TROTTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20454, 6 November 1934, Page 12

TROTTING NOTES.

iiiißßaiaioasiisiiHj for the second day of the New Zealand Metropolitan , Trotting Club’s meeting will close tomorrow, at noon. NOT HIS BEST FORM. ! The three-year-old Proletarian raced I very disappointingly in both of his | engagements at the Auckland Trotting j Club's spring meeting and the bay colt | is not living up to his very promising i work at Epsom. On the first day he i failed to leave the mark correctly and tailed the field all the way. In his j effort on the second day he skipped l at the start, but soon ran up handy j to the leaders, but he never seemed I to be pacing correctly and he finished i well back. Although it is hard to advance any excuses for Proletarian, it is not his best form, and he may yet redeem himself. WILL IMPROYE. Great Chum was only produced once at the recent Auckland meeting, when he competed in the Improvers’ Handicap on the first day. lie went off smartly, but his driver did not bustle him, and the gelding was lying fifth 1 practically all the way. He made a bit of a run in the straight, but the leaders had too much of a break, and he had to be content with the minor money at the finish. Great Chum is improving all the time, and this season should see the son of Nelson Bingen and Harvest Home reaching much better company. NEW PROGRAMME. The following programme has been approved by the Greymouth Trotting I Club for its summer meeting, to be held on January 4 and 5, 1935:--First Day.—Guineas Handicap, in harness, of 85 sovs; 2.27 class; one mile. Express Handicap, in harness (unhop- . pled trotters), of 85 sovs; 3.49 class; , one mile and a half. Intermediate ; Handicap, in harness, of 100 sovs: 3.1 j class, one mile and a quarter. Domin- | ion Handicap, of 165 sovs, in harness; : j 3.31 class; one mile and a half. Elec- • j trie Handicap, of 85 sovs. in saddle; I 2.27 class; one mile. Summer Handi- ' cap, of 105 sovs, in harness (unhoppied | trotters); 3.46 class; one mile and a | half. Progressive Handicap, of 105 'j sovs, in harness: 3.39 class; one mile | and a half. Dash Handicap, of 110 ! sovs, in harness; 2.55 class; one mile : and a quarter. Second Day.—Westland Handicap, in harness, of 85 sovs; 2.27 class; one mile. Dunollie Handicap, in harness, | of 85 .sovs; unhoppled trotters, class j 3.49; one mile and a half. Yietoria : Park Handicap, in harness, of 100 sovs; i 3.1 class; one mile and a quarter. Grey J Trotting Club Handicap, in r harness, j of 200 sovs; 4.45 class; two miles. Presij dent’s Handicap, in saddle, of 85 sovs; j 2.27 class; one mile. County Handi- | cap, in harness, of 105 sovs; unhoppled i trotters, 3.46 class; one mile and a half. Railway Handicap, in harness, of 105 sovs; 3.39 class; one mile and a half. Paparoa Handicap, in harness, of IK) j sovs; 2.19 class; one mile.