TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 71, 15 June 1927, Page 6

TROTTING

(By “ABAYDOS”) NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM NEAR AND FAR CANDIDATES FOR EPSOM The arrival of so many visiting trainers with their charges for the Auckland fixture, which commences this week-end, has created additional interest in matters pertaining to the sport. Each morning and afternoon witnesses a good attendance of interested spectators at Alexandra Park, where, when the track is favourable, candidates are hunted along. WITH THE PACERS Terence Dillon is very much in the boom for the Campbell Handicap, and the odds are that the son of Author Dillon will start favourite. The Southerner certainly has good credentials, but he is a youngster comparatively speaking, and will be up against some hard heads on Saturday. In the Limelight D. Withers was well in the picture? at Ashburton last Saturday with Peter Swift and Helen, and followers of the popular Southern reinsman received

substantial returns in each instance. Withers promises to be well in the limelight on the coming Saturday, but it is very doubtful if his charges, Silk Thread or Frisco Beau, will be allowed to pay a hatful if they succeed. Which Will Harold Prefer

Harold Thorpe has been a consistent winner this season, and while his chief victories have been secured over sprint courses, it must not be forgotten that Edwards got him home at Oamaru in a 16-furiong event. The son of Our Thorpe will find it a tougher problem on Saturday, however, and he may give his best display in the sprint. A Determined Customer The aged gelding Anselm is such a bulldog that he can be depended upon to be a nuisance to the opposition in the big two-mile heat this week-end. The son of Nut Ansel is never beaten till the post is passed, and those who witnessed his determined and successful finishing effort at Hawera will feel inclined to give the Waikato pacer a chance on Saturday.

Billy Sea Will See it Out Billy Sea signalled his return to the racing track at Addington by running a sterling race over two miles, in which he defeated everything excepting Taurekareka, who in this heat showed a return to form. William C.’s son impressed good judges by his dashing display, and his chances of getting some stake money at Auckland must be viewed in a favourable aspect. Holly Boy a Solid One Aucklanders are not likely to forget the fine performance put up by Holly Boy at Alexandra Park in the Summer Cup last December, and if Tomkinson has the son of Hal Boy in similar condition on this occasion, he will require to be reckoned with in the decision of one of the thousand pounders. Not a Genuine Sort

Countryman is a big, upstanding I gelding by Logan Pointer from that one-time great racing mare Country Belle, whose records of 2.7 1-5 for the mile, and 4.22 4-5 for two miles, stood the test for many a day. In his younger days Countryman was hailed as a champion, but while he could smash times in his work, the only thing he seemed to fracture in his races was the pockets of his supporters. He is not one of the genuine kind. Partial to Epsom Machine Gun raced at Addington recently as if he was getting down to bedrock again r which means that the

son of Machine Brick will be well able to look after himself in his Auckland essays. Machine Gun shows a partiality for the Epsom track and this is something well worth keeping in mind. A General Favourite

Cardinal Logan is one of th? consistent pacers in the Dominion and during the past 12 months he has developed a brilliance that entitles him to rank in the best of society. When the Logan Pointer gelding wen the Oreymouth Cup in January, 1926, man> keen judges predicted a good future for A. llenricksen’s horse, and he has since proved the correctness of their judgment. Cardinal Logan is a faVouriu* with the crowd at Epsom. A Top-Notcher Nelson Fame is a beautiful-looking animal and he is just as good as he looks. Over a mile there is nothing in the Dominion that can put it across the son of Nelson Bingen, provided he is kept at his pet distance. But the Mangere-trained pacer is being put over a journey, and this will probably impair his speed over the sprint course. Many good judges at Mangere give August’s fine horse a big chance in the two-mile heat, but if reserved for the shorter burst, the public would not look much further. AMONG THE TROTTERS If the Wellsford-trained gelding Ngatira is fit and well for the coining meeting, he will add quite a lot of interest to the unhoppled events. Williams’s trotter won very nicely at the Olahuhu spring and gave the impression he would effect further improvement before the season concluded. • Entitled to Respect When Ingle Bingen secured the big end of the purse in the two-mile trotters’ event on the second day of th** Forbury Park summer meeting, she beat a big field of solid square-gaited performers. The daughter of Nelson Bingen must be treated with respect off the end of the Stewards' Trot on Saturday. A Game Trotter Those who noticed the way in which The Tartar was finishing at the Cambridge meeting last month will be anxious to see what sort of condition the Wildwood —Emmeline gelding is in. G. Paton will have the sq uare-gaiter well forward for sure, in which case the others in the stewards Handicap will know they are at the races. A Run of Outs Not much has been heard of Wiir* niera King of late, and with the exception of a couple of seconds at the summer fixture of the Auckland Club, the son of King Harold has not been in the picture this season. He win be required to be wound right up to concei t pitch if he is to head off the opposition on this occasion.

A Hard Part Sebisca is another trotter that will experience some difficulty in getting a stake during: the progress of the meeting. The Harold Dillon mare has filled minor places on four occasions, but has not broken it for a win. She made a tour of Christchurch and Dunedin re* cently, but did not knock out expensesLooking at some of those around her in the Stewards’, Sebisca has a hard part to play. Nicely Placed Frisco Beau is in a handy just behind the limit brigade in tne big trotters* heat, and the put lie c*® rest assured Withers will heve “j Tip Frisco gelding in good bucltfe. n would have the advantage of «>eins tested with Heal the Great, who woo at Addington quite recently, and up should give some indication of tot capabilities of Frisco Beau. Will She See it Out? Betty Moko is going great her work for owner T. Brady, and to® speedy daughter of Peter Moko

pected to take a big: hand in the _ ment of the Stewards’ Handicap. . g is no doubting Betty’s pac-2, nut just the question of her seeing °°. eS last little bit when the _- n |je in sight. If the race was over a■ c v of furlongs’ shorter journey. D * could not go past her.

Performs Well An/where The performances of the l 0 mare Elzear this season are sucn place her in the square-gaitea circle. Her record is a very n g,* and she appears to be equally * on any kind of track. cesses have fallen to her lot a _ ojn itiC andra Park, and the tort gathering should prove no exc-P the rule.