WHEEL AMD TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 229, 27 September 1929, Page 12

WHEEL AMD TRACK NOTES.

COMING MEETINGS. (By ORION.) October s—Wellington Trotting Club. October s—Methven Trotting Club. October 12—Waikato Trotting Club. October 19—New Brighton Trotting Club. October 19—Northland Trotting Club. October 26, 28—Auckland' Trotting Club. October 28—Oamaru Trotting Club. November 23, 27—Otahuhu Trotting Club. Nov. 27, 30'.—Forbury Park T.C. Dec. 14.—New Brighton T.C. Dec. 26, 28.—South Walrarapa T.C. Oct. 26, 28.—Auckland T.C. Dec. 26.—Ashburton T.C. Dec. 26.—Gore T.C. ' I Dec. 27, 28, 31.—Auckland T.C. Dec. 2S. —Win ton T.C. Dec. 30.—Inangahua T.C. Jan. 1, 2.—Canterbury Park T.C. Jan. .3. —Westland T.C. Jan. 4, 6.—Greymouth T.C. Jan. 11.—Timaru T.C. Jan. 18.—Wellington T.C. Jan. 30, Feb. I.—Forbury Park T.C. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WAGER—The race was tho Manukau Handicap, the second event on the second day of the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting, April 28, 1923. ° _ J• Shaw, who has the biggest and possibly the best team at Epsom, was not working his horses fast "yesterday. Native Prince, Warplane, Great Change, Warspite, Carmel, Stoney and a youngster were merely pottering about the track*

The grey pacer Signor is doing steady work, but so far since coming to Epsom he has not been responsible for any fast times. He worked with Holiora on Wednesday, but the latter was too good for him. S. Selkirk worked the trotter Reynard about a mile and a-half yesterday, going left-handed. The gelding has a pit-a-pat action which suggests he is travelling fast, but the watch shows he is not making time at all. He is going to find it hard to win a race for his owner. The track at Epsom yesterday morning was in good order, but practically no fast work was indulged in and trainers were content to give their horses halfpace exercise. With the Waikato, Northland and Auckland meetings to be undertaken next month there is likely to be a livening up of training activities next week.

Hohora is a better pacer now than ever he was, and since L. McMahon got him the gelding has improved considerably. He still displays a slight hitch in his action when pacing, but he does not go to a break, as was a habit before he went into McMalion's hands. With the country meetings coming along Hohora should get a race or two, as he is now showing j both speed and stamina.

In addition to several youngsters he is educating, C. G. Lee has the proved horses iger Salve and Nelson Dillon ready to h e as E* U L f °, r ? e races - Ti S er Salve tSlloh £ « g °°f stake-earner and Nelson wn moro'r 14 Ms but lle should arCT Particularly when he fS 1 m a Bhort race > as he can go

F. Young is keeping Lord Nepean going, and the bay pacer lool<3 well. However, he is not a very smooth' mover and does not strike one as a likely early winner. Mr. J. E. McKenzie has entered for the Methven meeting five horses. They are: Danny Boy, Eoyal Iroquois, Llewellyn, Addie Guy, and Grattan Queen. The last-named four are American importations of select breeding, with little or nothing in the way of public performances to recommend them. Eoyal Iroquois, however, is a good stamp of pacer, troubled by unsoundness. Llewellyn is one of the best-looking young horses ever imported to New Zealand, and Addie Guy is a stylish trotter by Arion Guy, the full-brother to Guy Parrish. Jack Potts is to serve a very limited number of marcs this season, but he has been nominated for the New Zealand Cup. C. S. Donald, his trainer, will have a big season, for besides having a team in work he will also have charge of Early Harvester and Judge Hancock, who aro at the stud. Judge Hancock was a very fine trotter.and is a well-bred one. His sire, Judge Maxey (by Axworthy), is one of the popular sires in America. Through the liandicapper putting Wrackler on a false mark (2,53) at Ashburton on Saturday last another absurd position arises in connection with the handicap for the Visitors' Handicap at the Methven meeting. At the June meeting in Auckland Wrackler was handicapped on 2.48}, and has a record of 4.29 3-5 for two miles, which is better than 2.15 to the mile. He was thrown into the Ashburton race on Saturday in being on 2.53, which is a tick slower , than 2.18 to the mile, but the trouble now is that he could only be penalised 30 yards for that win and is now on 2.50, or still 2s worse than he was handicapped in June. As 2.50 is 2.10 to the mile, Wrackler looks like winning a good mile and a-quarter race any time his owner carea to stop him out.