TROTTING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19163, 21 November 1927, Page 12

TROTTING NOTES.

Nominations for the New Brighton Summer Meeting close on Thursday at noon. The programme presented is one that should make a direct appeal to owners of good-class horses. The lease of Duke Bingen to R. W. Franks has expired, but the Nelson Bingen gelding is in steady work at Sockburn. Franks does not intend to renew the lease of this speedy trotter and during the next few months wUI confine his attentions to the education of a number of young horses in his stable. These include two very promising three-year-olds by Logan Pointer— Bonilene, and Happy Voyage—Petereta —Galindo mare respectively. Both are straight trotters, and are engaged in the New Zealand Trotting Stakes. Franks is also exercising a threa-year-old gelding by Rey de Oro—Neeratte, a half-brother to Glenelg, and a two-year-old gelding by Brent Locanda— Fifinella. A mare by Copa de Oro —Mary Lincoln, therefore half-sister to Willie Lincoln, on a visit to Drusus, became so sick that sho had to be destroyed. She had running at her side a seventeen-days-old filly by Drusus, and the youngster is being hand-reared and is doing well. Great Actress and Daytime have been accorded nominations at the Waikato Trotting dub Meeting, to be decided on December 3rd. Away i» doing good solid work at Addington and should be in great order for Forbury Park engagements on Friday and Saturday next. Locanda Mac, who failed to stand the winding-up process in his New Zealand Cup preparation, is to be! given a six months' spell. Loganholme is again in work after a few days' spell, and his next engagement will be at the New Brighton Meeting next month. The defeat of Jean McElwyn and Cardinal Logan at Auckland on Saturday was a sore blow for very many Christchurch supporters of this pair. Cardinal Logan after his good display in the New Zealand Cup, was looked upon as almost unbeatable, but although well-placed all through, he seems to have lacked the, dash that has characterised some of his previous tiforts. Probably his trainar has been a bit easy, with him since he raced at Addington, and if this is the case, then he should be an improved horse when he races on Wednesday next. Jewel Pointer, winner of the Jelli- ' eoe Handicap at the Otahuhu Meeting

on Saturday, richly deserved his success by reason of the consistency he ' has shown of late- At the recent Meeting held at Addington, Jewel Pointer started four times for a win and three seconds, and his victory makes his record for the season three wins, 3 seconds, and 2 thirds out of ten starts. In his first two miles effort at Addington earlier in the month, Jewel Pointer was handicapped on 4.31, finishing second to William the Groat in the Victoria Handicap. For this performance he was put back 12yds in the November Handicap on the second day, and this time filled second place to Trimmer. Jewel Pointer's time being 4.28 2-5. On the third day of the Meeting he started off the limit 4.29 and won the Christchurch Handicap from a good field of pacers. Previously he had been handicapped for the Jellicoe Handicap on 4.31, but a rehandicap of 24yds brought him back to a 4.29 mark, but even with his rehandicap he was not badly treated. He is a good solid pacer and though in future he will be competing in firstclass company, he should go on winning. J. S. Shaw, who trains Jewel Pointer, experienced still further success when Amaris, after running second in the Onehunga Handicap of two miles, won the Massey Memorial Handicap from a good-class field of sprinters. Amaris, who also raced solidly at Addington this month, was previously owned by the Templeton sportsman, Mr J. Anderson, for whom he won several races.