TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 852, 28 August 1933, Page 10

TROTTING NOTES.

XT OMINATIONS for the Hawke’s BayTrotting Club’s spring meeting will close on Wednesday, at 8 p.m. * * * * Acceptances for the New Brighton Trotting Club’s spring meeting are due to-morrow, at noon. * * Nominations for the trotting events to be decided at the Ashburton County Racing Club’s meeting will close on Thursday, at S p.m. * sje * * Acceptances for the Wellington Trotting Club’ spring meeting will close on Monday next, at 8 p.m. FOR CUP CANDIDATES. It is quite likely that the Grey mouth Trotting Club w r ill include a race on its spring programme for New Zealand Cup candidates, and sprinters. The race likely to be put on is one mile and a quarter for horses that can do 2min 44sec or faster. * )>C * A pleasing feature of Saturday’s training work at New Brighton was the performance by Chiming Wrack, who was involved in an accident while trotting fast at Addington on Thursday last. In her assignment on Saturday she trotted confidently and showed no ill-effects from her mishap. * * * A payment of two sovs. is due on Friday next at noon in connection with the New Zealand Derby Stakes, 1933. Nominations for the 1935 New Zealand Derby Stakes (now yearlings) will also be received by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club up to noon on Friday. KENNERLEY’S SUCCESS. R. D. Kennerley’s success at Auckland on Saturday was fully expected, for his horses had trained well for the meeting. Peter Pirate won the principal event, and the much-improved pacer Silver Bingen was successful in the Onehunga Handicap. Silver Bingen promises to win again. * * * * The three-year-old pacer Ringtrue made a promising start when he ran third in the Mount Eden Handicap at Auckland on Saturday, being a bare half-length behind the winner. Ringtrue is by Travis Axworthy from Bertha Belle, and his connections have reason to anticipate that this young horse will reach good class. * * * * After a good rousing preliminary on the dirt track at New Brighton on Saturday Betty Wrack came out later and showed the way to Princess Thea and Guy Denver over one mile. She went without the assistance of the hopples, and the manner in which she deported herself on the trip left the spectators favourably impressed with her prospect of winning a race in the near future. NEW BRIGHTON BUSY, The training ground at New Brighton on Saturday was the scene of much activity and enterprise. In addition to the new tracks in the cqurse of construction interest was afforded by a number of young horses which mingled with those nearing the conclusion of a preparation for serious racing. The improvement in breed has brought with it a natural improvement ijn gait and the methods of a majority of trainers have had to be changed to go with the impro\*ement in the horse. The solidity of the young trotter has been the most outstanding character in recent years. That is easy to account for. Horses are bred to trot and have four, five and even six generations of trotting blood behind them to develop their gait, and so the day of a twelveounce shoe on each foot and a toeweight into the bargain has almost disappeared. It is no exception to find young trotters going fast and true with half that weight to carry. The advancement made by trotters and pacers has been marked during the past four years. * * * * J. Bryce drove Red Hope to victory in the Lynn Handicap at Epsom on Saturday. Red Hope was bred at Oakhampton, and is by Great Hope from Jenny Lind Junr., and was educated and developed by Bryce, who subsequently sold the gelding to the Auckland sportsman, Mr E. J. Parkes. Although Red Hope is now trained by L. M’Mahon at Whangarei, J. Bryce has handled the pacer in nearly all of his engagements. Provided Red Hope keeps sound he should prove a useful stake-earner this season. WORK ANALYSED The grass course at New Brighton was soft on Saturday, due to the rain that had fallen during the week and the footing was holding. The trestles were placed more than halfway across the course from the inside fence; therefore, with the nature of the footing and the extra distance the horses had to travel the times recorded were slow. A line on the merit of the performances of the best handicap horses that worked is the most reliable guide. The best effort of the morning was recorded by Guy Denver, who compassed a mile in 2min 20 2-ssec, taking lmin 6sec for his last four furlongs. Dusolina paced a mile in 2min 21sec and Wrecker took 2min 22 3-ssec to do the same distance. They worked well and finished in good style. In reviewing the trials accomplished by Betty Wrack, Vagabond King, General Wrack, Modern Girl, Becky de Oro, Thackeray and Don Chenault, one has-to concede that their efforts for horses in their respective classes were very satisfactory. Betty Wrack, without the assistance of the hopples, completed eight furlongs in a vigorous manner in 2min 22 2-ssec, and Vagabond King showed fight to five opponents all the way and arrived at his destination in 2min 22sec. Thackeray slipped over the last mile of a twelve-furlong bout in 2min 26 l-ssec. and Don Chenault left Koro Peter and Chiming Wrack down the straight to trot the last half-mile of a mile in lmin lOsec. Becky de Oro, in saddle, showed 2min 25?ec for a mile after taking lmin losec for her initial four furlongs, and General Wrack was not far behind Wrecker at the end of a mile in 2min 23 l-ssec. Modern Girl trotted the same distance in 2min 26 l-ssec.