Trotter That Can Mix It with the Pacers

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 12

Trotter That Can Mix It with the Pacers

THREE GOOD WINS PETER SWIFT’S SUCCESS Some trotters are extremely good in their own class, but there are a . few r in . Dominion that can give of their best— and perhaps do better—when pitted against the hoppled merchants, and Peter Swift is assuredly one of this ilk. R. B. Plaxico intends to put Peter Swift into work shortly. He will have to be pitted against the pacers to find classes to suit him. but if the going is at all heavy he can be depended on to give the lateral-gaited gems something to keep them scratching. When trained by D. Withers Peter Swift inflicted easy defeat on several fields of pacers. Of his four wins last season, three were registered among the pacers. Tho first was at the Metropolitan Trottin ' Club’s August meeting, when he be-si Moneyspider and Marshal Neil. Fob r Swift. Moneyspider and John Mauritius being the only square-gaiters in the field of 19. At tho Wellington Trotting Club’s winter meeting, thr trotters. Peter Swift. Peterwah and Sister Beatrice filled the places in : T

Armstrong Handicap, tho main item at the meeting. Among tho defeated on that occasion were Loeli Moigh and Logan Chief. The Victory Handicap at T the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s winter meeting was Peter Swift’s next and last success. Giving Dalmcny 24yds and having 24yds the better of Author Jinks, Peter beat both • in very heavy going. Other runners were Daphne de Oro, Machine Gun and Dalnahine. PAKURANGA HUNT MEET AT EAST TAMAKI UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS In spite of the unfavourable weather conditions prevailing on Saturday, a largo field attended the meet of" the Pakuranga Hunt, at the East Tamaki dairy factory on Saturday. The going throughout was very soft, and on this account the pack had to be worked on foot by the huntsman. The first draw was made on Mr. F. Wright’s properts\ opposite the cheese-factory, and a hare was soon located at the back of the homestead. It circled round the back of the club’s kennels, where it ran into another hare. With two quarries afoot the pack split. Four couples crossed over tho Howick Road and had to bo worked off. The body of the pack, with the field close at hand, turned through thfe farms of Messrs. Phillips, James Ross and K. Ross, where the quarry crossed the Flat Bush Road, on to the Anglican Church property and ran through Mr. Baverstock’s and up the hill toward Mr. Upton’s. The pack was checked • here for a while, but soon located the hare, which ran through Mr. Woods’s and circled across the road on to the farms of Messrs. R. Marr, French, Hennings and Fairweather. where it crossed the road on to Mr. J. Ross’s farm. After a spirited run it recrossed the road on to Mr. K. Ross’s to be eventually lost. The next draw was made at the rear of the Church of England property on the Flat Bush Road, and a strong quarry was put up which led the field for a merry spin of six or seven miles, in which a good variety of obstacles was encountered, including brush fences, saplings, wires and ditches. The hare led the way across the road on to the farms of Messrs. McCarthy and Hope-John-son, cutting straight across the latter property to the road, and on to Messrs. Ormiston’s and C. Rutherford’s, coming out by the Flat Bush Public School. It made right away to the hills beyond Mr. McQuoid’s, where it sheltered in a clump of gorse. The pack soon had it on the run again, and traversed the property of Messrs. T. Blake, L. Smith and Rodewaid on the top of the hills, where the quarry ran out of sight. The huntsman had to work the pack off. While returning the properties of Messrs. J. and K. Ross were worked without success.

TROTTING FIXTURES August 10, 14, 16—X.Z. Metropolitan Club. August 31—Auckland Club (benefit fixture). September 17—New Brighton Club. Octobe:' s—Wellington Club. Octobe* 12 —Waikato Club. October 26, 2S—Auckland Club. October 2S—Whangarei Club (indefinite). November 12, 14, 13—N.Z. Metroplitan Club. November 23, 27—Otahuhu Club. December 27, 28, 31—Auckland Club.