AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB’S AUTUMN MEETING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 193, 5 April 1894, Page 5

AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB’S AUTUMN MEETING.

The postponed meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club comes off at Potter’s Paddock on Saturday next, and if the fine weather which has marked the last few days continues, the Club should have no reason for repenting their postponement. Good acceptances have been received, and although there is opposition at the North Shore and Helensville I don’t think the attendance at the paddock will suffer in consequence of the latter meetings. The business of the day will be commenced at 1:30 p.m., when the Maiden Pony Race of 20 sovs, five furlongs, will be contested. A nicely handicapped field of nine will compete, and a good finish should result between Maxim, Circus Girl, Queen Quail and Siesta. The top weight, Maxim ran a good race when Kaipara beat him in the Maiden Pony Race at the Otahuhu meeting and on Saturday next he should go very near a win. Siesta is a smart pony, and should be close up, and so should Queen Quail. Whatever beats Maxim will be No. 1. The Harness Trot Handicap of 40 sovs, 2| miles, will be the second item oil the card, and Albert Victor, ssec, should be the hardest nut to crack, and after him I like Ruby and Clyde. The principal flat race will be the March Handicap of 40 sovs, six furlongs, for which ten ponies have accepted. Vampire has 61b more than the 10 stone with which he cantered home in the 5 furlong race last Saturday week, and it is generally believed the extra poundage - will not stop him in a six furlong race. The Dove may trouble him, and danger will lie in the direction of Gillie. There are nine acceptors for the Stewards’ Handicap Trot of 2 miles, and the pair on the 20sec mark, Schoolgirl and Rosebud, should be well in. „ Otakeho, 35sec, is a likely one, and so is Black Oats, 31 sec. The latter has a big chance. Fifteen names appear in the Novel Trot of a mile, and Spreydon Lad or Hurricane should win. Maud S. is worth an investment. The attraction of the meeting will be the Steeplechase of 2| miles, for which eight 14.2 ’chasers have accepted. Pica, 12.4, will take a terrible amount of beating, and Butterfly at 11.0 has a big chance of scoring. So has Effie, 9.5, whom I would as soon support as anything. Litttle Raven and Little Jane are a clever pair, and with the others named should furnish a capital race. I fancy Pica, Butterfly and Effie for places. In the Class Trot of a mile and a half, Yum Yum is on scratch, and concedes handicaps up to 32sec. She should win if Clyde or Mount do not stop her. The acceptance list for the meeting will be found in another column.