TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20364, 23 July 1934, Page 12

TROTTING NOTES.

® id in is m m hi in sun m m m a m m m m ® i for the trotting event at the South Canterbury Hunt Club’s meeting will close this evening.

The well-known starter, Mr J. 11. Tompkins, is again indisposed, and he will not be able to fulfil his duties at the Waimate Hunt Club’s meeting. * * * * There is every indication of the Greymouth Trotting Club enjoying a successful meeting, which opens on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday. The fields are of ideal size, and in addition to inspiring free speculation, the element of luck in the contests will be minimised. The horses engaged are of such equal merit that very interesting racing should be provided. Many Canterbury enthusiasts are contemplating a trip by the special train, which will leave Christchurch for Gr'eymouth and Hokitika on Saturday at 6.10 a.m. and will return late on Saturday night. Cheap fares are available. BLACK SHADOW.

The pacer, Black Shadow, who raced last season in Southland with a fair measure of success, has been transferred to L. A. Maidens’s stable. Black Shadow’ is by a Sungod colt from a mare by Coldstream Bells, and is highly thought of by those who are in a position to know him best. Black Shadow is engaged at the Greymouth Trotting Club’s meeting this week. STUD NEWS. The approach of the breeding season draws attention to the fact that under the new rule 420, passed at the recent meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Conference, the Trotting Association, through its officers and agents, shall, have the right to inspect at any time the books and records kept by a stallion owner, and* in Rule 419 an owner of a stallion is protected from the unscrupulous breeder who avails himself of services and omits to pay for these services. The new rule reads: Providing that the owner of a covering stallion has complied with the provisions of Rule 417 he shall before June 30 of the year following the service have the right to notify the association in writing that the owner of a mare has not paid the service fee and other charges in respect of such mare, and thereupon the association shall refuse to register under Part XII. hereof the progeny of such mare, the result of such service, until the amount of such service fee and other charges shall be paid to the association on behalf of the owner of the covering stallion. The association shall charge a fee of 5 per cent on all moneys received by it by virtue of this rule.” STALLION-OWNER’S NOTE, At the annual meeting of delegates to the New. Zealand Trotting Conference the Trotting Association was successful in having made law’ a number of suggestions governing the New Zealand Stud Book and the registration of mares and stallions. The new’ rules impose upon owners of stallions and brood mares the responsibility of giving full particulars concerning foalings, matings, etc., all of w’hich must be forwarded to the New Zealand Trotting Association within a fixed period. Many stallion owners are very lax in doing business with breeders, but the new rules will ensure the proper keeping of records. Rule 417 now reads as follow’s:—“ (1) Every owner of a covering stallion entered or eligible for entry in the Stud Book shall keep a record showing the name and pedigree (if any) of every mare covered by such stallion, and of the name and address of the owner of such mare, and shall also record in a day or other book all coverings by the stallion and any foaling, death or accident to a mare ajid particulars of the foal, showing date of birth, sex, colour, distinctive markings, and the name of the sire. (2) Every owner of a covering stallion aforesaid shall at the conclusion of each season of service and not lat"er than February 28 of such season forward to the association a complete list of mares covered by such stallion during the seasop, together with the names and addresses of the owners of such mares, and the association may fine any owner who Ms to comply with the requirements of this subclause a sum not exceeding PROSPEROUS MEETINGS.

Although the Invercargill Trotting t nib races under what is generally considererd the handicap of using a mile and a quarter circuit, it continues to hold prosperous meetings. The club has experienced a succcessful season, and stands in a strong position to carry on in the future. Southland is a real stronghold of light harness breeding and racing, and has produced some lugh-class horses whose ranks seem sure to be enlarged when the result of Wrack's service in the course. 06 *** produccd on the raceOWNED ALLENDALE

Another link with Australian trotting was broken recently, when Mr George Tye, of Melbourne, passed a "Y\.- t , tWny years ago Mr Tve, with his brother Allen, founded the Allendale Stock Farm, adjacent to Melbourne. On this property many good horses were bred, Abbey Bells, foaled in America, being one of the principal sires. Marvin Wilkes was also one of the farm’s importations, both sires frequently appearing in the pedigrees of present-day winners. Dan Patch (Australia) was also owned by the brothers, who sold the speedy stallion later on in his stud career. The number ol horses bred at Allendale grew to a big total, and included F'irst \ oyage, still alive to-day, though foaled twenty-six years ago to American time. F'irst \ ovage’s dam was imported in foal, and with others was purchased by Lou Robertson on behalf of the big Victorian establishment. Many years ago the farm was dispersed, and deceased, with his brother, ceased his trotting activities. lie was sixty-nine years of age at the time of his cleath, and left a widow, one son and two daughters. TROTTING FIXTURES. July 26 Waimate 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.