GINGER JACK’S DEATH

Southland Times, Issue 23828, 27 May 1939, Page 10

GINGER JACK’S DEATH

NELSON EDDY MAY SHOW UP REGAL ENGAGED TO RACE AT ADDINGTON Fine Art, who has compiled a great record this season, is expected to show up at Addington today. At Epsom Uenuku and Bayard are the f»vourites for the Adams Memorial Handicap, the chief event at the opening ot the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting today. Well Placed Nelson Eddy, off the front line of the Ellesmere Handicap at Addington today, is better placed than he has been for some time and the Nelson Derby three-year-old can be expected to run out a great one mile and a-quarter.

For Sale Cloverdale, who is offered for sale by F. J. Smith, of Takanini, is a beautifully-bred pacing horse by America’s leading pacing sire Abbedale (2.1|). Cloverdale is out of Fanny Direct (2.7-J), a daughter of Braden Direct (2.11). Abbedale is the sire of Sandydale, at the stud in Southland. Related To Harold Logan

When Great Wrack was a foal his relationship to Harold Logan led to a substantial offer being made for him. It was refused. Now a four-year-old, Great Wrack has started once this season and was unplaced. His dam, Princess Oro (by Rey de Oro) is a halfsister to Harold Logan. Death of Ginger Jack

The well-known pacer Ginger Jack died on Wednesday night from heart failure. He competed at the recent meeting at Forbury Park, where he gave starts to a good field of sprinters and won after a hard fight. It was his first success this season, but he had been placed several times. Last season he won six races and _ qualified for a 4.27 mark over two miles. He was a six-year-old gelding by Jack Potts and was trained for Mr B. Croft by T. H. McKenzie at Papanui. Turn Overdue

Regal showed at Forbury Park that he was right back to his best and a winning turn for the Grattan Loyal gelding may not be far off. At Addington today he is to start off the front of the Peninsula Handicap and he is likely to be one of the favourites, but if Washdyke form is any guide, Great Don may prove too brilliant for him. Great Bingen’s Stock

Great Bingen, champion pacer of his day and whose stake-winnings total of £14,000 has yet to be bettered, has not received the opportunities of a number of sires since being retired to the stud but he has left a big percentage of winners. The Methven trainer, M. C. McTigue has always expressed a high opinion of stock by Great Bingen, with whom he has won many races. This season he has won races with Great Divide, Great Don, Black Surprise and Dark Hazard, all sired by Great Bingen. Highland Scott

The two-year-old pacer, Highland Scott, injured one of his legs while running in a paddock recently, and may not fulfil his engagement at Addington today. He is making satisfactory progress, and is expected to be recovered by the time the New Zealand Sapling Stakes is due to be run. Highland Scott has been much in the public eye since he defeated a number of his age in a race for two-year-olds at a matinee meeting at Addington. Since then, he has contested two classic events; and has won both of them. He beat the field in the Great Northern Stakes easily, and again was (Seen to great advantage when he played with the best of his age in the Timaru Nursery Stakes. He was bred by Mr W. S. Morland, from whom he was purchased early in the season by Mr J. R. McKenzie. Highland Scott is regarded as an outstanding two-year-old, and his presence in the New Zealand Sapling Stakes will create considerable interest. Success of Blondie

At the Gloucester Park (Perth) meeting on May 6 the Kellerberrin Handicap was won by Blondie, a pacer raced by C. S. Donald two years ago. Blondie covered a mile and a half in 3min 20£sec, and with ease. Commenting on the performance a writer in the Australian Trotting Record has the following:—“Blondie, a back-marker, won the Kellerberrin Handicap. It was a popular win. He is owned by a well-known Perth lawyer in Mr R. F. Cooper, who imported Blondie to Perth from New Zealand. The cream gelding came to Perth with a bad reputation of falling over in races. .Mr Cooper is only a novice at trotting, and it was his first winning drive. He spent much time with Blondie and after considerable thought decided to lengthen the hopples and head-check, in addition to discarding a shadowblind, and racing the horse in an open bridle. Before doing this Blondie had fallen three times on the training track, and as none of the professional reinsmen were anxious to drive the gelding in public, Mr Cooper has piloted the pacer in all of his seven starts in this state. He won with ease, and he registered a mile rate of 2min 17sec from a 2min 18sec mark on a heavy track, and is sure to win further races. Blondie defeated another New Zealander in Mountain Flight, but she never actually had a chance with the winner.”