TROTTING NOTES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 51, 22 October 1931, Page 4

TROTTING NOTES

(Specially Written for the "Post" by "Silk." The star attraction in the lightharriess code- up -north this morith' is the Auckland -Trotting Glub's spring meeting, which1 opens on Saturday at Alexandra Park and concludes on Labour Day. The- plums on Saturday's programme are the Jellicoe and Electric Handicaps; decided respectiveiy over two miles arid one mile and a quarter, these events cbristituting the doublej Most interest wilk 'centre around Ngingongingo ' • arid' Aut'o' Machine's prospects in the Jellicoe Handicap, and as this pair have been the early favourites since the nomiriations were p'ublishCd, if is possib.le- that Ngingongingo1 will go" out the elect of backers. This pacer won the Adams Memoriat Handicap at Epsom in June-'in rathei* attrhctive style, arid thorigh he has had two 'unplaced p'erformarices since then he should go a true race ori Saturday. •« ' Difficult Proposition. Ngingongingo is considered to be a better paCer than Ayemont Chimes, and as the last narned def eated a similar field -to that erigaged' on Saturday when he competed at Alexandi'a Park in August, Ngingongingo in J. Bryce's han'ds, must be a difficult proposition in the Jellicop Handicap. ' Prior ' to ' last Saturday Auto Machine was doing everything required of him,^ but he developed soreness, a leg filling Slightly, but sufficiently. bad to' carise a st'oppage in the ex-Austra-lian's preyjaration. This was extremely bad luck for owner-trainer, A. Brown, for he had the big pacer in first-rate order, 'and ready to go the race of his life. Now, as matters stand, there is just a doubt as to" how the Epsom-train-ed candidate will strip, but could it be aSsured that everything would be all right in respect to his conditiori, Auto Machine worild win. His untimely mishap will mean that Ngingongingo will probably be preferred, as it takes eandidatesron four sound legs to win such races. There -are six others in the list apart from the two mentioned in the f oregoing, hut it will indeed be ' a sutprise, in fact, come as a shock, if any of them were to display winning f orm. Of the six, Evawah, Who ran socond at her last start, has the most recommendable fbrm, and while there are no certainties on a racecourse, few Will be keen to go past Ngingongingo arid Auto Machine, provided the lastnamed is sound. Electric Handicap. The Electric Handicap will see Great Parrish a solid f avourite, for it is questionable if we have seen the best of this five-year-old, but what he has so far produced has been champion f orm. His brilliant winning ef - fort at Epsom in August was, to say the least, impressive, and another such exhibition would mean that he would eafily dispose of Saturday's field, Te Wahia may be a little too backward to make an -impression, but Great Ballin, F. J. Smith's candidate, is a speedy fellow and really ' looks like providing Great Parrish with the most opposition. Hal Chimes is gradually getting into form. He will be driven by S. August. The New Zealand Cup candidate, Kohara, may be a little short of racing to be dangerous, while such may be the case with Gold Jacket and Mountain Dell. Taking an early view of the Electric Handicap, Great Parrish and Great Ballin appeal.