TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 943, 9 April 1930, Page 12

TROTTING

B'j ABAYDOS WHISPERS FOR WANGANUI WHAT CLAUDELANDS FORM REVEALS ' SOLID OPPOSITION EXPECTED Several competitors taking Dar * in the Claudelands fixture | ast week-end will be sporting silk *t Wanganui tomorrow and Saturday, where some of them at all events should be worth keeping an eye on. Having her first public run. ih* three-ye; r-old 1' indi it put up an 2 tracti\ e pcrfui nunce in tne Improvers* Trot and finished up close in fifth position. She will soon be on the win* Joy Ride gave a bad displav i n ! Improvers’ race, breaking up badly at •the start and repeating the perform* ; ance several times on the journey. Thfe 1 was the first time T. Allen's mare wm»» so badly. 1 ... j Zealous again ran her usual consist, lent race in the Progressive Handicap but she could not foot it with Gold Measure and Inverness at the finish Her consistency should soon earn a first reward.^ Tiny Rose did not show any dash ip the harness event on Saturday, bar ; Theo. Allen may do better with the j mare in a mile saddle heat at Wang*. * * • Rady Yvonne fell just after the start of the Progressive Handicap. xbe mare looks a picture, but -she is noi a good-gaited pacer. * * * Chrystal went a decidedly good race I over two miles and was close up at the i finish of the Dominion Handicap after j breaking some gear. The grey should . ' win a race on the Wanganui-Hawera I circuit. Speed King is on the front of the [ Wanganui Cup. but his recent displays • ! will not give him much chance of suc- [ j cess in such society. George Stubbs 1 is, to say the least, a game owner.

Some Dillon was going like a winner in the Dominion Handicap when he broke up badly and lost a lot of ground. He has a rare turn of speed, but becomes unbalanced on the least provocation. However, he will win again soon. Arachne left the mark at Hastings each day in great style, but on Saturday at Claudelands refused duty again. Her prospects if taken to Wanganui do not look cheerful. Hawke's Bay and Ashhorst form should prove a fairly reliablt guide for speculators at Wanganui, while one or two which raced prominently at Blenheim are also engaged. Ockley 'Wood, who had three seconds in as many starts on the East Coast circuit, duly landed at Blenheim. Berkett’s trotter will get some more money in the future. Hone Heke. a grey gelding from the Kaikoura district, ran a good race ar. Blenheim, and if started at Wanganui, will hold good prospects. * * * Capilano is a Lloyd novice that showed promise for a green one at Hastings and should be an improved filly when she steps out at Wanganui. Pilot, a son of Peterwah. trotted solidly each day at the Hawke's Bav fixture, and will be a nuisance at Wanganui.

A promising young trotter, hailing from the Buller district, is Nelson. She is a long way back at Wanganui, but that may not keep her out of the money. * * Bessie Bingen was taken to Hastings to tackle Parish Belle in the two miles trot, but she -went sore the day prior to the event. When right she is a splendid trotter. =* * * Baron Derby was all to pieces it Ashhurst, but if he has come alone the right way since, will be hard to head off this week. Gumdigger went very sore at Ashhurst and was not able to do himself justice at Hastings. He made a game showing even under this deficient, and if paraded at "Wanganui will make things interesting. All Red won the Hawke's Bay Cup like a real good horse, but had little to spare at the box from Sir Guy. Logan's Pride won the Manawatu Plate, coming fast at the right end to head off Sir GuyThe latter, after his consistent essays, won the 10 furlong Farewell at Hastings. This trio is billed to meet in the Wanganui Cup tomorrow—off the same mark—and they will make things lively. All may have it on his rivals.