RACE TRACK EVENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1930, Page 4

RACE TRACK EVENTS

AUCKLAND TROTTING TO-DAY. ■ SECOND SPRING MEETING. (By. Wire —Special to. News.) . 1 Auckland, Last Night. : . . The second, spring meeting of the Auckland Trottin 0 Club opens at Epsom to-morrow. .This was formerly the opining; fixture; of - the Otahuhu Club, which has merged with Auckland. Very few . visiting horses are engaged, consequently the meeting is practically a provincial one. Many of the cqiupeti-' tors have shown good form at Epsom in track trials, particularly Mountain Dell, Logans Pride, Arachne, Parrish Belle, Mignonne, Linnett the Great, Explosion, Etta Cole and Belle Axworthy. At Otahuhu Hal Chimes, Sunshower and Trustworthy have done well, while the. Mangere trainer J. Paul has a good team in Great Peter, Kewpie’s G.uy,’ paradigm and Little Guy. A. McMillan also is well represented with Royal Triumph, First Flight, Dealer and Enawdh. The racing will be full of interest and the following will receivesupport:— Waitemata Trot: Royal Triumph, Parrish Belle. Improvers’ Handicap: Kewpie’s Guy, First, Flight. Jellicoe- .Handicap: Great Peter, Mountain De 11... Parnell Handicap: Arachne, Nelson Dillon. Mountain Trot; Linnett the Gredt, Etta Cole. . ’ November Handicap: Belle Axworthy, Queen Elizabeth. Stewards’ Handicap: Explosion; Trustworthy. Electric Handicap: Belle Axworthy (if . reserved), Enawah and Logan’s Pride.

NEW PLYMOUTH TRACK NOTES.

HOLIDAY CANDIDATES' TN WORK. (By “Moturoa.”) The New Plymouth course is in splendid order after the recent rain, and the course and appointments are a tribute to the attention bestowed upon them by Caretaker BleWman. In view of the approaching Feilding and holiday- meetings, the horses in the New Plymouth stables are being sent along and some interesting work was witnessed yesterday morning. The gallops were all done on the old course proper. . - # . #' * * . Belle Star (Eagar) and The Swell (Drinkwater) covered ten furlongs nicely, sprinting home the last quarter of a mile. Both look well and Belle Star was anxious to go faster. * # * * Kilmanu (Todd) worked smoothly on the plough. # # • # Green Patch (Drinkwaler), Tarigiroa (Olßrien) and Te Atiawa (Davis) -hopped off from the three. Te Atiawa led into the straight, but stopped badly and Tangiroa, finishing well on the inner, beat Green Patch by half a length in 40Jsec. # # # • Orapai (Marsh) moved off slowly from the six furlong post, being picked up at the half-mile by Gibraltar (L. George). Orapai was doing it easily over the last bit to win «y a neck in Imin. 23 l-ssec. The sectional times were 14 2-ssec., 27. 4-'ssec., 41 l-ascc. and 54sec. for tlTe first half mile., Orapai is very well just now.

Gold Dawn (Robinson) was given a round at half pace, coming home the ’last quarter slightly faster.