TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18798, 29 June 1929, Page 10

TROTTING NOTES.

The dates applied for by the Timaru Trotting Club for next season are Janu--11 and March 8. * * * ❖ The proposal of the Forbury Park Trotting Club to hold its spring meeting on November 27 and 30 has not been received very cordially in some quarters. The interval of two days will make the dates unsuitable for visitors. * * * * The Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club made a substantial profit over its recent meeting. He * * He L. O. Thomas has received an appointment to train for the Wellington owners, Messrs Pirie and Kelly, and he will leave shortly for the north to take up his new quarters at Lower Hutt, near the Wellington Trotting Club's course.

The Auckland owner, Mr G. M’Millan, has purchased from Mr A. E. Tatlow, of Tasmania, a colt foal by Globe Derby, 2.8 1-5, from Muriel Star, by Harold Dillon from imported Muriel Madison. Muriel Star is the dam of Native Star and Bingen Star, two good trotters.

The pacer Loganwood is being kept m work, but this once brilliant and reliable pacer appears to be on the down grade. Despite the amount of racing that Loganwood did, he remained very sound until about six months ago, when an injury in the paddock caused a lot of trouble Loganwood was particularly brilliant over short courses, and when at his best he could go two miles in good com pany. His usefulness on the race track, however, seems to be near the end. At present he is in G. S. Smith’s charge at New Brighton.

D. Robertson persevered all through the season with the trotter Accumu lator and worked a good deal of im provement in the fast but erratic trot ter. Accumulator is still, howevei. very unsteady in the early part of his races, but when he settles down he has plenty of speed. He is now out of commission, but Robertson intends making another start with him in the spring. ,

L. Davidson is working a pacer by Brent Locanda from that fine pacer, Edith A. So far the maiden has not been asked to do much fast work.

Kautoma is now being trained b> G. Caddy at New Brighton. The Harold Dillon—Alice Huon pacer is a great track performer, but he rarely shows his best form in a race.

Macaranda is looking big and well and is now in G. S. Smith’s charge at New Brighton. Macaranda is at hii best over short courses.

There is in work at New Brighton a very quality looking filly by Author Dillon from the pacer Indian Child. She is a well-grown three-year-old, with a very fine action. * He H« H:

St Bridget is in G. Caddy's stable and looks big and well. She is, however, still troublesome at the barrier in harness, but once into her gait she can show a good turn of speed.

Peterwah will have his next outing at Addington in August, and if the conditions are favourable his owner will send him again at the mile record for a straight-out trotter, which is held at 2.114-5 by Revenue. * * * * One of the most promising young straight-out trotters to compete at the recent meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club was YVah and, although unplaced in both starts, he favourably impressed many good judges by the speed he displayed in patches. The Canterbury sportsman, Mr_ Morgan O’Brien, was particularly impressed with Wah and at the conclusion purchased the three-year-old from his breeder, Mr R. C. Fisken. Wah will in future be trained by W. J. Tomkinson and in the hands of that capable trainer, who has done particularly well with Mr O’Brien’s fine trotter Young Blake, will receive every opportunity to make good. 4c sfc * * Prior to the racing on the second day _of the Auckland Trotting Club, W. J. Tomkinson purchased the pacer Nelson M’Cormack. The gelding was made favourite for the Au Revoir Handicap, but after showing a lot of speed in the early part he faded out long before the end. On a dry track the Nelson Bingen gelding can go very fast and Tomkinson should have little difficulty in picking up a sprint race or two with him.

Since the Auckland Trotting Club successfully inaugurated its winter meeting in 1926 with a totalisator turnover of £108,047 for fourteen events, returns for the succeeding winter meetings have fallen off considerably, and at the meeting just concluded the totalisator investments only amounted to £74.067 for sixteen events. Of course there has been a general tendency for decreased totalisator business at most meetings in this province lately and the high figures of a few years ago are not now expected. At the same time, says the Auckland writer, “Picador.” decrease in returns for any particular meeting over several seasons is a matter to be seriously considered by the authorities concerned, and what the committee of the Auckland Trotting Club will have to consider is whether the winter is really a suitable time to hold a meeting. Apart from the great possibility of wet weather at this time of the year, track conditions are almost invariably bad and not conducive to the best racing. No doubt the matter of retaining the winter meeting will be given consideration before the programme for the new season is passed, and the committee will probably be guided in making a decision by how it views the experiences of the past winter meetings.

Prior to the Auckland Trotting Club’s winter meeting it was the general opinion that owing to the wet weather experienced in Auckland of late the local horses would be at considerable disadvantage and that the strong contingent of visitors would have the best prospects of winning races. Auckland trainers have been constantly complaining of the absence of a grass or cinder training track which would be available in wet weather, but the experience of winter meetings has shown that in the matter of races won the Auckland horses have not suffered at all. but on the other hand have done surprisingly well. At the meeting just closed the locals began by winning the first three races on the programme and throughout the gathering held their own, and the result when the last race was decided was eight races to the locals and eight to visitors.

But for getting badly interfered with after going two furlongs in the concluding race at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting. Harvest Child would have been in the money. Without being knocked about when his chance was lost, he made up a lot of ground.

Jewel Pointer only had one run at the Auckland meeting. This was in the tight mile and a quarter on Monday. The nuggety pacer did not get in the firing line, but he was not at his best, and will be a different horse in the spring.

The Mangere trainer J. T. Paul started only two horses, Akenehi and Nelson Tasker, at the Auckland Trotting Club’s mcPtlng, and he won a race with each.