TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 124, 16 August 1927, Page 10

TROTTING

(By "ABAYDOS.”) NOTES AND COMMENTS FORM AT ADDINGTON PACERS WITH POSSIBILITIES Apart from the winners among the pacers, whose form throughout the recent carnival was in accordance with the traditions of consistency, there were several performers who, while just failing to earn a winning certificate, gave displays that point to the ambitions of their owners being realised when the next batch of fixtures comes up for decision. Many of those mentioned in the comments to follow will be well worth keeping in view. Preparing for Action General Bingen, who won a double at Dunedin last November in saodle. started at a long price in the Dash Handicap last Wednesday, and while being in the picture for a good portion of the journey faded out at the finish. On Friday the Nelson Bingen gelding again started at long odds, but he put up a solid go, being only defeated over the concluding stages by Jewel Pointer and Final McKinney. The General will soon marshall sufficient force to recoup his bettjng souadron. Evidently Coming Right

Dalmeney is a pacer that is not particular whether he is asked to so in saddle or harness and when he is O.K. will do his work well in either department. The full-brother to Dalnahine was beginning to display a glimpse of his best on the last day of the carnival, as after being in the firing-line in the saddle heat he finished within a neck of Stunt Artist for second money in a two-mile harness event, which was won by Terence Dillon. Big Disappointment

Among the harness competitors engaged in the secondary division, the Nelson representative Marshal Neil was probably the greatest disappointment. Prior to the fixture the son of Neil Denis was accomplishing his tasks in great style, and Addington track-watchers would not have him beaten. On the opening day Berkett’s candidate secured third berth in his struggle, but on the succeeding days he was well beaten. He should be capable of better things, but his failures were expensive to is admirtrs. He may be right for Wellington.

Wallroon’s Threat Wallroon threatened to make a return to his backers once, but once only, during the carnival. That was in the Canterbury Handicap on the middle day. The Mangere-trained gelding struck a tough proposition in old Menember, who beat him to the wire for second money, while the pair had no chance of putting it over on Fight Ever. Wallroon may benefit from the outing and make amends in the spring. Firpo Took the Count Firpo showed such a return to form on the opening day, when he finished a good third, that his prospects the next time up were received optimistically by his connections and the general ' üblic. The son of Hal Zolock—Proceed was not in the right humour, and would not proceed on the journey as requested by M. B. Edwards, with tb-» result that he took the count and let his numerous supporters down badly. Firpo can do a lot better than this, and one of these days he will go iigh: and deliver a clean K.O. to his opponents.