned trotter, Major Dome.

Shady Spot is a good stayer, and in her present form she should win another twomile race very soon. Her -win at the Forbury Park meeting was really very much easier than it looked.

A. AFLellan has a useful sort for the country circuit in Erin’s Boy, who showed rare gameness in getting up to make a dead heat with Nelson’s Victory at Tapantii when the latter lookeil unbeat. Ic.

Erin's Pointer, a winner at Addington on Saturday, is the third of Travis A'.t-

worthy's stock to face the starter, the others being Dilworth and Belle Axworthy.

Commander Bingen stepped one of his best races on the concluding day of the Forbury Park meeting, and very little improvement on that form will find him among the winners.

Bonny Spec showed some of her oldtime speed in her races at Forbury Park, and it looks as though R. Townley will get another win with her during the balance of the season.

'The Roy de Oro gelding Mac de Oro is a smart pacer who should develop into a good winner. At present, however, it is over the shorter distances that he registers his best performances. The Nelson Bingen gelding. Stand By. carries every indication of developing into a high-grade trotter. He is only a four-year-old, and consequently has the best of his racing days in front of him. Kinnoy Dillon showed speed in th. early stages of her races at the Forbury Park meeting, but she could not pull out any dash at the finish. Apparently she likes the grass tracks best. Lindbergh is one of the best stayers in commission, ami there should be iiyny wins in the big two-mile events ahead of him. If lie could hit his top gait more quickly than he has done in most of his races he would get down towards 4.20.

. T. Lowe is a specialist with straightout trotters, and in Lucky Voyage he has one who should win a loose-class race for him before long. At the recent Forbury Park meeting the Bon Patch gelding gave glimpses of race-winning speed. The two-year-old Prince Wrack, who is in W. Allan's stable at St. Kilda, is being exercised on the roads, and he is thriving on it. Since coming down from Ashburton a mouth or two ago he has grown and thickened. Evelyn Locanda is in capital condition for her engagements at the Otahuhu meeting. and on the Epsom track one morning last week she left two miles behind her in 4.32. She came home over the final four furlongs in 1.6. At the Forbury Park meeting Lee Todd did not step anywhere near the form he showed in his work prior to the meeting, lie had to be checked each day when making a run, and when that happens in? does not afterwards do his best. Eugene de Oro is slow to fill his li •bbles at the start of a lace, and that is one reason why he may not be favourite in J the Electric Handicap at Wellington, j Once on the journey, however, lie is a smart pacer. Logan Hanlon is now on a tight mark but his winning dais are not let over. He pulled out fine -.lips in his races at the Forbury Park meeting, and should b< worth following at some of the bigger fixtures. Tn her present form. Wild Nita should race prominently the next time she ).- harnessed up to race. J. M’Lennan has the Logan Pointer mare in fine condition, and he will probably take her t< Timaru next month.

It will not be surprising if Wrael.eer eventually reveals the brilliancy of h’t stable mate Wrackler. Her form at For bury Park was impressive, and in het winning effort she finished so well as P suggest that distance will be no trouble to her.

Lydia put up two attractive performances at the Forbury Park meeting, ami she was doing it so well at the eml of each of her races that it looked as though two miles would not have troubled her. She is on 4.44 in the Middle ( lass Handicap at Wellington.

Jean M’Elwyn followed up her two seconds at the Forbury Park meeting by gathering a similar position at Addington on Saturday. There is not a more consistent pacer in commission, and c ertainly not one for whom a w in would be more popular. The Tapanui meeting served to introduce a very promising sent in Nelson's Victory, who is a three-year-old halfbrother to that smart mare Erin's Fortune. He carries a veneer of greenness as yet. and requires barrier practice, but he appeals as one who is likely to take a tight mark later on. The owner of Admiral Bingen should be an ardent supporter of the new system of handicapping. Under the old system the Nelson Bingen gelding would by now have been on a much tighter mark than he is. He may never acquire a great deal of stamina, but over the shorter distances he can pull out a fine clip. At a meeting of the Trotting Association in Christchurch on Friday night the fine of £2 imposed on AV. Barron in connection with the breaking of Dipnoi at the Wellington Club's meeting was increased to £2O. It was decided to recommend the Licensing Committee to call Barron before them and tell him that another such offence would result in the cancellation of his license. It was also decided to call upon D. Rogers, owner of Dipnoi, to show cause why his horse should not be placed on the schooling list.