NOTES AND COMMENTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 400, 7 July 1928, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

FROM NEAR AND FAR HALF-A-DOZEN CUP CANDIDATES Affairs in the trotting line will be very quiet for some time in the Auckland Province, where there is a dearth of racing for practically four months. A few may be kept going in view of the August carnival at Addington. In the meantime, trainers throughout the Dominion who have candidates for the next New Zealand Cup are beginning to make an early application of light exercise. Great Bingen in Fine Heart While in Auckland recently, D. Withers stated that the champion, j Great Bingen, was in great heart. Since being indulged in a spell, the son of Nelson Bingen has put on a lot of condition, and will come up nice and robust to tackle another season’s racing, and another New Zealand Cup. The Canterbury trainer also had a good word for the two-year-old filly by Great Bingen from Lightnin’, but owing to the bad weather experienced recently, the youngster was not as well forward as Withers would have liked. Padlock to Get Busy W. Hughes, the Longburn trainer, informed “Abaydos” last week that on return to Palmerston North he intended taking Padlock up again, with a view to commencing operations for the coming season. It was quite probable that the Hal Zolock gelding would sport silk before the November carnival at Addington, but his special mission would be the New Zealand Cup. Providing Padlock stands the searching preparation necessary for such an event, he will find a host of friends from this district on the day.

Great Cup Winner Ahuriri, who won the Dominion’s chief event in 1925 and 1926, and the Auckland Cup of 1927. is again in work under the tare of J. (“Scotty") Bryce, who is desirous of landing another New Zealand Cup with the great son of Cathedral Chimes and Muricata. The Southern mentor, who has been associated with iive winners of this big go, is confident that Ahuriri will be at his best when the November fixture looms up.

One from J. Bullock’s Team Kohara, who won the New Zealand Cup last year under the tuition of J. Bryce, and the reinsmanship of son Andy, is now under the care of the expert veteran Hawera trainer, Jimmy Bullock, and the black pacer is undergoing the first stages of another Cup preparation. What Jim Bullock does not know about the game is not worth bothering about, and Kohara will have every chance under the veteran, while he will also be assisted in his track and race essays by Alex. Corrigan, who is in the first flight of Dominion reinsman. One of the Very Best

Southern trainers who visited Auckland for the recent carnival all hold a high opinion fo the Oamaru pacer, Terence Dillon, and it is generally agreed that, all going well in the inter-

val, the son of Author Dillon will play a prominent part in the decision of the 1928 New Zealand Cup. Aucklanders who have seen Jock Henderson’s brilliant pacer in action hold similar views, and there are many in the province who thus early select Terence as the big possibility.

Jack Potts on the Job When C. Donald returned to Christ--1 church from his Auckland trip, it was I his intention to make a start with the i American-bred pae?r Jack Potts, who will be given a thorough course of training with a view to winning the next Xew Zealand Cup. Jack Potts : gave Aucklanders a taste of his quatiI ties at Alexandra Park in December, ! and there is no doubt he is a highi class horse. “I don’t suppose you will ‘ leave the acceptance till the last I minute again,” remarked the writer ; to owner Anderson last week, who | smilingly replied he would not be I caught napping this time.

Will Not Fly High Our Bird, who finished second to Warepa on Saturday, is one of the Our Thorpe clan, being from The Linnet. He is an aged gelding, and has not been over-raced, although in his recent essays he did not meet with much success. The son of Our Thorpe was not much fancied, and his few supporters lifted a tidy sum off the machine. It does not look as if Our Bird will ever fly very high. Warepa at Last

Warepa, who won the Lyndhurst Trot at Ashburton on Saturday, is a five-year-old gelding by King Daphne from a mare called Moonoy. Earlier in the season he attracted attention by finishing third in four consecutive starts, and after being twice unplaced won the Advance Handicap at the Forbury Park spring fixture. He is owned by the Southern sportsman, K. Townley, who drove him to victory on Saturday, and scored a well deserved and popular win. Later in the afternoon Warepa, after being penalised, ran another good race into third place, although neglected on the machine.

A Consistent Mare Royal Authoress*, a four-year-old mare by Author Dillon from a Prince Imperial mare, has been a consistent performer this season, and although her first certificates have not been numerous, she has generally succeeded in getting a portion of the prize money. Another third was added to her list on Saturday in the Lyndliurst Trot at Ashburton, and with another year tacked on to her, the Author Dillon mare should prove a sound proposition.

Youngster With a Future Mr. J-I. F. Nicoll’s two-year-old Wrackeen put up an attractive performance in the 12-furlong heat at Ashburton on Saturday by iini#,liing in front of 20 horses. The Wrack youngster got within a head of the winner, Moneymore, at the box, after making a bad beginning. Wrackeen is one of the most promising youngsters seen out this season, and next year will play a prominent part in three-year-old contests. Capable of Better Things

The American-bred stallion Travis Axworthy, who recently signalled his return to the race track in the South by a good victory, was in strong demand for the 10-furlong heat at Ashburton on Saturday, but let his supporters down badly. From 24 yards behind he was never sighted till near the finish, and then was never looking like a winner. Travis Axworthy should do a lot better in the new trotting year.

More Money for Moneymore Moneymore’s victory on Saturday in the Winchmore Handicap was not unexpected, and, well handled by the Canterbury reinsman, M. B. Edwards, he won by a narrow margin. Moneymore is a five-year-old horse by the American-bred Harold Dillon from Red Silk, whose grand-dam was a Black Abdallah mare, while her sire was Almont Junior. Moneymore, who has not had much race experience, promises to develop into a useful performer.