FOR YACHTSMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 440, 23 August 1928, Page 7

FOR YACHTSMEN

FACILITIES AT DEVONPORi It is probable that the Harbour Board will make some landing accommodation for yachtsmen at Devonport in place of the Devonport Wharf, which is to be demolished. ik The harbour engineer requires the timber in the wharf for other work, but a ramp for landing and a gridiron for hauling up boats will be laid down. ate enough to knock large slices off their previous best records. Kingscraft Goes Fast Kingscraft proved to be the real goods, and did all, and even more than “Abaydos” expected him to. Although defeated by a narrow margin on the middle day by the outsider Harvest Child, and being placed on a 4.-38 mark for his effort, the public would not listen to his defeat again on Monday. Their judgment was correct, but the four-year-old Quincey gelding, who did not start on the fast track on the opening day, set the trotting world talking by registering 4.28 4-5, a truly wonderful performance. Talent Was Quite at Home After his forward showing in the high grade company at Auckland in June and on the first day at Christchurch, it was surprising to find that Talent was not elected favourite for the Federal Handicap, a slower class 10-furlong flutter, particularly when Dillon Huon was withdrawn. Frost’s black pacer just got there, Edwards nearly stealing the stake off him with Wharepiana, although Talent would have been unfortunate to get beat urider such circumstances. Stay-away backers were rather surprised at the neat price paid. Getting Among the Heads It is not often the Palmerston North pacer, Loch Moigh, gets the chance to pay a decent figure, but his turn came on Monday, when the public selected Western King and Jackie AudubiT in preference to Bill Hughes’s charge. Loch Moigh won like the genuine horse he is and in going 4.29 1-5, the son of Nelson Derby has now put himself into some of the Dominion’s bigger handicaps. And it is quite safe to say that the bigger the job the better will the Longburn pacer relish it, and there should be a rich prize a watting him this season. Talaro Comes Back When Talaro put in a final dash on Wednesday that carried him ifnto third place in the Speedway Handicap, he telegraphed the information that he was returning to form. When he ran Jewel Pointer to a neck for second money in the National Cup he further demonstrated this fact, and while the majority expected the gallant local pacer to finish in front of Talaro in the Farewell Handicap, there were many shrewd heads suggesting the latter would turn the tables in the final flutter. This he did, but Jewel Pointer made a great effort and registered 2.40 4-5, wnich has only twice been eclipsed, Minton Derby, 2.40 1-5 and Great Bingen, 2.40 3-5. Racing More Generously The grey gelding, Huon Denver, who has improved a whole heap during the last few months, was required to go extremely fast for a small percentage of the prize mqney. On the first day T. Cochrane's pacer was forced to tramp 4.29 2-5 ofe a 4.32 peg, and then had to be content with second money. He was not produced till the closing day, when again he went fast, going about the same time. The Denver Huon gelding is racing more generously and should be capable of winning a good stake presently.