Waikato Trotting Club’s Spring Meeting

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17839, 11 October 1929, Page 3

Waikato Trotting Club’s Spring Meeting

The first of the regular programmes of the season In provincial trotting circles will be carried out to-morrow, when the Waikato Club will hold Its Spring meeting at Its well-appointed course at Claudelands. Being the Introduction to what will be a busy period In the light harness branch of the sport, the gathering at local headquarters Is attracting very marked attention. The fields that have met the acceptance are excellent in numbers and in quality, and racing of a good standard is assured. The Mark Memorial Handicap and the Stewards’ Handicap are the leading distance and sprint events respectively on to-morrow’s card. The track, following the recent rains, will be on the holding side but, nevertheless, in good going order and many fine finishes should be witnessed to-morrow. From an attendance point of view, the Club can be assured of highly satisfactory results for the first of Its two meetings of the 1929-30 season. Below, the fields In the various events are reviewed and prospects discussed. ny.j* INTRODUCTORY HANDICAP. Of £IOO. Limit 4.10. One mile five furlongs. Wild Downs . Lt. There are only eight in the opening event of the Motumaoho . . Lt. programme but there is more evenness in the grade Temuka .... Lt. than jt is cus tomary to find in this class. Wild yds. bhd. Downs will require to improve on anything he has Paradigm ... 24 done j n the past to prove equal to this occasion. Te Ngutu ... 43 . Motumaoho has yet to see her best, but Temuka can Togo’s Promise 72 hardly warrant commendation. Paradigm and Tc Sweet Memory 72 Ngutu will find favour, Togo's Promise will be at a Linnet the Gt. 156 lonf? p r j CCi -while Sweet Memory and Linnet the Great will have some admirers. Favouritism is likely to point to PARADIGM, TE NGUTU and SWEET MEMORY. gy FRANKTON HANDICAP. Of £l4O. Limit 3.56. One mile five furlongs. Condor Bella • Lt. Of the sixteen down to contest this event Net de Inverness ... Lt. Beau and First Flight, from the team presided over nei de Beau . . Lt. the English trainer, F. J. Smith, now located at Oliver Thorpe Lt. Auckland, will be on the bracket. There are several Don Wildman Lt. promising pacers in this field, and as it is over a Kewpie’s Guy . Lt. distance that is not common to these parts, selectors Fir3t Flight . . Lt. will, naturally, be at a measure of discomfiture in Carnui Lt. coming to their conclusions. Conder Belle has shown Mythorpe ... Lt. some ability, and off the front of the handicap the Gold Seam . . Lt. Golconda gelding is not to be despised. Inverness, yds. bhd. w h o hails from Te Awamutu, has breeding to rccompeter Lloyd . . 24 mend her as she is by Van Coronada from Bella \icHorl Dillon . . 24 (, or . Another on the front who will come in for Zealous .... 24 more serious consideration is My Thorpe, one of Hegret .... 36 j t p au p s team. Carnui, Peter Lloyd, Zealous, To wahia ... 48 rp c wahia and Limosa are others who will warrant Limosa .... 72 attention in the race under review. Final figures may give the preference to MY THORPE, TE WAHIA and" ZEALOUS.

■% rtrv MARK MEMORIAL HANDIOAP. Of £450 and Cabinet of Cutlery. Limit 4.38. ~ Two miles. Concertina . . . Lt. Mountain Dell Lt. The j eac jj ns event of the day has drawn the nicely Oreat Peter . . Lt. balanced field of eleven, and a contest in keeping yds. bhd. the important occasion can be expected over the Rockburn - - journey of two miles. Concertina has beet, credited cornelian ... 12 wlth some attractive form, but the Hal Zolock mare 'j'ony Victor . . 24 may not quite ready for her best. Mountain Dell Warplane ... 24 jg one of the most promising of the provincial canGoldman .... 36 clidates from whom a good deal better is not unLindbergh ... 3G justifiably looked for in the new season. Her form Oakhampton . . 36 ovep the latter part of last season was highly Carmel .... 60 favourable, while at the Earthquake Relief meeting Dillon Huon . . 9o \ from a 4.41 mark she went 4.44 1-5 to win on a dead track. From her mark to-morrow the Blue Mountain King mare is looked upon as a prominent hone Great Peter will have to do better than in the past to win at the distance although it is not improbable to find him equal to the occasion. Rockburn will have some friends, while Cornelian and Tony Victor, at their best would not be out of it. Warplane has only to do it correctly from the start to give the best of the others a lot of trouble, while the 'eteran Goldman is going to be favoured with the sting out of the ground. Ihe Belfast candidate Lindbergh is being very freely discussed, as on time figures he is distinctly favourably placed. A point not to be overlooked in the assessment however, is whether he will develop his maximum ability on the grass track! Oakhampton has been away from the scene for a fairly lengthy period The back marker Dillon Huon has won at two miles and is in good shape'but his task looks too formidable. When the machine adjustments are finalised LINDBERGH, MOUNTAIN DELL and WARPLANE may be most favoured.

21 A HAMILTON HANDICAP. .1" Of £2lO. Limit 4.48. Two miles. Appea i Lt. The ten trotters who have met the acceptance in Gold Star ... Lt. this two mile event comprise some of the best among Kolmar .... Lt. the provincial square gaiters, with the added leaven yds. bhd. containing some useful sorts. Appeal has only to Lacktewood . . 12 do it solid on the day to be handy at the finish. Gold Akenehi .... 24 Star looks as if he will want some racing, but KolAnscline .... 24 mar will have the advantage of being on a going lo Etta Cole ... 48 suit the Nelson Bingen gelding. Lackiewood is Floraline ... 48 more than a possibility, while Akenehi, at her best, Gold Sovereign 72 would prove difficult to keep out of the final issue, peter McKinney 81 Etta Cole, if the track is not 100 heavy, will attract solid support, while Gold Sovereign and Peter McKinney will also be concerned in the wagering. A trio w)>o may have most attention from investors comprise AKENEHI, KOLMAR and ETTA COLE. n pjpr CLAUDELANDS HANDICAP. &.DD ; > 0f £i3o,. Limit 4.46. Two miles. Bell Dial . ; . Lt. This two mile event, which has ten engaged, has ilori Dillon . . Lt. some smart pacers listed and selections promise to llaeianga Pai . Lt. bc concerned with several in the field. Bell Dial yds. bhd. should go well, but Enawah may hold the line in front Enawah .... 12 of the Tamahere candidate safe. Polly’s PicLure Polly’s Picture 12 was showing some useful form at the back end of Our Nancy . . 12 j ast se ason. Our Nancy had a fourth at Alexandra Arachne .... 21 park in August. Arachne had two wins and a secI.tmosa 4S on[l j n } ier last six starts. Limosa was placed Explosion ... 48 the Earthquake meeting, while Explosion and Hal Hal Chimes . . 96 Chimes will not be neglected. In what should be a keen investing race, ENAWAH, ARACHNE and EXPLOSION arc likely lo be well considered. rw STEWARDS’ HANDICAP. Of £2lO. Limit 2.19. One mile. Moko Pete ... Lt. With sixteen paid up for the sprint event of the Gold Cast ... Lt. programme has filled exceptionally well, and the VVarspite ... Lt. quality of the great bulk of the candidates warrants liohoro .... Lt. attention, so that the issue looks decidedly open. Nella Dillon . . Lt. q'herc are several here who have engagements earlier yds. bhd. jn t he an d their performances may give a lead Pearl Logan . . 12 which the public will be quick to follow. The disRawl. Locanda 12 tance of the race under notice is only a mile, so that liughie \V3iiace 12 candidates with prompt beginning qualities will have Rockburn - - 24 affairs in their'favour. Warspite, Nella Dillon and Great Peter . . 24 Pearl Logan are on marks which should give them Vendome . . • 24 favourable prospects, while Great Peter, Vendome Brutus 24 an( i Brutus of the next bunch will not be overlooked. Concertina ... 24 Mountain Dell and Joybird may claim most admirers Mountain Dell . 24 of the lot further back. This promises to be one joybird .... 48 of the keen investing races of the day on which the Tony Victor . , 60 public may show preference for PEARL LOGAN, GREAT PETER and VENDOME.

Useful Fields to Appear at Claudelands Keen Finishes Promised in To-morrow’s Events Mark Memorial and the Stewards' Handicap the Leading Stems (BY “PADLOCK.”)

A ty* PRESIDENT’S HANDIOAP. conder Belle . Lt. (For unhoppled horses.) Wild Nut ... Lt. ffpjg pverd j s sc heduled for unhoppied pacers and Peterson Lt lrollcrs in which the square gaited fraternity hold Sweet Memory Lt. the balance well. Quite the majority of the acccpyds. bhd lors here have engagements earlier in the day. and Appeal ~ their form therein will give a guide that is not like > Gold Star ... 24 (Q ))C j ost s j g ht of. Peterson may claim the widest Kolmar .... 24 lowing of Ihose at the front of the field, while Bell Dial . . • 36 Kolmar of lhc pair on the next mark is likely to find Anseline .... 48 jno st favour. Beil Dial is on a mark which affords Akenehi .... 48 Wellsford owned candidate some hope, and AnMaster Hula . . co se]inc . s prospects arc not hopeless. Akenehi will Etta Cole ... -2 comc jn for consideration also, while Master Huia Floraltne ... 72 reads lhe most likely of those further back. Investors may give most attention to PETERSON, MASTER HUIA and BELL DIAL. ~ -j r\ VISITORS’ HANDICAP. of £l6O. Limit 2.57*. One mile and a quarter. Inverness ... Lt. with twenty-two in the concluding event of the Ael de Beau : . Lt. day the response is the widest numerically of the Nathaniel ... Lt. programme, and selections promise to take a wide Vanity Boy . . Lt. range in what reads like a very open contest. Of Gold Cast . . . Lt. this field, Gold Cast and Our Nancy arc coupled. Great Parrish . Lt. Inverness and Ncl de Beau will have the opportunity yds. bhd. fJ f demonstrating their ability earlier on in the day. Te Wahia ... 12 Nathaniel won at Cambridge iast season and reBegret .... 12 turned a big price. Great Parrish and r lc Wahia Bell Dial ... 12 , (rc on marks which will occasion them to claim atI oily’s Picture 12 tent-ion. Hegret may .not he ready for her host, ilaerenga Pal . 12 Jlaerenga Pai, Polly's Picture, ,Bello Axworthy, Dcaier 12 Dealer. Bolfe Audubon., Dawdler, Araclme. Pearl Belle Axworthy 12 j.ngnn and Nclla Dillon arc each likely Id claim supAndover .... 12 porl. in greater or less measure. Machine adjustholfe Audubon 2 1 menis when finalised may ibid favouritism pointing to Dawdler .... 21 GREAT PARRISH, BELLE AXWORTHY and Arachne .... 24 DAWDLER. llohoro .... 24 Pearl Logan . . 3 6 Bawl. Loeanda 36 Kella Dillon . . 36 Our Nancy . . 36