Trotting Trainers

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 694, 20 June 1929, Page 11

Trotting Trainers

VISITORS IN THE LIMELIGHT Past History Reviewed

By

ABAYDOS

With the 1928-29 trotting season - c hing finality with the AuckZni winter carnival it is only aitursl to find trainers from all art. of the Dominion making an evasion on the local prize sheet, ' j they are represented by some the beet trotters and pacers in land. In the appended article Jkbaydos” gives SUN readers a sketch of the qualifications of i number of the visiting light--arnees enthusiasts. THOSE visiting Auckland for the big A function which opens at Epsom on include all the past holduth training and reinsmen sections, a gnch figures as J. Bryce, F. senr., D. Withers, W. J. Tomijtfon, M. B. Edwards and P. Holmes, , 3r , are well and favourably known

3 the New Zealand trotting world. SUI Tomkinson is leading for the premiership in both divisions for the jtwent season, but the Auckland eploaiut J. S. Shaw, is pressing the snterbury man hard, although it is toubtful if he can unsea.t the Southraff with practically only one fixture u decide the issue. W. J. Tomkinson Bill Tomkinson, who is now in the nn for the trainers and drivers’ pjprwnacy, last year gained the honors in New Zealand for the trainers’ ection. Some years ago he came turn Australia with a team that practeally cleaned up the chief events at iddington, and quickly made a name :: himself with Realm, Snowshoe and v e Weaver. Since then “Tomky” has ever looked back and he has been ssuciated with many good winners oth In the trotting and pacing secion. Quiet and unassuming the user of Prince Pointer, Logan Park, !iung Blake, Elzear and Co. has won j way into the hearts of New Zeaad trotting fans and his numerous rcesses are well received on these Vic. Alborn j Vic. Alborn is a typical West toster and that alone makes him upular with the trotting public. He mmenced his career many years ago . Inangahua Junction, where he laid :m a track on his farm, and quietly spared horses that were the "terror •! the Coast.’’ At one time Vic was Gown as the “Bryce of the West ast” in trotting circles, and he has ;to his credit that on one occasion »took a team of four to Westport :d won with each in succession, iter on he secured Golden Levon, ito was a great horse, and followed ns run of good fortune up with linronball, Linkman and Vesuvius. Üboro is making his initial trip to lackland, but he will soon make his opularity felt in this province. Associated with the Reeftonite is rthur Cox. one of New Zealand’s Wran trainers, who has. no peer at » business where square-gaited meg are concerned. Many a trotter *w its success to the solid founda- *» laid by A.C. when in its baby days. R. B. Berry Hoy Berry, prior to taking on the st-hamess sport, was a successful «ltey” at the sister sport, and his ** Zealand Cup victory with the hrchison-owned Sinifas will long Jin the memory of turfites. The Wity he displayed at the galloping SO9 was put forth with renewed q l°ur by Roy when he decided to take Mhe light-harness business, and it * a °t take him long to pave his way Access in this department. Berry J llllß for the Auckland owners, •*srs. McMillan and Revell, and with good ones as Sea Pearl, Machine Dundas Boy and Jean McElwyn ** fc*Di the local enthusiasts well in limelight. Will Hughes ! Hill Hughes puts the same ginger J his work among the light-harness eternity that marked his progress on • running track a quarter of a cenjJJLjto* In those days the Otaki SJier was a force to be reckoned but he did not confine his ability me “lepping” game as the writer s?® to his cost when labelled a for a quarter-mile flat at PalNorth. Will Hughes is just l Mine unobtrusive, straightforward .P today and he has made a good r himself at the trotting busi--3* season the Manawatu Was well in the camera light *tdl°ck, Loch Moigh and Lerby (uw*. Bl ? 11718 some more recruits hand that will keep his the public. Bob Fisken trM name Bob Fisken is an honon© throughout the Dominion, B =aaas~- -

where the popular sport of mK U ™? , ls making its presence felt, wifv, tL sbornite has been connected t , hu Same for many years, nut he . imported that wonderful Beterwah to the land of . Blacks” Robert’s star was "L th ® ascendency. The Yankee trotter showed the public how really good whnf l?: St B £ rin S at Addington, and 1110 11 of the year found the handsome horse less in view, his progeny have kept the name of Peterwah very much alive. Etta Cole, Wah, ? eter Ll °yd and Great way, although in their infancy, have won races in approved style. Jim Bullock , wlne . Jim Bullock, the trainer from Hawera, needs no bush, and like the same beverage ne seems to improve with age. And ti?! 116 ?! i lO c hicken, having passed 3-1 lotted span of three score years and ten, but when it comes to the education and preparation of trotters and pacers he has it well on the younger fry. The veteran has turned SH?v, ma^ y T, a ro a(3e -to-order candidate, with which Alex Corrigan has saluted tne man in the box, and especially at country fixtures has the Taranaki team carried off the honours. But with Sister Beatrice, Petroleuse, Great Change, Dillon Huon and Kohara, the bullock-Corrigan combination has made good at the centres. Drum Withers For two seasons, 1925-26 and 1926-27 Drum Withers headed the list of successful trainers in the Dominion, and oyer the former period also had the pleasure of accepting the goldmounted whip presented to the reinsman scoring the greatest number of vcitories. As a youngster Withers was greatly attached to horses, and he early showed an aptitude for riding and Vhen r)ru m became associated with the sport "for better or worse” he was not long in demonstrating to the trotting world that it “better,” and the quiet, unassuming young Canterburyite was not long in rising to the top of the ladder. Logan Lou, GreatT Bingen, Silk Thread. Peter Swift. .Kingcraft and Roi L’Or are a few that have kept the popular “Drum” well in the foreground. Holmes Family The name of Holmes is a homely one in the New Zealand family trotting circle, made particularly so by father “Free,” recognised as one of the greatest horse generals that has yet graced the turf in this young country. Holmes pere made a fine name for himself at the galloping business, and when he foresook that sport for the more popular one of trotting he proved equally successful. Then along came young Freeman and Morrie to follow in dad’s footsteps, and well and truly have they carried out the family tradition for efficiency and ability. Free senior, won a New Zealand Cup and free-for-all with Trix Pointer. Freeman, junior, was associated with Daphne de Oro in her three-year-old successes, while Morrie sprang a surprise in the Auckland Cup with Talaro

and scored freely this season with the crack youngster Wrackler. Bryce and Son For stven successive seasons "Scotty” Bryce was the first word in the training arena of the Dominion, and for several years he was the king pin among New Zealand reinsmen. His winning successes include Sapling Stakes (three), Great Northern Derby (two), Auckland Cup (three), New Zealand Cup (three), New Zealand Derby (three), Free-for-All, Dunedin Cup, and while he put some great pacers through his hands, the greatest, as the man from the land o’ cakes maintains, was Ahuriri. As a reinsman young

Andrew inherits the excellent qualities of his pater, and has already been successful in the New Zealand Cup '-'jtli Kohara, and the Auckland Cup with Gold Jacket, which he considers the most wonderful horse he has ever driven .. ... A. Hendricksen -Most people following the trotting aamo at the present time associate Albert Hendricksen chiefly with Cardinal Logan, and he has certainly made a good impression on Aucklanders with this bold pacer in the winter session But Albert has some interesting n , is t history in connection with the snort and as far back as 1313 he drove Hbc-rt H (an appropriate name) home Sd N uTw z nit la tw d o 2S^g.Tg ■Motional Cup with Erin s King JS carries it out thoroughly. Don Warren mfco wonderful achievements of the j . TXTrirkkr have drawn three-year-old \v racKiei

particular attention to the Ashburton stable presided over by D. Warren, but he is no stranger to the game as the records show’. For many years Don has been in charge of Mr. H. F. Nicoll’s big establishment from which he has turned out several classic winners, including Childe Pointer, Latona, Nantwich (Sapling Stakes), Lady Lutlien. Nantwich, Wrackler (Great Northern Derby), St. Anthony, Manhattan (Trotting Stakes), Childe Pointer, Wrackler (New Zealand Derby). Don’s ambition has been to produce a Cup winner, and judging by the doings of Wrackler during the season, there is every indication that his hopes will be one of these days realised. H. Garnett Harry Garnett is gi reserved kind of chap, hailing from Ashhurst, where, during the last few years, the trotting industry has been .making good headway. Unfortunately, the material available in that territory has not been of very high calibre, consequently friend Gaxnett is not seen too often on Metropolitan courses. During the Never neglect a cold. “NAZOL” w’ill bring you quick relief. Try it. 60 doses for Is 6d. 18

season about to conclude the Ashhurst trainer has been very much in the limelight with tbs improved pacer Great Delight, and the gelding will be making his first appearance in select society at Alexandra Park this weekend. Nothing w'ould delight Harry Garnett better than to see Great Delight clean up the opposition on the metropolitan track. M. B. Edwards Youth has not been any disadvantage to “Dil” Edwards, who has proved a chip of the old block, and his success both as a trainer and reinsman demonstrates amply that the young man was an-apt pupil of a worthy tutor. The foundation solidly laid by his late respected father, Manny Edwards, has been responsible for the raising of a fine structure, and “Dil” entered into a man’s job at an early age with commendable pluck and spirit. These factors aided him to make a. success of the business, and during the 1926-27 season, M. B. Edwards was awarded the trophy that goes to the leading trainer. While he lias nothing of outstanding merit in his stables,- the Southern trainer has a useful string, and he has again had a most successful season.