TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 714, 18 March 1933, Page 12

TROTTING NOTES.

Nominations for the trotting events to be decided at the Riccarton Racing Club’s meeting will close on Monday, at 6 p.m. * * * * The pacing gelding Raider, who won a race early in the season at Wellington under the Addington trainer, J. S. Shaw, is a recent addition to F. J. Smith’s establishment at Epsom. * * * * J. Trowbridge has a promising trotter in his stable named Sonoma Boy, by Sonoma Harvester from Fatality, the dam of Boycott, Letitia, Proud Nell, Red Cross and Locality. * * * * The well-known owner and breeder, Mr K. H. Smith, has the six-year-old mare Tarcol in work under R. Donald. Tarcol is by First Fashion from Peony. SOCIAL PEST, The aged gelding Social Pest is a pupil of A. Hendricksen’s establishment, and is owned by Mr W. Baker. Social Pest is by Matchlight from Cora Dillon, who was a speedy mare in her day * * * * The Hororata Racing Club has included two trotting events in its programme for its meeting to be held on April 8. The Glendora Handicap, of 60 sovs, is a 3min 45sec class, one mile and a half; and the Snowdon Handicap, of 65 sovs, is a smin class, two miles. Both are harness events. Nominations will close with the secretary, Mr A. E. Byrne, 192, Hereford Street, Christchurch, or at the rooms of the Canterbury Jockey Club, on March 24, at 8 p.m. * * * * The Rangiora Racing Club has offered the use of its grounds to the Kaikoura Trotting Club for the holding of its postponed meeting. The Kaikoura officials have decided to leave the matter in the hands of the president, who will interview the Christchurch officials to fix a date and place for the meeting. It is understood that the New Brighton Club is favourable to the Kaikoura Club holding the meeting on its course. A LEADING TRAINER. The Auckland trainer, F. J. Smith, has won fifteen races this season, has been second five times, and third on six occasions. His stable has won £1690 in stakes. C. E. Lindsay is working a few horses at Rangiora. Among them are Mary Harvester, by Sonoma Harvester from Gwenchild, and the promising gelding Harvest Time, who won a race in attractive style at the Relief meeting at Addington in July last. Early in the season R. D. Kennerley left Canterbury to follow his profession at Auckland, where he has enjoyed a fair measure of success. There is, however, a chance of his returning to Christchurch and resuming training operations at Addington. WALLA WALLA AGAIN. Walla Walla won the Club Handicap off 108 yards behind in 3.265 at Goulburn recently. Late in the day in the Flying Handicap, nine furlongs, Fair Ribbon (24yds behind) beat Walla Walla (168yds behind), by six lengths in 2min 39sec. Walla Walla’s time was a bit worse than 2min lOsec to the mile. Negotiations are now under way for Walla Walla to attack the Australasian records at Victoria Park and Harold Park. Sydney. The record attacked at Victoria Park would be the Australasian mile record, held by Acron in New Zealand, 2min 3 3-ssec. The half mile track record to be gone against would be Harold Logan’s 2min ssec. Under favourable conditions he should have a good show of succeeding in each.

Acceptances for the trotting races to be decided at the Waimate Racing Club’s meeting will close on Tuesday. * * * * Nominations for the trotting events at the Westport Jockey Club’s annual meeting are due on Tuesday at 9 p.m. * * * * Nominations for the trotting events at the Otautau Racing Club’s annual meeting will close this evening at seven o’clock. FOR FIVE FURLONGS. When Eureka Boy won the Washdyke Handicap at Timaru he dragged a damaged sulky wheel over the last five furlongs. Eureka Boy came out of the battle without a scratch, and, judged by his deportment on the training tracks since then, the harder the fight, the better he likes it. PRINCE PEDRO FOR THAMES. Prince Pedro, who has been off the scene since winning at the Auckland meeting last October, is down to make his reappearance in the chief events at the Thames. When last raced Prince Pedro impressed as a horse likely to take high honours in the sport; in fact, he would have been one of the chief fancies for the last Auckland Trotting Cup but for meeting with injuries, and provided R, A. M’Millan has succeeded in getting the son of Pedro Pronto right, he should more than hold his own with the class he will be meeting on the country circuit.

Mr J. R. M’Kenzie has three New Zealand Sapling Stakes candidates in preparation. The best is a black filly by Great Bingen from the American mare Slapfast. This filly has a lot to recommend her, and as a yearling she paced two furlongs at Addington in 34 l-s.sec. Since then, she has compassed a mile in pleasing style. The Great Bingen-Petrova gelding is a wellgrown pacer and has splendid manners. He is a half-brother to Impromptu and May Chenault. The other is a filly by Author Dillon from Nulgeria, who is a half-sister to Mabel Trask 2.1 f. She is not as far forward as her companions. TOTE AT PERTH. The totalisator on the trotting Brennan Park night course at Perth is on the win and place principle. The galloping clubs at Perth run a double tote, in addition to the win and place. * * * * Controllers of trotting at Hobart are going to straighten things up, it is said. No more alking to the rail birds, “ over the fence,” and every horse, is to be examined before going out on the track. PETERWAH COLT NAMED. Mr E. Bridgens has received advice that the name Chancellor has been allowed for the Peterwah—Black Gold colt in F. J. Smith’s stable at Epsom He is receiving a special preparation for the New Zeland Sapling Stakes to be decided at Ashburton later in the season. This colt is one of the most promising youngsters to receive his education at Epson, and when only 18 months old ran a mile in 2min 19 3-ssec, coming home the last half in lmin 7 l-ssec. A WARM PROPOSITION. A very warm proposition at the Thames, should J. T. Paul step her out, will be Golden Eagle in the slow trotters’ races. She has only started on one occasion, at the Cup meeting on the third day, when, after being tailed off in the early part owing to her failing to begin correctly, finished on very solidly to fill second place, and register 3min 39 l-ssec. The race should work a big improvement in the daughter of Nelson Bingen—Great Eyre, and it will be surprising if she does not prove equal to beating her opponents.

BLUE BLOOD. The Palmerston North enthusiast, W. A. Price, has an exceptionally well-bred trotter under his care. Its name is Blue Blood, and is a four-year-old trotter by Guy Parish from Helen Bingen, whose dam, Helen Jane Stokes, was imported from America by Mr E. E. Lelievre. Helen Jane Stokes was by Peter the Great from Sultana Silver 2.5 i, who was by Onward Silver, by Onward from Sylvan Maid. Blue Blood’s pedigree traces back to the eighth dam, and there is not a broken link in his pedigree. His granddam, Helen Jane Stokes, was bred by the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm at Lexington, U.S.A. A HARDY PACER. Single G., American free-legged pacer with a record of 1.59, was a notable horse in many ways. He held all world’s records for three-heat races, and was known as the iron horse. In his ninth racing season he had a strenuous campaign, and no pacer ever beat him. While most horses like a lump of sugar, his greatest tit-bit was a chew of fine cut tobacco. No breeder need be afraid to breed from an old sire and dam if Single G. can be taken as any criterion. His sire, Anderson Wilkes, was 22, and his dam, Little Gyp, was 26 years old. Yet Single G. lasted longer and had a more strenuous life thjm any horse known to America. SMITH’S NEW HOME. The successful trotting trainer, F. J. Smith, has made arrangements to take over the Glenora Park Estate at Takanini, owned and formerly occupied by J. T. Jamieson. Since the departure of Jamieson for Sydney, R. Miller and R. S. Bagby have both trained teams on the property, of which Miller is at present in charge. It is understood that. Miller will retain part of the stabling and paddock accommodation, as he has a number of Jamieson’s horses in and out of training to look after. The property is an ideal one for a trotting trainer, as it has, in addition to all the requirements for the stabling and running out of horses, a private track in grass. There is plenty of room for a dirt track also to be maintained, and with such fine natural advantages Smith should be able to continue the run of successes he has enjoyed since coming from England to reside in Auckland. TROTTING FIXTURES. March 18—Cheviot T.C. March 23, 25—Oamaru J.C. April I—Roxburgh T.C. April I—Thames T.C. BOOKMAKER’S RULES. Members of the Tasmanian Bookmakers’ Club, at a meeting in Hobart recently, discussed several betting rules which they desire to be added to the rules already in force. Up to the present a large amount of business has been done on mainland events at fixed prices, and it is contended that the practice of returning the money invested on non-starters should be discontinued. Several casdfe have occurred where persons have backed horses at starting price that have won at long odds, and the bookmakers are seeking to introduce a scale of “ limits” such as were in force when betting was illegal. Another rule advocated regarding all-up bets is that the backer can only have four times the amount of the original stake invested on the second horse in the event of the first horse winning. The suggestions are practically the “ unofficial rules ” under which bookmakers operated illegally in Tasmania prior to the act. Needless to say, the sporting public are averse to the suggestions as the law was made to control bookmaking, and any return to the rules and limits which were in existence prior to the legalising of bookmakers is regarded as giving the bookmakers too much advantage over the bettors.