IN SADD AND SULKY.

Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 51

IN SADD AND SULKY.

Mountain Ore carries every indication of racing prominently in his next outing. Acceptances for the Ashburton meeting are due to-day. Travis Axworthy is in light work, but he has finished his racing for the present season.

Ngingongingo is a good stayer, and if lie holds his present form a win in a two-mile race will soon come his way. Dilnon is lacking i n stamina, and'will never be a good proposition in two-mile races.

White Satin’s form at Addington last week left the impression that she will not be off the winning list much longer.

At the - Addington meeting last week Meteor made himself eligible for the New Zealand Gup.

With a good beginning Rollo will be a hard horse to beat in the big race at Ashburton on Saturday.

Bracken will be in favour at Ashburton on Saturday. The Wrack mare should win big money next season.

Pronto Bingen is shaping as though he will win a at one of the early minor meetings.

Macaranda is a very honest pacer, but the class he is iu now is just a bit beyond him.

Stand By was one of the outstanding disappointments at Addington last week, stopping badly at the end of his races. That is hot his true form.

Nona Bingen has been showing fair form in her recent races, and with verylittle improvement she should be a winner.

Logan Park is reported to be rounding up into racing shape. He -is showing the benefit of his recent spell, and is revelling in his work.

Included in R. Townley’s team of trotters is Edith Voyage, who carries every promise of developing into a high-class performer. She is engaged at Ashburton.

Wild Voyage has been showing consistent form in her recent races, and a

win for her would not come out of its turn.

Satin King was the biggest stakewinner on the Southland circuit during the season ,with £O3O to hi B name, being followed by Meteor with £555. Needles now appears to be hopeless as a racing proposition. The difficulty is races ei * °ut even the shortest

The recently imported Melbourne pacer, JJerby Vale, is regarded as likely to get month the wjnuers at Alexandra Park this

Benefice shows her best form on dry tracks consequently the chances are that sne will not be prominent in her races at the Auckland meeting this month.

Jhe C anadian trotter, Mr Penalty, has fh n %° n A th i e wa y sint ‘e he won at the l e Arolia meeting and he will carry solid support next week.

The Wrack three-year-old Ruin will be racing on his home track on Saturday, and with a good beginning in the Trial Handicap he should be close up at the finish. Jean Ballin showed. speed in her races at the Oamaru C.ub’s winter meeting bet did not keep to a level gait. Another year on to her age will help to steady her. Prince Wrack looks all the better for ins recent racing, and he will probably T ace n at tae South Canterbury Jockey Club s meeting this month.

Nelson Ata is in capital condition at pi esent, and now that he has become more solid in his races he should not be long m leading a field home.

aj r r ester paced good races at Addington last week, and should strip a very fit horse at Ashburton on Saturday.

.. Taking a line through his recent perlOimances, Stand By would appear to be a second-day horse. In his best form he is a fine t> otter, and he will improve a lot yet.

Modern Girl, who has been nominated tor the Ashburton meeting, has been doin'* good work at Forbury Park, but there is always a doubt about her beginning correctly. °

Great Chenault is reported to be doin'good work in preparation for his next race ’ whieh will probably be at the Auckland meeting.- A. E. Bussell looks like having a good run with him. Dundas Boy had only one race at Addington last week, but in it he gave a glimpse of his best form. With very little improvement he should be prominent at the finish of his next race.

Carnui has come on a lot since going into F. J. Smith’s stable, and he is staying on better. The Auckland pacer is expected to reach the better classes next season.

Ruth Logan is a better mare than her record would suggest, but she has not always been driven with the best of judgment. She has the speed to win races on the minor circuit.

Harold Denver’s impressive winning form at the recent Oamaru meeting is not likely to be overlooked when the Denver Huon gelding is harnessed up for his next race.

Happy Land' will have his next race at the Auckland meeting this month. The consistent Happy Voyage gelding will carry the support of South Island enthusiasts.

. Delightful is quickly stepping his way into the company of the most select sprinters, and his 2.8 4-5 at Addington on Saturday was a particularly smart performance.

The Australian pacer Auto Machine has been doing good work at Epsom, and is set down to compete in the big events at the Auckland Club’s meeting this month.

Speed Queen is among those who are being discussed as possibilities in connection .with the Sapling Stakes. She is a shapely filly by Nelson Bingen from Haydock, and is trained bv R. B. Berry.

Carl Mack, who is to be raced at the Auckland Club’s meeting, has been working in attractive style. He has yet to win a race at Alexandra Park, but that fact will not keep the public from supporting him on this occasion. Glenrossie was in a bad mood at the barrier in his races at Addington, and he lost big stretches of ground before be could be persuaded to strike his gait. He has a great turn of speed, but at present it is of very little use to him.

Real Light is now trained by M. B. Edwards, and he made his reappearance at Addington last week after having had a long spell. He looked open to improvement, but he paced well enough to show that he has lost none of his speed.

It was not. surprising to learn that The Abbey paid a very long price in his winning effort at Addington, as he is a bad horse at the barrier. His trainer requires to have more than the average amount of patience. At the Oamaru Club’s winter meeting Mountain Mist showed that he is an -m--proved horse and be gave further proof of this by winning at Addington on Saturday. The Guy Parrish gelding is young as trotters go. and looks certain to step well inside the best time he has yet recorded. Red Clover was fancied in the right quarter for her race ’at the Oamaru winter meeting, but lost her chance bj getting away badly. She showed a lot of speed when she did hit her hopples, and so may- be in favour at Ashburton on Saturday.

Backers of Satin King were ■ very unlucky last week, as the southern-owned pacer would have won one if not both of his races if he had gone away right and travelled smoothly. He is not likely to carry any less support if he is taken to Ashburton on Saturday. The solid support that came for Ayrmont Chimes on the first day of the Canterbury Park meeting last week was taken as an indication that, he had been doing good work prior to the meeting, and many have made a note of him for the Ashburton meeting. Lily Harold has failed to strike her best form since she went into A. G. Wilson’s stable at New Brighton, 5 and it might lu* wise to put her by till next season. There is no doubt that, at her

best, she would win from the mark she is on.

Followers of Mr H. F. Nicoll’s horses at Ashburton look like having a successful meeting, and Arethusa is likely to play a part in this. In the Winter Handicap she has been tightened up one second on the mark from which she. ran third at the Forbury Park meeting, but nevertheless she looks nicely placed.

Logan Chief paced the finest race of his career when he finished second in the King George Handicap at Addington last week, and registered the remarkable time of 4.19. The Logan Pointer gelding has been racing for about nine seasons, and it would seem that he is not yet feeling the weight of his years. Milo Minto’s form at the Forbury Park winter meeting left the impression that he would soon win a good two-mile race, and this he did at Addington on Saturday. The Oinako gelding has shown considerable improvement during the season, and further wins should come his way.

The John Dillon gelding Dillon Logan has had a very successful season, and he registered a particularly fine performance in the Pioneer Handicap at Addington last week, which he won in time that places him in New Zealand Cup company. He has a very smooth style of going and stays well.