TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20363, 21 July 1934, Page 16

TROTTING NOTES.

ACCEPTANCES for the trotting event to be decided at the Waiate Hunt Club’s meeting are due today. * * * * Acceptances for the trotting event at the South Canterbury Hunt Club’s meeting will close on Monday. 5, * it V Nominations for the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s August meeting will close on Monday, at noon. **'**, Much interest will be taken m the efforts of the two-year-old trotter Princess Onyx at the Greymouth Trotting Club’s meeting. She is a dandy nuy, and. she knows how to trot. * * * The two-yerar-old pacer Gamble is doing steady work, so that he will be in satisfactory order to be wound np for his Derby engagement at November. no Saddle race. For the first time for years there will be no saddle races at the Greymonth Trotting Club’s meeting next week. * * * * Westport stables will be represented at the Greymouth Trotting Club’s meeting by the trotter Sandy N, and the pacers Fearless and Bingen Palm. * * * * The two trotting events to be run at the Christchurch Hunt Club’s meeting next month have drawn excellent fields. There are twenty-five horses in the Kirwee Handicap, one mile and a half, while the Aylesbury Handicap, one mile, has attracted fifty-three. RUIN CONVERTED. Ruin began his career as a pacer, but subsequently was changed over to the trotting gait, and won a race at the Ashburton Trotting Club’s summer meeting. At Greymouth next week he appears among the acceptors for the principal event, which suggests that he has been put back to the pace. * * * * Though a failure as a pacer it is quite likely that Titri will do well as a trotter. She joined B. Jarden s stable at Dunedin some time ago, and he decided to convert her to the trotting gait. At this way of going she has made good progress. She acts very solidly in her work, and her disposition has improved. CUP WINNER. Red Shadow is a model of care and attention and the last New Zealand Trotting Cup winner is in fine order to receive the necessary work to equip him for important engagements at the August meeting of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. Ked Shadow will then be seven years old, and should go on to improve upon this season’s excellent performances.

* * * * The maiden trotter Rose Chenault has a big private reputation, and she has had the benefit of racing experience. She has two engagements at the Greymouth Trotting meeting next week, when she may produce her best. She is by Peter Chenault from Rosa Elmo, who was by Lord Alto from Lady Elmo, by Almont. STAKE RAISED.

The Ashburton Trotting Club is again in the field with its progressive policy, having decided to increase the stake for the New Zealand Champion Stakes in 1935 from £SOO to £6OO. During the present season, the club raised the stake of the next New Zealand Sapling Stakes to £IOOO. The New Zealand Champion Stakes is for three-year-olds and is to be decided over one mile and a half.. It is run at the club’s summer meeting. B JARDEN’S TEAM. The aged mare, Titri, who began her career as a pacer and raced as such in numerous contests last season for two seconds and one third, has been changed over to the trotting gait. She is shaping kindly in _ her track work and seems happy in herself. Titri proved difficult as a pacer, and she seemed to resent the hopples. She is by Wrack from Victoria, who was by St Swithin from Brown Empress. Titri may do well as a trotter next season. NATIVE KING THREE-YEAR-OLD. Mattie Herbilwyn is a regular visitor to the Epsom tracks, and, although her work is not very serious, she is assuming better racing shape. Mattie Herbilwyn was not forward enough to do herself justice at the winter meeting at Auckland, but a pleasing feature of her re-appearance on the active list is the fact that she appears to be thorougrly sound again. The three-year-old novice pacer by Native King from Imperial Fair, in the same stable, is making very steady progress. Although bred on sound trotting lines, he did not take kindly to the square gait, but is shaping very creditably with the hopples.

A LIKELY NOVICE. The grey mare Lil Guy will not pay the machine at the Greymouth Trotting Club’s meeting next week. At the Marlborough Club’s recent meeting at New Brighton she carried three tickets, and was up with the leaders for a mile and a quarter. Considering that it was her first race for some time, her effort was distinctly promising. She will do better at Greymouth. ROYAL SILK’S RECORD. During his racing career the pacing stallion Royal Silk won twelve races, and registered three seconds and one third. For the past two years he has been troubled with unsoundness, and no doubt the condition of his front legs induced Mrs M. Harrall to sell him to Mr W. Spencer, of Timaru, who will place the stallion at the stud in South * Canterbury. During his career Royal Silk put up many fine performances under five different trainers, but while he won the New Zealand Cup Trial Handicap at Wellington last October, and ran two excellent races at Addington in November, probably the most impressive of all his accomplishments -was his victory over Harold Logan in a mile and a quarter race at Oamaru in 1932. On that occasion Harold Logan got to within a length of Royal Silk two furlongs from home, but once the straight was reached Royal Silk drew right away to win with something in hand. At that time Royal Silk was trained by J. Bryce, who later won the- Hagley Handicap at the cup meeting held at Addington in November, 1932.

PEGAWAY FOR J. BRYCE. The Auckland owned pacer Pegaway is on his way to Christchurch to join J. Bryce’s stable. Pegaway is regarded as one of the best horses in the North Island, and his splendid list of performances gives a full endorsement to that opinion. During last season, Pegaway won seven races, was twice second, and once third in twelve starts. This season he has won four races, and has one third to his credit. His outstanding achievement was in the Auckland Trotting Cup, where he ran a creditable third to Indianapolis and Wrecker. He is a five-year-old gelding by Worthy Bond from Lottie Audubon, and made his last appearance in the Summer Handicap at the Wellington Trotting Club’s meeting on January 13, where he competed from the limit of a 4min 28sec and finished fourth. Pegaway is owned by Mr A. Cook, who is closely associated with the galloping sport in the northern province, where he has a number of thoroughbreds in his stable. During the past two years Pegaway has been in F. J. Smith’s stable at Takanini.

After the first forfeits for the 1935 New Zealand Sapling Stakes, of lOQOsovs, 133 rising two-year-olds remain in the Ashburton classic. These represent 29 sires. Jack Potts is at the head of the list with 18. Travis Axworthy has 16, Grattan has 12, while other sires well represented are Wrack 9, Man o’ War 8, Truman Direct 7, Ahuriri 6. Acron 6, Silk Thread 6, Rey de Oro 6, Nelson Derby, Matchlight, Great Bingen, and Brigand with four each.

WRECKER COMING SOUTH. According to a northern sportsmani the pacing gelding Wrecked was shipped from Auckland yesterday for Lyttelton. ,He is to join J. S. Shaw’s stable at Addington. Wrecker was bred by Mr H. F. Nicoll, who sold him to Mr G. J. Barton, and Wrecker won several races under the late W. J. Tomkinson. In January last, Mr Barton sold Wrecker to Mr W. Hosking, who recently purchased the two-year-old Ironside. Wrecker then went to F. J. Smith's stable at Takanini, and won the principal race at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting held in March last. Wrecker is assessed at 2min 12sec, 2min 46sec and 4min 32sec. * * * * The declaration of forfeits for the Sapling Stakes of lOOOsovs finds n® fewer than 133 juveniles remaining in the race. A particularly pleasing feature of the list is the fact that unnamed dams show a considerable reduction, but even the few remaining should not be tolerated in such an important and valuable stake. Possibly some of the unnamed dams have, received a name since the nominations closed, and if not, the club should demand more particulars than the fact of a youngster being out of a m*Ve by this or that sire. TROTTING FIXTURES. July 26—Walmate D.H.C. July 25. 28—Greymouth T.C. July 28—South Canterbury H.C. August 11. 15. 17—N.Z.M.T.C. August 25—Auckland T.C. September I—New Brighton T.C, September B—Wellington T.C.