TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 362, 24 May 1928, Page 6

TROTTING

... By

“Abaydos”

NOTES AND COMMENTS HORSES FOR HAWKE’S BAY AUCKLAND WELL REPRESENTED With the Oamaru trotting fixture relegated to the shades of oblivion, Southern enthusiasts vyill turn attention to the approaching Canterbury Park meeting, which comes up for decision on June 2 and 4. North Island followers of the popular sport will have something nearer home to occupy their thoughts, as the winter function of the Hawke’s Bay Club eventuates on June 4. Encouraged to Go East Although the Happy Voyage filly Haerangi Pai, in J. T. Paul’s stable, has not fully recovered from the effects of the severe cold from which she was suffering at Te Aroha, she is making satisfactory progress, and all going well in the interval, Mr. G. E.

Morgan’s three-year-old will make the trip to Hawke’s Bay. She has been given every encouragement to face the starter, and if at her best on June 4, should not fail to secure a stake. News of Bonniewah The Peterwah filly, Bonniewah, formerly trained at Mangere for Mr. F. J. Docherty, is among the active brigade at Gisborne under R. Fisken, and she will in all probability sport silk at Hastings next month. If the three-year-old has come solid since her departure from Auckland, she should have a chance in the novice class on June 4. On the Improve Without recording anything of particular note during the last few months, the Tamahere-trained Vanity Boy has been showing signs of improvement in his essays, and if he has made further progress since Cambridge, there will be not a few prepared to see him play a prominent hand at Hastings. If A. McMillan takes the Normiston gelding to the East Coast, it will be sufficient guarantee that he is O.K. May Pay Expenses Rosie Thorpe, without returning her friends a dividend, raced well enough on two occasions recently to secure her owner the small portion of the stake, and her form was of an encouraging nature. The daughter of Our Thorpe and Rosie Drift claims a couple of engagements at the Hawke’s Bay meeting, and if her connections elect to make the trip Rosie Thorpe may provide sufficient on the day to make it well worth while. One of the most-improved pacers in his class around the Auckland province is the Hova — Sunnyside gelding Dealer, who, after returning his party a good price at New Plymouth, went one better at Cambridge and gave them a big lift along. Dealer figures in the lists at Hastings, and if a starter should make his presence felt. Off the end of the chief heat he will have a good show, as he will run out a solid two miles, a fact he demonstrated at Hawera recently. If the cards are properly shuffled, Dealer may hold the joker on the day. Best Performances at Hastings While Halgana’s record this season does not furnish very attractive reading, the Bingana mare put up two good performances at the Hawke’s Bay summer fixture. After being narrowly defeated by Trumpeter in the twelvefurlong heat, Clifton’s charge succeeded in settling the opposition later in a ten-furlong flutter, scoring a head victory over Fliton, who won shortly afterwards at the Manawatu meeting. Halgana may make another attempt to lift some Hawke’s Bay prize money. No Time for Tangling Andover won over two miles very comfortably at the Te Aroha fixture, but when it is all summed up the Te Awamutu owned and trained gelding had nothing to beat. He also put up a good go at Cambridge, where he pulled out the third end of the purse, and only for a costly skip at the home turn would have paid a second dividend. The son of Hova is on a difficult mark in the big race at Hastings and cannot afford to put in any tangles if he is to get a share of the prize. On Hi* Own Track Hal Huon, who is trained at Hastings, is an improved pacer, and when he steps out at the local fixture next month the son of Hal Zolock and Huonette will carry a good parcel of Hawke’s Bay money. H. Jones's pacer may find his task difficult in the long race, but he will be well suited by the nine-furlong flutter, in which he must be given a good prospect of getting into the money. An Improving Pacer Great Delight ran good races at Wanganui, Hawera and New Plymouth, and was making line progress with each outing. While the son of Kea Dillon did not succeed in winning a heat he filled second berth on a few occasions to the delight of his supporters, while in journeys over two miles he proved that staying would soon be his forte. When geared up at Wanganui Great Delight had not been many weeks in work, so he can be looked upon as a much fitter candidate at Hastings next month. One Worth Watching A useful sort of pacer seen in action at the recent Wanganui fixture was Logan Star, a five-year-old gelding by Logan Pointer from Belette, fullbrother to the Mangere-trained Lady Joan. In the two-mile event on the second day Logan Star, who is owned and trained by the Feilding enthusiast, J. Bentley, acted as pacemaker, and was still in the firing line 100 yards from the post. Then The Abbey and Derby Lynn put in their claims, the former winning from the Longburn filly by a small margin in the fastest time of the meeting, with the Feilding pacer close up, third. Logan Star is engaged at Hawke’s Bay. The Hawera owned Hostess promises to be one of the favourites for the East Coast Handicap at the Hawke’s Bay fixture on June 4, and off a 4.48 mark Mr. J. R. Corrigan’s candidate will take all sorts of beating. The Gold Bell four-year-old won a ten-furlong flutter at the last meeting held at Hastings, and since then proved victorious at New Plymouth over two miles, and annexed the 13furlong event at Cambridge after a great tussle with Lord Haldane. Trainer J. Bullock will have Hostess in apple pie order for her forthcoming encounters, and there will be no doubt about the mare seeing the journey out to the bitter end. Giving a Lead The chief event for unhoppled trotters at Addington next season is 4.34. Wake up, Auckland, and make the Rowe Cup 4.33! Thus a Christchurch writer, a born optimist! After the Cup Following last year’s procedure, Ahuriri will begin operations with a short race at the Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting next month, and then be kept going for the New Zealand Cup. Looking Well Dalmeny has not suffered by his efforts this season, and is reported to be looking in better shape than at any previous period of his career. Under the Glow The first trotting-horse meeting by electric light was held recently at the Mariendorf track, Berlin, Germany. This meeting was a great success, a large crowd being present to see Native Forbes win the chief race, the Fruhjahrs-Ausgleich. Knows All About It American trainer Ben "White is said to be the crack trainer of two-year-old trotters, and has prepared and trained VP fewer than 19 tvro-year-old trotters that have trotted inside of 2.10 for a mile in America. Only One in It? The Sapling Stakes, of 600 sovs, will | be decided next month. At present I Wrackler is the only candidate men- i tioned of the 10 left in at the final payment.