TROTTING NOTES FROM AUCKLAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18786, 15 June 1929, Page 10

TROTTING NOTES FROM AUCKLAND.

(Special to the “Star.") AUCKLAND, June 14. The weather at Epsom this morning was beautiful, but the track was inclined to be slippery and the trainers in very few instances drove their horses at top speed. J. Shaw allowed his team an easy time. They were all taken to Otahuhu yesterday and worked on the grass. Great Baffin (Cockle) and Rose Bingen (Julian) were stepped out to go a mile and a half. Great Baffin, who had the inside running, paced evenly throughout, but Rose Bingen, after trotting well for just over a mile, left her feet. Napland (Kinnamont) vras sent along for a mile and a half. He went his first half best and was not putting much dash into his work over the final half mile. Goldman was hoppled up and jumped away at the winning post to go a mile and a half. He moved very freely throughout and . the time, considering the track, was satisfactory. Horizon was not bustled when pacing a mile and a half. Master Councillor (Evans) was not hoppled up and strode over several rounds, being accompanied for portion of the trip by the Blue Mountain King —Cool Time maiden, in G. Phipps's stable. Reynard (Selkirk) was pottering about on the sand track and Mountain Dell (Mitchell) was given very light work without the straps. L. M’Mahon worked Gold Jacket and Hohoro without the hopples, but Hohoro would do nothing right. Dillon Iluon, after being given a lot of jogging, was strapped up and driven a mile by J. M’Kendrick. He showed plenty of pace and bis mile was easily the best of the morning. Polly's Picture (Mitchell) and Tradesman (Gee) were companions over a mile and a half. Polly’s Picture was always going better than the trotter, who tired in the latter stages of the journey. W. Clifton was easy with his pair, Dad’s Hope and The Abbey, and they merely did slow jogging. Glandore (Dyer) was another who was worked unhopplcd and his task was not strenuous. Anseline got through useful work over a couple of rounds, trotting steadily all the wav. Rockaway was strapped up and ran one half mile at better than threequarter speed after which ho was allowed to bowl along at his own pace. Sebisca (Mitchell) and Te Muku (Gee) accompanied each other for a time at steady trotting. Later, when Te Muku was pulled up, Wimmera King (Millen) joined *Sebisca but Wimmera King broke twice.

Explosion (Julian) was not asked to do more than easy pacing.

Medusa Destroyed. Jewel Pointer and Medusa were to work out together. The pair jumped off at the winning post to go the reverse way. Just as they reached the mile post Medusa, driven by Julian, slipped and fell. The harness was immediately removed from her, but she could not be got on her feet and it was only after considerable difficulty that she was puffed to the side of the track, to allow other horses to work All attempts to get her on her feet were of no avail and while the mare lay there a veterinary surgeon was sent for. Later in the day Medusa was destroyel. Medusa was one of the most promising mares in training at Epsom She was highly bred, being by Man o’ War—Miss Rolfe. She was a four-year-old and was expected to develop into a high-class pacer. She only started twice as a three-year-old last season, winning the first division of the Progressive Handicap at the Waikato Trotting Club’s meeting in March, when she covered the mile and a half in Smin 33 3-ssec. This season she commenced by getting a third place and then followed three wins on end, a double at the Northland meeting and the Claudelands Handicap at Hamilton, when she registered 4min 36 4-ssec for two miles. Her next start was at the Otahuhu meeting in February, when she beat all but Gold Dial in the Richmond Handicao and at the Waikato meeting, the following month, she ran third in the Waipa Handicap, covering the mile in 2min 14 l-ssec. Her last start was in the Te Aroha Cup, in which she finished out of a place. She was by Messrs R. Montgomery and A. Julian, her trainer, and her loss is a severe one.