FROM THE SOUTH

NZ Truth, Issue 1179, 5 July 1928, Page 13

FROM THE SOUTH

((By "The Toff.") SO Koro Peter beat First Wrack; # * '.*■■■'■, Dalmeny is a walking advertisenient for trainer Tomkinson. #.*.' * ■" , It is about time that Admiral Lock left the navy. He nearly wrecked the punters at Auckland. ■ ,:'•'..# ■ • Everybody wanted Andover before Auckland; now it would be difficult to get anyone to lead him home, even if they gave them a halter. Concertina has lost her punch meanwhile, but probably will come again next season. #' # ■ # ' Harvest Child has made appreciable progress for a three-year-old, and next season should flnd the son of Sonoma Harvester and Gwenchild among the early winners. * " "# #.'#.. The Canterbury-bred pacer, Mars, is now being trained by F. C. Jones. The gelding is not improving with age. # *- * Pageant has improved considerably under W. J. Tomkinson, and next year will take the gelding info good company. He is -reliable and can stay. ' # ■♦' « Great Actress should be erased from the list for future speculation. # • '» ■ Jackie Audubon has come on more than most pacers have this autumn, and next spring will put him m the winning list again. #* * - :" The three-year-old trotting filly, Etta Cole, is going to make the town talk next season. # * * Considering he has not been long at the, game, Call Boy is a pretty decent trotter. He is bred the right way to train on. # * » .. Not being one of the stout kind, the trotter Repute failed to handle the heavy going at Auckland. #'# * . At last Kolmar has struck form.. Provided he retains it he will win several races. , ft . * " * R. A. McMillan has a richly-bred trotter m Bingen Star, by Nelson Bingen from Muriel .Starr, the dam of Native Star. .* # * The American trotter Maxegin is racing solidly, but m the heavy going at Auckland he stopped as I if a guard had blown a whistle. # * * Age works wonders with most horses, especially members of the Nelson Bingen tribe, of which Raima is a member. «# * . Dalmeny is one of the few everyday pacers that you bet your shirt will do his best. The more mud the better he likes it, and even on the top of the ground he is a tough customer: #*. * . GolcJ Jacket evidently is a patchy customer. One day sqits him and ten others don't. "■"'#'•' * , .'»... Lady Dunmore leaves the mark as if she had four wheel brakes on. At one time, she declined to leave at all. # # ; # . . Loch Moigh is advertising for a nice green paddock ■m the spring. He wants a holiday. ■ • # «■ * Talent improved with the racing at Auckland, and had there been a third day he would have won a race. # # ' # Peter Swift found that he could not down the pacers at Auckland. The ground was too heavy for him. #*. . * Cardinal Logan will be m dandy trim for some of the thousand-pound prizes m August. #* . * Quality left the mark on the first day at Auckland, hut found that the conditions annoyed her. # _#■■'#• Sea Pearl rarely fails to earn a bracket at Auckland. Last week she never earned a shilling. . « # ■ ' ■ # Imprint has, got rid of the lameness that threatened to put him out of court prior to the Auckland meeting, but whether he will stand severe tests for the new season's contests only time will prove. ' ■ ■ # ' *. '*.-.. Great Peter finds two miles . a bit troublesome just now, but . he won't next season. Age will put him right. ## * ' Neerson got anchored m the mud at Auckland and finished well down the course. #'..#.; . # • Reremai is living UP to the good things expected of her and with careful handling she will, win races next season. '■.%■•' * * * . .* ■ The three-year-old filly Haerangi Pai, by Happy Voyage from Wee Enid, now i-aces in' the interests of G. E. Morgan and is trained at Mangere by J. T. Paul. ".' -#T ' iff . '■' .* , Free Advice was a good thing beaten on the first day at Auckland.' Oh the second day .she was afraid of the footing ani*) made several breaks. '•.-"..:#.■.'■*_■' .'*■■ , . Lingfield has . not come on as "vyell as she might have- done. Maybe next spring will. help her to. the front m a race or two. : ~" *