Trotting Double Now Claims Attention

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 384, 19 June 1928, Page 10

Trotting Double Now Claims Attention

HIGH-CLASS_ST AYERS SPEEDY SPRINTERS IN MILE The outstanding features of a particularly attractive trotting card lohich will be presented at Alexandra Park on Saturday by the progressive Auckland Club, are the C. F. Mark Memorial and Cornwall Handicap. Both items have drawn a splendid acceptance and the field in the £I,OOO two-mile event and the mile test for speedy sprinters is strong both in point of quantity and quality, and stirring contests are assured on each occasion. Handicapper Paul has set the specula-

tive public a tough problem to solve. His work will afford the large army of patrons something spectacular when the fields are dispatched on their respective journeys. Mark Memorial

Seventeen of the 19 originally handicapped have accepted the privilege to compete for the rich stake attached to the Mark Memorial Handicap, which replaces the well-known and oft keenly contested Campbell Handicap. With its reasonable limit of 4.31, this event has attracted some classy twomilers and included in the field are some members of the square-gaited fraternity who have already proved their ability to defeat the hoppled contingent. The limit brigade present a bold front and it will not occasion surprise to see the thick end of the purse captured by one of the front lines. In fact, the whole of the stake money may be divided between owners who have representatives on the end of the handicap. Solid Front Line

•W. J. Tompkinson has a double string to his bow in Dalmeny and Young Blake, and while those supporting the stable will probably depend mainly on the pacer, it must not be denied that the trotter is a possibility. Dalmeny has recent form to recommend him and at Forbury Park last month he received a third and second stake in the two-mile events and finished up winning the mile heat. The Palmerston North candidate Loch Moigh has put up some attractive performances at Alexandra Park and despite his defeat at Wellington, when the trotters, Peter Swift, Peterwah and Sister Beatrice cleaned up all the pacers, W. Hughes’s charge will claim a host of friends.

Lady Dunmore won the Hamilton Cup in good style, beating Loch Moigh, Native Prince and Gold Jacket, who finished in that order behind her. Native Prince, however, just before that contest won over two miles at the Otahuhu fixture and the manner in which he kept Padlock from getting the first certificate stamped him as a good one. Gold Jacket showed at Hawera that he was up to high-water mark and if the foothold is sound on the day he will be a tough proposition. Trotters’ Fine Prospects

Talent, who is just behind the front row, has not done anything of note this season, but in a recent essay gave the impression that he was striking his best form again. Tom Thumb went off after his race in the Auckland Cup and has not had much racing since, but if right he would play a prominent

part in the race. His stable mate, Logan Chief, may be a better proposition. Peter Swift, on the same mark, will command a lot of respect. Twice within the last two months D. Withers’s trotter has got home in front of a field of pacers and as he is in rare trim he may prove equal to making it three. There was very little between Peter and Dalmeny at Dunedin, where he gave the latter 24 yards and just got him. Another solid trotter in Peterwah is on the next peg and he will require to be taken into consideration. Many good judges affirm he was unlucky not to win at Hutt Park, and others say he was short of a race. In any case the Gisborne horse can

| handle the Epsom track and if the : going is soft it will take something I pretty good to beat him. Logan Chief Consistent Now there is a nice quartet in the next row, Quality, Logan Chief. Sea Pearl and Cardinal Logan. The latter j only made his reappearance this month after a long spell, but he shaped encouragingly and knows his way about the local track. So does Sea Pearl, and although she has not been in the limelight of late she can be looked to for an extra effort on the right-handed course. Quality is proving of late that she not wrongly named, and her fine performance on the second day of the Addington June fixture caused her scrip to rise even higher. Logan Chief has been knocking willingly in two-mile events of late. At Dunedin he made a bold effort to settle Zenith on the first day, but while he cut Dalmeny out of second berth he just failed to get the solid grey pacer. Then he gave backers of Waitaki Gir! a big fright in the King George Handicap at Chirstchurch this month, and on the second day he won the 10-fur-long event in convincing style. Whatever beats Logan Chief will be able to collect. Talaro comes next and his best performance of late was his second to Padlock at Easter, and it was no disgrace to get whacked by such a great pacer, especially when giving him 24 yards. Imprint has not been heard of since his wonderful National Cup victory, but if right on the day and the going is heavy the Nelson candidate is always worth considering. DALMENY, NATIVE PRINCE and LOCH MOIGH on the front, and PETER SWIFT, PETERWAH and LOGAN CHIEF further back should fight a great battle.