TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 404, 12 July 1928, Page 7

TROTTING

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FROM NEAR AND FAR ‘ AUCKLANDERS FOR ADDINGTONJ - l J. Shaw is keeping Jewel Pointer, l Western King, Native Prince and i Great Change going along steadily 1 in anticipation of an attack on the ‘ Metropolitan August stake money. The continued bad weather is making it difficult to give charges work, the tracks being in an awful state. The sand track is the only one available just now. but even ‘ then only steady jogging can be indulged in. When on Top of the Ground ‘ \Yestern King is looking in rare heart and the cx-Australian horse appears anxious to get in some fast work. He is a. nice pacer and that he has a good turn of speed was demonstrated during his preparation for the recent Auckland fixture. The son of Rock l-luon showed up prominently in the Cornwall Handicap, in which conditions were anything but to his liking, but when he gets the footing solid Mr. Moodabe's horse should get some of the money. To Tackle the Heads L. BlcMahon is pegging along quietly at Alexandra Park with the greatly improved pacer Gold Jacket, and the son of Gold Bell and Lady s. will be taken South next month to try conclusions with the Canterbury crack-a-jacks. Gold Jacket has proved himself already in high society and with Andy Bryce in the sulky the combination will always be a solid one. no matter how select the company. May Shift Camp Frank Brady was a visitor to Epsom this week with u well—grown filly by The Triumph from Papatina, dam of Betty Moku. The youngster is rising two years and is a natural trotter. She has a line action and can display a. fair turn of speed over a few turlongs. Young Brady contemplates making Alexandra Park his training rendezvous while preparing Trustworthy for the next Great Northern Derby. Related to Gold Jacket Jack Somers, the popular caretaker of the Otahuhu Trotting Club’s property, has a sturdy looking half-brother to Gold Jacket running in the green pastures at Mangere. He is a. compact colt, by Lord Roberts. and favours the square~gaited style of locomotion. Jack has no time to put the black fellow through his education, but as he is ‘willing to part with the young trotter ‘at a. modest figure, it is highly pro~ bable Gold Jacket’s relative will soon be in commission. Sam Roe’s Prospects During S. M. August’s absence in Australia with Hori Dillon, Lord Lou and Alice Axworthy. his other charges, Beatty and Lord Nepean, are being cared for by Sam Roe, and the pair could not have been left in better hands. Sam, who is a. chip of the old block, Tom, has had splendid experience at the trotting game, which, added to ability inherited from his father, places him on a high level in the lightharness arena. It is quite on the cards that next season S. J. Roe will set up in business as a public trainer. Tired of the Business

Jack Johnson, one of the best known figures at Alexandra Park for many seasons, is thinking seriously of giving up the game. He has not had the best of luck during the past couple of. seasons. Last year, after having a bad spin with Respect, he sold the Gold Bell gelding, but kept him under his supervision, to find the pacer collecting quite a. tidy sum in prize money. This season Johnson persevered with Pitaroa, but the old gelding failed to collect. His owner will now dispose of the son of Petereta and will then probably retire from active participation in the business. Southern Topics Bred by the late Mr. J. B. Buchanan, the trotting gelding Merrijigs is now owned by V. Alborn, of Reefton. When Alborn purchased Merrijigs big things were prophesied, but the gelding adopted a scheme that upset the ' family arrangements. For a time things looked blue, but after a spell Merrijigs has taken a turn for the better and he may give his owner some good drives at Greymouth. Promising Sort Curfew Boy is doing solid work under his owner, \V. J. Moreland. In the autumn Curfew Boy went off colour. and was stopped in his training. He is pacing all right again, and should be ready to win a race early in the next season. The son of Rey (19 Oro—Curfew Bell won at X‘Vyndham during the New Year fixture. Complicated Verdict

A farmer brought an action against a railway company for killing one of his brood mares. The jury’s verdict, which was in favour of the farmer, read like this: “If the train had run as it should have run; if the bell had rung as it should have rung; if the whistle had blowed as it should have blew, both of which it did neither, the mare would not have been injured when she was killed.”

Bred in the Purple Nelson McElwyn has built up since he arrived at Addington, and now is in robust condition to open the new season's campaign. Nelson McElwyn is by Nelson Bingen, from the American mare Miss Spears, and is associated with J. J. Kennerley's stable. He is an elder brother to the fine Auckland-owned Ally, Jean McElwyn. AM Right Again The three-year-old pacer Pet Locanda has got over the lameness that put her out of court last year, and is in work again in anticipation of being in good nick for early spring contests. Pet Locanda is another of tho Kennerley clan and won a race on the West Coast last January.

Consistent Nelson Boy T. G. Fox is keeping Nelson Boy busy in order that the gelding should be at the top of his form to compete at the August meeting at Addington. The Nelson Bingen gelding was a consistent performer during the season, and seldom failed to get place money in the trotting heats. Strange to relate his only first certificate was gained among a field of pacers. Ready for Operations K. Berry has the trotting mare Our Lady in beautiful condition to open the new season. She is racing well, but still finds two miles a shade too far for her. However, the Petereta mare should make amends early for recent failures.

Doing It Right "When last raced, Fight Ever was troubled with a nasty splint, which caused him to act like a rogue. He has been put into action again, and so far he is pacing in his best style. The roan only requires to stand up to the work and he will be in readiness for August activities.