AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 522, 27 November 1928, Page 11

AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP

CANDIDATES’ BEST TIMES HOW THEY FARED LAST START The handicaps for the Auckland Trotting Cup, which Mr. Geo. Paul will announce on Tuesday next, are being anxiously awaited by light-harness enthusiasts all over the Dominion, the event being, outside the New Zealand Cup, the greatest in the trotting calendar. The 16 entries received for the two thousand odd stake, include all the pacing cracks and best handicap aspirants in Ne*v Zealand, while the champion square-gaiter, Peterwah. is also in the list, which suggests that the Gisborne aristocrat is prepared to again “take on” the cream of the pacers. Thirteen of the nominees for the rich prize offering on December 27, competed recently at Addington for the £ 3,000 New Zealand Cup, for which 16 faced the starter. Those who have been accorded the dual entry honours are Peter Bingen (winner New Zealand Cup), Great Bingen (second), Ahuriri (third). Prince Pointer (fourth). Jack Potts (fifth), Queen’s Own (.sixth), Kohara (seventh), Talaro (eighth), Machine Gun, Terence Dillon, Peterwah, Padlock (favourite) and Imprint (who was bracketed with Ah-uriri). Black Admiral, Dalnahine and Waitaki Girl, who competed in the New Zealand Cup, are missing from the Auckland entry list, but their places are filled by the local cracks, Jewel Pointer and Gold Jacket and the well-

known Cardinal Logan, who was withdrawn from the big event at Addington after being penalised for winning a double at Greymouth. If the local handicapper makes his usual good job of such high-class ©vents, there should be a reasonable chance of the 16 aspirants sporting silk on the eventful day, but allowances will have to be made for unforseen circumstances probably affecting the final tally. To stimulate a further interest in the proceedings The Sun is giving lightharness enthusiasts an opportunity of testing their handicapping skill and to niitke tlio problem perhaps easier for those interested “Abaydos’* has appended a summary giving the best Placed timo of each competitor, with its last handicap and performance, all having started during the last few weeks.

Headers who are interested in the • trotting sport will find it interesting to file the above table for comparison "I'h the official adjustment next week.

Great Bingen Best Placed Time 4.19 2-5 Last Mark and Place (2nd) 4.22 (2nd) Ahuriri . . . 4.20 3-5 (3rd) 4.23 (3rd) prince Pointer (2nd) 4.24 (4th) I*eter Bingen 4.22 1-5 (1st) 4.25 (1st) Jewel Pointer 4.22 1-5 (2nd) 4.23 (unp) Queens Own 4.22 4-5 (3rd) 4.25 (unp) Peterwah . . 4.23 4-5 (1st) 4.25 (unp) Jack Potts . 4.23 4-5 (1st) 4.23J (2nd) Talar© 4.24 2-5 (3rd) 4.25 (1st) Gold Jacket . 4.24 2-5 (3rd) 4.26 (3rd) Terence Dillon 4.25 (1st) (unp) Machine Gun 4.25 2-5 (2nd) 4.27 (unp) Imprint . . . 4.25 3-5 (2nd) 4.24 (unp) K!ohara. . . . 4.25 4-5 (1st) 4.24 (1th) Padlock 4.26 3-5 (1st) 4.25 (unp) Cardinal Loga i 4.27 4-5 (3rd) 4.26 (unp)