AUSTRALIAN HORSES COMING TO DOMINION
f'KlriTl, Sept. 11. The first of ihe West* .'.A.ustrAliau representatives .. deliyitely knowu -to be a eontender for the MteHDohiinion trotting championshipa-. iu New Zealaud in Februarv next, . is the gelding Dallingwood wlio.se eiitry has been enlorsed by tlie West .'Australiau Trotting Association. The. coujaections of Dallingwood inteiid tW p»akej theyloiig.ttij^ iu easy stages. Wjietlier Dallingwood will ruce before reacliiug New Zealaud is uot \ et decided. Last- season iu uiuu starts Dallingwood won three races and rau oue second for £2018 in- stakes. This season he had only two starts for a win and a second. Now a -seven-year-obl gelding, Dallingwood has becn raced sparingly. He has an exccptional.tuiyi of speed. He will iea\-e ou D'ecember 1. * Anothcr likely eontender for the championships is Stormy Weather who, in the last serics in Pcrth, won his three heats and but for a niisliap in the running of the grand iinal, niiglit ha ve carried off the title. Winsome Bobbie is also likely to be entered. Winsome Bobbie won the last West Australiau trotting cup but was nnable to compete . in the last intcrDominion series as he had boen banned because of barrier unruliness. Cured of this habit lie has brilliantly won his last two starts in Perth. Para Derby will also make the New Zealand trip whilo Wirrason,. a well perfornied son of Wirra Wa Ua, formerly of Sydney, is spoken of as. likely to go to Auckland.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 September 1947, Page 6
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