TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 663, 15 May 1929, Page 12

TROTTING

(By ••ABAYDOS”) NOTES AND COMMENTS AFFAIRS QUIET AT EPSOM ENTRANTS FOR HAWKE’S BAY The Heavy rain experienced during the last few days has had the effect of keeping things quiet on the tracks at Alexandra Park. Some of those likely to make the trip to Hastings are using the sand track, but in the main walking and jogging exercise is the chief allotment. anticipated in this column last * week-end. the response from owners and trainers in the Auckland Province for the Hawke’s Bay fixture next month was a most liberal one, while the entries received generally are very good. The record list, as published in yesterday’s Sun, proves conclusively that owners appreciate the enterprise of the East Coast organisation, while the wisdom of the club in holding a two-day fixture has been borne out succeestully. Good Representation Epsom trainers are represented as follow:—J. S. Shaw (Benefice. Arai line), G. T. Mitchell (Polly’s Picture, Horizon), C. G. Lee (Betty Moko and Nelson Dillon), J. Herring (Lady Barrington), G. Stubbs (Lady Yvonne). J. Gee (Te Muka), A. R. Saunders (Lord Haldane), Stan Selkirk (Reynard). From Mangere J. T. Paul has engaged Great Parrish and May Thorpe, T. Roe and F. Mills are represented by Carnui and Haroto, respectively, while the novice trotter Nebraska is also freely entered.

G. Stubbs Unlucky I .ady Yvonne has been somewhat of a disappointment during: the season, failing to race as well as her track work would suggest. Trainer George Stubbs is one of the patient and painstaking kind, but his luck has been right out this year, as apart from Lady Yvonne i his big gelding Speed King went amiss j just at a time when there was a lian- I dicap or two on the circuit to suit him. Neither Suited Bell Todd, an aged son of Todd Bells ! from Glory, has been raced in both departments during the season, but ho did not prove a success at either. After j failures at the trotting business, the j Waitoa-trained gelding joined up ; among the pacers, but he failed to materialise in this section. Oliver and Nathaniel Although Oliver Thorpe always ! showed a good turn of speed in the | early stages of his races, the Our Thorpe gelding was never capable of hanging on well enough to earn a dividend-paving situation. Ori a few occasions a third stake came his way. but DON’T SHAVE WITHOUT Q-TOL Once a man has used Q-Tol (before lathering) he cannot possibly do without It. Q-Tol saves time and temper. Ensures absolute comfort and Immunity from any form of skin Irritation. Rub in Q-Tol first, then lather and ■have. Tou will soon realise its soothin* effects. —4. j

it was left to hid’ younger brother, Nathaniel, to present Owner Tanner with a winning certificate. A Promising Youngster While he did nothing to earn him any special mention in the race dispatches, the three-year-old Ronald, by Great Audubon-Santa Ana. gave the impression that with age and a bit more public experience he would develop into a useful sort for country fixtures. Ronald is one of Bob Hall’s team at Papatoetoe. Will Require Time Wharepoa Belle is a big raking four-year-old by Huon Wave, that looks like taking some time to get down to racing trim. She was given a chance at Cambridge, but lack of experience kept her from starting on the journey in anything like reasonable time, with the result she was never prominent at any stage. Next year the mare may show up in much better light. Did Not Reproduce It The Peter Moko mare Marosa, from whom big things have been expected in saddle races during the past few weeks, evidently does not race as generously as her track work would indicate. Prior to the Cambridge fixture it was hinted F. Cutts’s pacer had put up a remarkable go at Otahuhu, and she was well supported with her stablemate Scandal. Marosa had probably left her run on the track as she was never dangerous in the race.