LIGHT HARNESS RACING

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 25

LIGHT HARNESS RACING

The Auckland Meeting. The handicaps for the Auckland Clip are now of main interest to trotting folk. The New Zealand Cup winner, Peter Bingen, is on 4.21, and with a bigger field than he had to race against in the divided event at Addington, his chance is riot so good. He is a brilliant customer, however, and that quality will be in his favour. Padlock meets him 12 yards better, and after their race in the much-discussed Free-for-all at Addington, their next dash will arouse a good deal of interest and may be settle some arguments. Going to the other end of- the handicap Dilworth is the first to take the eye. Those who realised to the full the merit of her phenomenal winning performance at Addington will select her straight out from the rest of the limit brigade. The next best of them may be Linkman. Kohara ran just useful races at Addington, and at this stage the quartet to appeal are Dilworth. '""'lock, Peter Bingen, and Linkman. lhere is a fine field in the imhoppled trotters' event, the Rowe Handicap, lvempton, on 48 yards, should set those turther back a task, but W. J. TomkinBons elect of Western Voyage, Young Blake, and Elzear, will be well in. the market. They are three fine trotters to come out of one stable. They Will Do Better. X L. Price took hia two trotters, Boneta and New Metford, to Forbury Park last week, but they raced without success. Boneta started from the back mark each day in the short-distance race, and tailed to make any impression on the tront division/ amongst -vhoin there were several improving trotters. On the first day, in the Dominion Handicap, New Metiord was second favourite, and the Rev de Oro trotter put up a useful performance. He made a rather slow beginning and this may have cost him the race as he had to be kept hard at it all the way to be up with the leaders. New Metford finished fast in fourth place. He was again well backed on the second day, but the track was against him, and he failed to show up at any stage of the race. Pleasant Co-operation. ' "Canterbury is becoming more than ever the recognised centre for the breeding and training of trotting horses, and transport for horses to meetings at various parts of New Zealand is a most important matter," said Mr. T. G Fo>- in the president's annual report of the Canterbury Owners and Breeders' Association presented this week. "I am glad to announce that our association has been able to arrange special horse trains and other facilities for conveying horses to meetings away from Christehurch. Our j secretary deserves special mention for his successful work in this respect, which has proved a considerable advance on the old method. Negotiations have taken place between the association and the railway i authorities to facilitate -the carriage of j trotting horses, and are being pursued at the present time. Our thanks are due to flic Railway Department for favourable

consideration of various requests relating to the transport of horses and their ak tendanta during the season." A Likely Youngster. The South Canterbury trainer, E. Townley, seems to have a useful sort of pacer m Lady Zephyr, a four-y .v-old by Wrack from Trixie Mac. On the first day at Forbury Park Lady Zephyr made a slow beginning in the Progressive Handicap, and lost nearly fifty yards before she got properly into her gait. She eventually finished fourth, which'was a good performance under the circumstances. She was well backed on the second day in the Advance Handicap, and again finished in louvth place. In her last race she went away better, and paced a solid race all the way Iho pacer is somewhat on the! small side, but she is evenly gaitcd, and j should soon be returned a winner. Miscellaneous. W. J. Toiukinsou has made forty-nine nominations for the Auckland Meeting, as tollows^ Wah 3, Country King 5, Young Blake / Ghdeaway 6, Concliff 7 Prince Pointer i Wil.ua Dillon 7, Elzear 5, and Western \oyage 5. With the exception ot the Great Northern Derby, Tomkinson has one or more horses iv every race at cue meeting. Mac Loeanda did not race well at Forbury Park, although he was well backeel. He seems to have lost some of his finishing powers, as on the second day after being prominent in the early part of and put up a good race. when finiS second t, Danny Boy iv the Brighton Han?s ebv TThJ hn S- COnd ,day- Erin>s Chimes is by Four Chimes from a mare by thp thoroughbred stallion Pallas, and U f train ed by A M'Lellan. He should wfn ra£ at the holiday meetings in Southland? Ine Otago-owned trotter Bonette has 10,'? f? r a "»^- of .» l.us ami althoiigh she shows plenty of speed in her training work, she rarely goes lT }>y m a r,acc- Slle «*«t«I one of the outsiders on the first day at Forburv Part WI- Wens h^ yiba^' iUh™S a"ongP^ y ur bhe IS b-F Bon Homme from Norelette, a marc who had a good deal of