NOTES AND COMMENTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 154, 20 September 1927, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

PROVINCIAL GOSSIP EPSOM JOTTINGS Utility Horse r. MUlen has the trotter Marble Star » n work again in view of engagements iihead. The son of Marble Arch— Yankee Dolly is a very useful customer as he combines stud duties with racing- Mr. Millen has one or two fine looking youngsters at the homestead claiming Marble Star as their sire. ]>ast season the trotter sported silk on tour occasions, his record being a win, two thirds, and once unplaced. Promising Young Trotter

A. Julian is getting the maiden by peter Moko from a Copra de Ora mare into good shape, and the novice is trotting with a free and bold action. He thaws a fair turn of speed when under Way, but is a bad breaker. This dis--8 bility will soon be overcome by the trainer, and when young Peter has learned the art of doing it right all the way, he should turn out a good sort cf a trotter. \ Taking Things Easy

George Webb is not overtaxing Hypo with work, and the son of Ghoai— Mistle, is enjoying the treatment. He i:« in nice condition to tackle brisk tisks, but his connections are in no hurry to get him to the races. At (airbridge Hypo was on a 2.18 mark, a cood let-up, and it would not appear 83urd business for the Hypo people to handicap the gelding by putting him in tie tighter class heats. When he is however, he may find that the yourger ones are faster than in his day.

Will Require Time Ted Sandal has a big upstanding Gold Bell maiden trotter that will soon qualify for the giant’s class. He is not being hurried, and will be allowed to finish growing before he is asked to show his ability at the business. On appearances it would be safe to say the young Gold Bell will prove one of those requiring time, and may-be he will take a long time, too. But his owner-trainer is patient and does not mind waiting, providing they are worth waiting for. A Different Horse I Van Rich appears to be taking a keener irterest in his surroundings than he did last season. In fact the son of Van Coronado is a different horse, and thrives under the treatment received at the hands of trainer H. Kirnimom:. His mind is on his job and in a v ork-out recently proved that his heart was right in the task. Under these changed conditions Van Rich should do things this year.

A Peculiar Action A pleasing demonstration of pacing; was given the other morning by Shepherd’s Our Thorpe—Princess Ena filly and so veil was the four-year-old doing her work that others exercising their charges sat up and took notice. The filly lias a peculiar hitch action in ore quarter, but it does not affect her speed. Shepherd has put a good hit of time in with the novice and deserves to meet- with success. Margaret Improving

Another four-year-old that hit out earnestly in her work during the weekend was Margaret Wallace, who last December formed one of the '‘also started' division in the Great Northern Derby. The daughter of Gold Bell—Florrie Roe has furnished into a nfi® Ally, f.nd when she finds a programme containing an event or two that will suit Tier requirements, Margaret will show the public what she can do.

An Ambitious Trainer Tiger Salve is an early riser, and his is done in the morning when the larks are beginning to rise from their nests in the centre of the course. Lee 13 working wonders with the ex-Aus-tralian square-gaiter, and has hopes of the Rock Huon to reproduce some of the form that gained him s nch a good name on the other side Jf the Tasman. But the optimistic bpsom trainer will have his work cut °ut to accomplish his ambition.

May Soon Have a Vote Old Pitaroa is giving as much cheek anything on the track of late, and Ja ck Johnson has been th€s recipient of £ny amount of praise for the way he 88 the Petereta pony looking. “Pie pi soon have a vote,” said an exuckland light-harness enthusiast who V lB visiting the track the other day. 1 tie ponified pacer gets a chance, to a t Alexandra Park during the Pring fixtures, lie will show the opPus.tion that he knows how to use it. * Youngster

, Y P lere is not a more even-gaited Ponent of the art of pacing attending v tracks than Warspear, the two-v-h-old filly by Man-o’-War from ®P* ar - Geared tip the other day, b- h n Claude Fairman in the saddle, the * lj Save a splendid display, and _ brushed over two furlongs V’ed that she fs possessed of speed. •7 weeks back she was a most u, y youngster, but her education S thi nianner^sms as well as the other ;iM CB the business, has been firmly successfully administered.