WORTH A TRIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 144, 8 September 1927, Page 7

WORTH A TRIAL

PACER WITH PROMISE GOLDEN STONE OUT OF WORK During the winter months a sturdy sort of a. quadruped was noticed daily conveying its owner to and from between Clevedon and Papakura, and the neat action, steady gait and determined maner in which the animal carried out his duties led to the opinion that lie was bred on trotting lines.

NOT PERSEVERED WITH Inquiries elicited the information that the equine in question was a descendant of Gold Bell from a Rotomanuka mare, which had a Bingen strain in its veins. The writer was also informed that the gelding had raced unsuccessfully on two occasions last year und r the name of Golden Stone. He was owned by an Auckland sportsman, for whom he produced excellent trials, bu: after being labelled on two occasions, one at the Auckland spring fixture last October, and the other at the Otahuhu November meeting, he failed to return any golden sovereigns, and his owner, disappointed at the result, sold him, and the gelding drifted to his present quarters. FLYING HIGH That the son of Gold Bell was considered some class is evidenced bj* the fact that he was stepped out in such company as Harold Thorpe, Jean Darling. and a few other speed-merchants, and his failures in such society should not stop the pacer, if persevered with, picking up a stake or two at country fixtures. But his present owner has not the time to spend in preparing Golden Stone for the races, and he has been v.urned out again, having nobly fulfilled the task allotted to him during the winter months. SHOULD MAKE GOOD

He has thrived on the road work and is as hard as nails and should prove a good proposition for some enterprising light-harness enthusiast. It is understood the owner has no further use for the Geld Bell gelding and no doubt would part with him at a reasonable figure, when like many another pacer and trotter acquired for a handful of notes, lie may turn up trumps. Golden Stone is now six years old, and should have a good career in front of him if he falls into good hands.