TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20391, 23 August 1934, Page 12

TROTTING NOTES.

ACCEPTANCES for the trotting ! events to be decided at the Otago ; Hunt Club’s meeting are due on J August 28.

, ! sfc ; -H* sfc ! Acceptances for the New Brighton " J Trotting Club’s spring meeting are due ’ i.on August 28, at noon. 5 4- -I* !jC 1 ; Nominations for the New Zealand Champion Stakes, 1935 (present two- ] year-olds) will close with the Ashbur- ' ton Trotting Club to-day. at 5 p.m. In the 347 races decided on the trot--1 | ting tracks at Perth and Fremantle 1 ! during the 1933-1934 season the winners’ j ages ranged from three y*ears to seven- ' j teen years. i! * * * * * i It is twelve y'ears since J. J. Ken- ! nerley left Australia to reside in New ■ j Zealand, and the recent August meet- - ing at Addington was the first occasion [ that he has not had a horse racing at that meeting. * * * * Mr C. Moran went north on Tuesday’ ; night with the pacer. Impromptu, who i will go to Auckland to fulfil his engagement at Epsom on Saturday. Impromptu will return to Addington in ’ ! November for the New Zealand Trotj ting'Cup meeting. * * sjs tfc Nothing has wintered better than the , trotter Moko Girl, and she has put on a lot of condition during her short spell in the paddock (says an Aucki land writer). Moko Girl won at the last Auckland meeting, effecting a big surprise, and is still being trained at Epsom. * * * *

•The popular Australian trotting enthusiast, J. Siebel. has accepted a posi- ; tion with C. Donald. at Belfast, i Siebel was in ’New Zealand seven years ago when his horse, First Fashion, was trained by J. J. Kennerley. Siebel has a wide knowledge of the trotter and 1 pacer, and it is his intention to remain . in the Dominion. SPEEDY BUT UNRELIABLE. Grand Triumph is being persevered ! with by G. Paton at Epsom, and the bay' gelding is in very bright condition, j Grand Triumph is a very' disappointing ! trotter, possessing more speed than the j average novice trotter, but he is very ! unreliable and seldom competes in a ! race without tangling at some part of j the journey. Grand Triumph trotted j a reallv good race to finish just behind ! the placed horses at the Auckland winter meeting, and he may >'et reward his trainer for his patience. s»« * * * It is ten years since Logan Pointer' died, yet at Addington last week, two of his representatives competed in the best classes. They' were Harold Logan and Trampfast. The lasting qualities of Logan Pointer’s sons and daughters, and their ability to go fast and far at an early’ age, was a superb combination, possessed by’ few families. LIKES SOFT GOING, Wee Machine is working along satisfactorily at Takanini and the bay gelding will be in great order when paraded at the Auckland meeting this month. Wee Machine was only taken over by F. J. Smith last May, and has started on four occasions since for two wins, the son of Auto Machine annexing the principal event at both the Cambridge and Waikato meetings. Wee Machine handles soft going in great sty’le and is a rare stayer, his chief fault being a tendency to tangle at the start of a race. He will be well supported when next paraded. HANDICAPPING.

Mr L. S. Martin, owner of Walla . I Walla, is an ambassador for trotting .; in New Zealand. He recently address- ! ed the committeemen of the Goulburn ; i Trotting Club regarding the Dominion i ! system of handicapping, and when he > i had concluded his remarks the club’s » executive passed a resolution deciding :j to adopt the New Zealand system of making adjustments. Mat epsom. . | '■! The first of the visiting horses for ; the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting next Saturday arrived at Otahuhu on ’ Friday last, the Hawke’s Bay trainer j J. Garnett arriving with Air J. H. ’! Lloyd’s pair, Luminate and Mute. The . j visitors are located at S. M. August’s i stables, and it is not improbable that ; the Otahuhu trainer may drive them in * their engagements. Garnett is a brother of the Ashhurst trainer-driver 11. j Garnett, who for many seasons was » regular visitor to Auckland meetings.

Luminate has not raced for some time, but two seasons ago displayed a lot of promise, being successful at Wanganui and Hastings. Mute is a maiden trotter who has not done much racing, but at the Wanganui meeting in 1933 he ran a very creditable second : to Sphinx. A few seasons ago the Lloyd colours were very familiar, at Epsom, where The Shrew and Raima won several good races. INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. Upon his return to Western Australia Mr J. P. Stratton, President of the > West Australian Trotting Association, : was warmly welcomed by trotting ent thusiasts for the good work he had done in New Zealand towards bringing : about happy* relations with trotting r clubs throughout the Commonwealth. Everywhere in Australia the idea of ‘ arranging international matches for the 1 best trotters and pacers in Australia and New Zealand is being well received by those concerned. ; A DATE SELECTED. The committee of the Waikato Trot- , ting Club has decided to hold the I spring meeting on October 6, to obviate , clashing with the Auckland Racing [ Club’s meeting at Ellerslie on October 13 and 15. The committee wrote to - the Hon J. A. Young on the subject - of the clashing of dates, and he replied L stating that the secretary of the ? Racing Conference informed him that > very careful consideration was given to the objection lodged. In view of the great importance attached to all , concerned in the interests of racing, particularly' the owners of horses engaged in classic races, that the dates ! of the Auckland Racing Club’s spring ! meeting should not clash with the Canterbury Jockey Club's spring meeting, the executive committee decided that it could not entertain the club’s : objection. It was decided to provide for a pro- : gramme of seven races. Stake-money aggregating £BSO was allotted to the meeting, compared with £B9O last year, when eight races were held.