WANGANUI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 978, 3 December 1908, Page 8

WANGANUI.

WANGANUI, December 2. There is every appearance of the inaugural meeting of the Wanganui Trotting Club, which is to be held on

Saturday, December 12, being a successful one. The entries received are considered very satisfactory, and some good trotting will probably be witnessed. Should the forthcoming meeting be the success anticipated, the club will, in all likelihood, hold another race meeting in the autumn, when the prize-money would be on a very liberal scale.

It is understood that very favourable replies have been received from nearly all the clubs under the jurisdiction of the Wanganui Metropolitan Club as to the proposal to appoint stipendiary stewards. The matter is to be further considered at the Metropolitan Club’s meeting, and it appears safe to anticipate that a decision will be come to in favour of giving the idea a trial. The experiment would certainly do no harm, and would perhaps tend to improve things very much. The Rangitikei Club are pushing on with the improvements to their course and appointments, and when the work now in hand is carried to completion the club will be in possession of a splendid track and a grandstand, which will be a credit to all concerned.

The New Year meeting of the club will be held on the old course, which is in capital order. It is intended to have the new stands, etc., all ready for next season. By the way, owners and trainers should note that nominations for the New Year meeting close on Friday next, December 4. George Laing’s many friends will be pleased to learn that he is making good progress towards recovery from the accident he met with last week. Some of his friends have taken temporary charge of his horses. Amongst a large number of horses which are being worked on the local tracks, good work has been done by

Overtime, Research, Flying Wind, Anemone, Eclogue, and Chase Mab during the last week. Some time ago I mentioned that Frank Lind had a big angular-looking gelding by St. Clements in work. This gelding appears to be improving a good deal, and it would not be surprising were he to furnish into a really fine galloper. He bounds along in capital style, and is possessed of a deal of pace. Lull and Dnil have been doing a lot of jumping, and both are at present in excellent nick and taking the hurdles in fine style. Hall should not be long in scoring with both these geldings. Another gelding which is doing good work over the schooling hurdles' is Moose, who will yet make a. name for himself.

Signor has not appeared on the club’s track since he returned from South, but is understood to be in work on Mr. G. F. Moore’s private course, in company with Carrissima, Guiding Step, Coz and Co. It was no surprise to learn that the son of Pilgrim’s Progress had been withdrawn from the Auckland Cup, as he was not in the best of trim to continue a severe preparation for another two-mile race after his exertions at the C.J.C. meeting. In any case it would not have been wise to have been too severe on the game little fellow if he is to be taken to Australia for the autumn, as reported.

Research is to be sent up to endeavour to win the Waitara Cup. He is very fit.