TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20275, 9 April 1934, Page 10

TROTTING NOTES.

for the trotting events at the Reefton Jockey Club’s meeting are due at nine o’clock to-night. * * * # Acceptances will close at eight o’clock to-morrow night for the Ashburton Trotting Club’s meeting, to be held on Saturday. * * * Nominations for the trotting events at the Amberley Racing Club’s meeting will close at eight o’clock to-moijrpw night. KAIKOURA ENTRIES. The Kaikoura Trotting Club has drawn up an excellent programme for the meeting to be held on Saturday, April 21. As an inducement to Christchurch owners to attend, the club has reduced the cost of racing and will pay £3 for each horse towards the transport charges. Nominations will close at nine o’clock to-night. * * * * Paul Drusus, a double winner at the Manawatu meeting on Saturday, is now under J. Bryce’s care. He is improving with age and though he may never be quite up to top class, he should pay his way for some time yet, as he is a good stayer. AGAINST RECORD, Mr P. Brown has decided to send Roi l’Or against the mile record of 2min 2 2-ssec, at present held by Walla Walla. Roi l’Or will make his attempt at the Waimate Racing Club’s meeting, which will take place on Thursday, April 19. ANOTHER OPINION. The starting at the Addington meeting was the best “ Sentinel ” has ever seen accomplished by Mr A. J. Hastings. He got the fields away on even terms and without any of the drivers obtaining an advantage by being last in line and first to leave. ❖ * * * Olive Nelson displayed speed in her races at Addington, but her task was hopeless in being set to give 24yds to Worthy Queen, who won in 3min 14 l-ssec. Olive Nelson would have required to trot about a 2min 7sec clip to get near Worthy Queen. PROMISING TWO-YEAR-OLD. The success of the two-year-old pacer Fascination in the Dobson Handicap at Greymouth on Saturday pleased the numerous good judges who witnessed the filly’s performance. It was a mile race, and Fascination acted like a seasoned performer. Her display was most encouraging to her owner, i\lr R. E. Hall, who has purchased several horses, but Fascination is the first to win for him. Fascination was bred by Mr W. J. Morland, and is by Fey de Oro from Daisy Pointer, by Logan Pointer from Dayspring, a daughter of California and Daybreak. Fascination is a member of J. S. Shaw’s stable at Addington. She *is engaged in the New Zealand Sapling Stakes. SOME TIDE. The turn of the tide has come for C. S. Donald’s establishment. The turn was somewhat delayed, but wnen it did come it was in the nature of a spring-tide, for during the past two weeks Donald has won thirteen races, eleven with members of his stable, and two with outside representatives. Of the number mentioned, Wahnooka won four, Blondie three; Hard Words, Automatic, Iron Man and Lindbergh one each. The two outside drives were Guy Zolock and Aerial Boy, at the Manawatu Trotting Club’s meeting on Saturday. WELL-NAMED. W orthy Queen is rightly named, as she now takes rank as “Queen of the Trotting Track,” writes “ Sentinel ” in the Otago Daily Times.” She went 3min 14 l-ssec on the final day at Addington from a 3min 22sec mark. Queen Chimes, the dam of Worthy Queen, was got by Coldstream Bells, by Abbey Bells from Vanquish, by Vancleve. Abbey Bells was got by Bow Bells from Russia, a full-sister to the famous Maud S., who set the record at 2min B‘Jsec when hitched* to a highwheel sulky. The base of Abbey Beil’s pedigree contains such famous thoroughbred strains as those supplied by Boston, one of the greatest stayers ever raced in America. Sally Russell the third dam of Abbey Bells, is a thoroughbred mare got by Boston from Maria Russell. STAR ATTRACTIONS. The great value of supplying a star attraction to a meeting was more than amply demonstrated at Addington by the presence of Walla Walla on the card, and booked to meet the best opposition that could be produced against him, says a southern writer. The vast throng of people at Addington on the first day and the unusually large attendance on the second day showed conclusively that when a club steps out with a magnetic draw the public are sure to respond. The attendance included visitors from Auckland to the Bluff and every intermediate part of the country. The cards for each day provided some great racing and proved a great all-round success. TROTTING FIXTURES. April 11—Reefton J.C. April 14—Ashburton T.C. April 14—Thame*; T.C. April 21—Te Aroha T.C. April 26—Marlborouprh T.C. April 28—Auckland T.C. April 2S—Amberley R.C. May 3, s—Forbury Park T.C.