TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 592, 19 February 1929, Page 10

TROTTING

By "ABAYDOS" SOMETHING WRONG HANDICAPS WRONGLY LISTED The fact that several handicaps in connection with the Wellington Trotting Club’s fixture being held to-day were again published “incorrectly” is causing a great deal of comment among owners, trainers and the general public, who are wondering just where these errors, appearing all too frequently, originate. It seems unfortunate that such a I mistake should have occurred again i over the Wellington meeting, so soon •after what transpired over the last THE ICE BROKEN AUCKLAND trotting enthusi- ] asts, to a man, were delighted to see the popular Royal Oak i trainer, Harry Kinnimont, break his spell of outs at Wellington with Napland, and the win of the aged ' ! trotter was well received locally. Now that the cloud has lifted Harry should meet with further well deserved successes, and it only requires the three-year-old Great Way to go right on Saturday for “Kinny” to add another victory to his list. i handicaps for Hutt Park,' which de- 1 : suited in a general mix-up. It will Ibe remembered on that occasion an j Auckland horse was immediately with- : drawn on receipt of the handicap, but it later transpired that a mistake had occurred in transmission. and the j horse in question, with several others, ! really on 12 yards instead of 18. | ff'hen another competitor’s handicap | was apparently transposed in transit, jas from 42 yards it became 24. Errors i in transmission, or in the publication j ot handicaps, are not by any means unknown in connection with trotting ana galloping, but rectification usually follows closely on the trail, to the satisfaction of all concerned, but the main begin ? 1S JUSt where does tlle trouble Unsatisfactory Affair season ''UN remembers a case last season vnere an owner on seeing liis vo lW l“2 ip , noliri,; d the secretary to scratch the horse, explaining the rea- - P ear ,. on the limit in the i>ublisfi£ri “ThVhi WS °"' ner -- interned ‘,,7 that his correct mark was 12 SSsiEFiHrS? blamed for mi«t t ndlCapper is often occurred n ni t m a tra S n:mi Ch - haVe figures. transmission of the handicapper b i? th e mfi lnteregt of the quired as to the cause I,l ' the f? c a tt e tbe p " b » c -quaimed^wUh Association might t- Ihe Trottin " ! 8?M8S8k °i i syssrsr SJ£ i ;| cies in their work - maceurnate that tiioi,- i i’ ncl , 11 ls unfortujther criJcise^if Shoi, ‘ d i made in the • s . l,onUmi " to be | tion of the handicaps'^ 10 ” ° r P " Wica -