TROTTING ITEMS

Southland Times, Issue 23652, 29 October 1938, Page 11

TROTTING ITEMS

JACKIE COOGAN A NEWCOMER

for the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting close on Wednesday next at 5 p.m.

Winton Juvenjle Stakes Entries for the Winton Juvenile Stakes of £250, -to be run at the 1940 meeting of the club, close on Monday, at 5 p.m. The entries are for present yearlings. A Newcomer Jackie Coogan, who will make his first appearance at the Invercargill meeting today, is a member of A. McLellan’s team. He is a five-year-old gelding by Jack Potts from Film Star and owned by Mr J. Hislop, of Invercargill. Trotting Penalties The following rehandicaps have been declared for forthcoming trotting events: — „ Wellington.—Petone Handicap—Blue Logan 48. „ , „„ Shorts Handicap—Gay Lady 36, Marfa Borough Handicap—Royal Grattan 48, Jackaranda 84. ■. , . . President’s Handicap—Blue Logan 60. Novice Handicap—Gay Lady 36, Marfax 48. Suburban Handicap—Sentiment 12. Royal Grattan 36, Mankind 36, Jackaranda 72. - ■ New Zealand Metropolitan.—Empire Handicap—Lightning. Lady 12, Marlene 60. Canterbury Handicap—Cantata 36. ■< Hagley Handicap—King’s Play 24. Bracketed Horses The following horses will be bracketed at Invercargill today:— Thomson Handicap: Capri and Iteal Gold, Sydney Grand and Gold Bank, Glen Guy and Ghandi. Travis Memorial Handicap.—Dalaruan and Jimmv Drusus. Members’ Handicap: Glen Guy and Ghandi, Grand Meteor and Tritoma. Night Trotting The outstanding success of night trotting at Perth and at Adelaide has made such an impression in Victoria and New South Wales that the officials of the Royal Show at Melbourne have decided to give it a trial. A rich programme of events has attracted the. best pacers and trotters in the • Commonwealth and the contests bear an inter-Dominion championship flavour. AU the ■ star performers, including Lawn Derby, will compete. Holding trotting (races at night under powerful electric lights has permitted the sport; to make rapid development wherever it has been tried in the Commonwealth. Not many years ago trotting men were forced to race for whips and bridles at Adelaide, but once the Government legalized the sport to be held at night, it .became tremendously popular, and the attendances now are never below 20,000. In view of the success of holding trotting meetings at night in Australia, it would be interesting to see what support night trotting would re- ; ceivej in .New Zealand.' Already good progress has been 'made in connection with a proposal to hold races at night at Monica Park, Woolston. Several trotting trainers have inspected the track and provided it is banked they are ■satisfied that it will .be safe to race on, and a committee-from the Canterbury Owners’.and Breeders’ Association/' . jfo-operating .with the .officials an phargd, of -Monies Park, with-a“view,' to -trying' but trotting at night under ’ electric light during the-summer in Christchurch.