TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 600, 2 November 1932, Page 10

TROTTING NOTES.

DOMINATIONS for the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s spring meeting close to-morrow evening at five o'clock. HIGH-CLASS COLT. By his sterling effort over a mile and a half at Addington yesterday morning, Indianapolis is fast adding to his army of admirers' for the New Zealand Derby Stakes. He was timed to compass that distance in 3min 21sec, on a track that had not been harrowed, or levelled. Needless to state, the footing was not fast, and there was an easterly wind blowing at the time. Indianapolis finished straight and showed no inclination to tire. He is a great colt, and if everything goes well, Mr G. J. Barton will have no need to regret the good price he paid. CUP CANDIDATES. Contrary to expectations, the twelve original entrants for the New Zealand Trotting Cup have survived acceptance day, and unless something unforseen happens, all will go to the post. Consequent on the decisive beating he administered to Harold Logan over the concluding stages of a mile and a quarter race at Oamaru, Royal Silk is a firm favourite, as he has every right to be. A few days after that race, Harold Logan went to Wellington and spreadeagled a field of high-class sprinters, a performance which strengthens Royal Silk’s claim in the Trotting Cup. Regarding the merits of both pacers, both can sprint, and both can stay, and both have the ability to begin fast. §>o it is very difficult to visualise Harold Logan conceding Royal Silk 60yds, and beating him on Tuesday. As for Red Shadow, he will go a better race in the Trotting Cup than he did in the big mile and a quarter race at Wellington, for which contest he was short of work. The trip and the race have done him an immense amount of good, and while he is not as good a stayer as Royal Silk, he has a tremendous amount of “ brush,” if it comes to a sprint for the money. Free Advice has received a special preparation, and though she still looks a bit burly, she is in great order to receive her final work-outs, and she will thrive on every one of them. The quiet tip is Kingcraft, whose friends remain unshaken at the form of the others. He is a better horse today than at any part of his career, and, what is more, he is certain to leave the mark correctly. His stable-mate, Regal Voyage, is not so freely mentioned, but Roi l’Or, Terence Dillon and Rollo have their quota of supporters. Many contend that Rollo will win if he leaves the mark. With an accurate beginning, he certainly would play an important part in the finish. But when the form and track work are considered, it appears at the present juncture that Royal Silk, Harold Logan, Red Shadow, Kingcraft and Free Advice have most friends. * * * * QUESTION OF STAMINA While two mile races, so popular on New Zealand trotting club programmes, are generally expected to provide the

greatest test of stamina for horses and | reinsmanship for drivers, heat racing, as conducted on American tracks, is not easy for either horse or driver. Usually three heats are needed to decide a race, but as many as eight have been run on occasions. In the St Nicholas Stake, a 2.15 pacing event, worth 1500 dollars, at the Illinois Fair, j four heats were run in 22\, 2.0 i, 2.31 and 2.4 i, Peter at Law winning the last two after finishing fourth in the' first two heats. The slowest half-mile run, 1.3, was in the third heat, while in the second heat the first half-mile was run in 59isec. A WORTHY VISITOR. An interesting acceptor for the Spring Handicap at the November carnival at Addington is the North Island trotter Worthy Queen. She won seven races last season, before being treated to a spell, during which she strengthened up j considerably. She made her reappearance among the pacers at Wellington on Saturday, being 60yds behind, from which mark she could hardly have been expected to win. The race, however, sharpened her up and she should be in I good buckle for her Addington engage- ! ments. Worthy Queen has won over all distances, her best time being at Wellington, where she won by two lengths in 4min 39 3-ssec for two miles. On Tuesday next, she is on 36yds behind in a 3.32 class. Worthy Queen is owned by Mr J. R. Corrigan, and is by Worthy Bingen (a brother to Great Bingen), from Queen Chimes, winner of the Champion Stakes at Addington in 1918. A PROMISING PACER. The four-year-old colt Nelson Pointer, who paid a big dividend at Gore, is a good-looking sort with plenty of size and quality. He was got by Nelson Bingen from Merce Pointer, by Logan Pointer—Merce, by Galindo—Authoress, by Wildwood—Thelma, by Kentucky— Pride of Lincoln. This is one of the best pedigrees that can be found in the Trotting Stud Book, and has been a most prolific source of high-class performers. Pride of Lincoln was a thoroughbred mare, and at the stud her consorts were both thoroughbreds and trotting sires. She was bred to July (brother to Betrayer, Sir Modred, Idalium and Cheviot, and also to the Derby winner Stonyhurst). She produced Lincoln Yet, Contractor, Stonewall Jackson and two fillies to trotting sires before being bred to a thoroughbred, and then returned to Kentucky and threw Chicago and Thelma to him. Principal and Don Carlo to Imperious, and Proud Child to Rothschild. Thelma produced Willowwood, Wildwood Junior, Marie Corelli, Authoress, Adonis, Lady Sybil, Cameos, Waverley, Aristos, Neil Denis, The Pointer and Azelzion. Cameos produced Onyx, Authoress threw Merce and Author Dillon, and many more than useful performers trace to the same tap-root. It is no doubt the thoroughbred infusion that Pride of Lincoln supplied to her descendants that gave them their racy appearance, speed and stamina. Malton, the paternal grandsire of Pride of Lincoln, also got Belle of the Isle, the dam of Templeton, who won the Dunedin Cup twice, Auckland Cup and Can-

terbury Cup; Titania, the ancestress of Orlog, Meadow Lark and Starshot, the winner of the last Dunedin Cup run at Forbur)' Park. TROTTING FIXTURES. November S, 10, 11—N.Z.M.T.C. November 18, 19—WInton J.C. Nov. 8, 10, 11—N.Z.M.T.C. Nov. 18, 19—Winton J.C. Nov. 24, 26—Forbury Park T.C. Dec. 3—Ashburton County R.C. Dec. 10—New Brighton T.C. Dec. 26—Gore T.C. RE-ASSESSMENTS. , *! la ,£. ed . ho,ses at the Wellington Trottinfer Club's Cup Trial meeting have been reassessed as follows: Horse Table Line Arabond (1) 2.13 2.47 4.33 Bingen Wrack .. (1) (l) Desert Maiden .. (1) (6) Dusolina (l) (31) Harold Logan .. (1) 2.7 2.39 4.21 Indianapolis .... (1) (19) Iron Man (1) (1) Kelp (l) (30) King Pointer .... (1) 2.10 2.43 4.27 Louis Bingen .. (2) (26) Native Berry .. (1) (19) Nelson's Victory (1) 2.12 2.4 C 4.33 Red. Shadow (1) 2.8 2.41 4.2. r * Sir Guy (1) 2.12 2.46 4.33 Smooger (1) (14) Stanley Bingen .. (2) (26) Wah . . . (2) (28) War Officer .... (1) (7) METHVEN TROTTING CLUB. The Methven Trotting Club Committee met on Monday evening. Mr S. G. Holmes presiding. The secretary of the Caledonian Society wrote applying for the use of the racecourse for the annual sports on January 3. The chairman stated that he had granted the application, subject to the committee’s approval. The chairman’s action was endorsed. A letter was received from Mr H. Reyuolds regarding the purchase of a starting machine, and. after considerable discussion, the matter was left in the secretary's hands.