EPSOM' JOTTINGS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 695, 21 June 1929, Page 12

EPSOM' JOTTINGS

THE LAST LOOK ROUND PARS FOR PUNTERS By ABAYDOS Alexandra Park will present an animated scene tomorrow, when the first day’s card of the Auckland winter carnival will be staged. All that is required to make the function an unqualified success is fine weather, as, judging from the high calibre of the contestants, the racing will be Of a fine standard. THERE will be pleasant memories for a few speculators if Sweet Memory can hang on to the finish of the Winter Trot. It will be worth a visit to Alexandra Park to see the three-year-old Wah trotting. He may get whacked in heavy going, but he is the goods, all right. Those who saw Akenehi break and lose a lot of ground at Cambridge, and then finish like a bull terriej- to get the stake, will be with her on • Saturday.

Kolmar handled the heavy footing last June to • perfection, and he is a greatly improved trotter this season, and racing more solid.

If Dawdler does not dawdle on the journey, he will make things interesting in the Mangere Handicap. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? If Tomky’s Ethiopian does not change his gait in the improvers’ heat, there sl ould be some “spots” for his backers.

Those who trust Trustworthy with an investment will get a good run for their money, as the filly is in splendid shape just now.

Mountain Dell is a classy mare, and when she goes right in a race the others will fight out the issue for minor place money.

Some parts of New Zealand are experiencing a series of serious* explosions at the present time, and it is about time Explosion exploded in the right direction. If Dilworth, Logan Hanlon, or Morning Sun, three good pacers, were on the front of the Mangere and Marconi Handicaps, they would have an excellent chance, providing Vendome was out of the road. Then how good is the Globe Derby mare! Floraline revels in heavy going, and his backers are generally! favoured with a good price. Things should suit the Florizel gelding at the Park during the next few days. Off the front of the Provincial Trot, Dipnoi should not be able to pay anything like the price he returned recently at Oamaru. It was a beauty. Etta Cole is a real lady, but she will not find it all beer and skittles in the soft going tomorrow. She prefers the scoria formation.

Old Sebisca is a consistent customer that keeps bobbing up frequently to gain a share of the prize. He does not mind the mud, either.

If Western Voyage gets a good passage on the Provincial Handicap voyage, the sturdy trotter will be handy when the fare is being collected. This is the period of eruptions, and if Vesuvius goes off at the right moment, Alborn’s pacer may swamp the opposition. If Torpedo Huon is primed for action he will be capable of heaving a broadside into the enemy.

Dundas Boy’s consistency over all distances during the last couple of months will cause his shares to be at a premium for the Prince of Wales Handicap.

Auckland trotting fans have a soft spot for Cardinal Logan, and Hendricksen’s pacer appears to like the soft spots at Epsom in the winter, where he usually earns enough to keep him going.

If trainer Hughes has discovered the right key to Padlock, the Hal Zolock gelding will unwind sufficient speed to make it difficult for the opposition to ke’bp him out of the money. Can Kohara handle the heavy track? ask several of his followers.

Well, the sturdy black horse won the 1927 New Zealand Cup in anything but a suitable track in 4.46,

so ask yourself the question. A real speed merchant is Hal Chimes when properly tuned up, and one distance suits him as well as another. If he elects to start in the two-mile heat, Hal will be a nuisance to his rivals.

Warplane is a young pacer that next season should reach a high standard. Providing he can handle the soft going, he will have a chance to show his ability at the meeting opening tomorrow.

A bulldog-bred one is Linkman, and the tougher the job the better he likes it. He is one of the possibilities for the Adams Memorial Cup this year.

Cannonball can go like a shot out of a gun, but once he cannons off his feet he does not reach the correct gait again as quickly as backers would like.

Napland is showing a return to the form that made him a host to be reckoned with in classy trotters’ races a few years back, and if he races genuinely will get some money. Ngatira will plough through the ground whether it is heavy or other- ’ wise, and if he shows a repetition of his Christmas form it will take

something pretty good to head him off. Harvest Child’s form since last seen in Auckland suggests that he has a good prospect of collecting the sheaves during the present harvest festival. D. AA’ithers is on the scene with Steel All, and the Australian pacer will endeavour to steal all the prize in the Cornwall Handicap. Tony Victor has been victorious on more than one occasion joining

Sid Groat’s establishment, and, all going well, there should be a prospect of another victory in the near future. A regular mudlark is Dalmeny, and as he can go a merry mile, as well as see out a solidly run two-mile journey, the black pacer will be in demand both days at Epsom. Old All Bell has a happy knack of hopping along smartly in the winter season, and if there is a surprise waiting in the fast mile, the Gold Bell gelding may bring it ‘ off. ; While there is a general impression I abroad that Gold Jacket is not readv for the fight, the, manner in which he sprinted the other day indicates he will be troublesome in the mile. Another old stager who may upset calculations is Rockawaj*, whose excellent condition is u credit to trainer Nightingale. Rockaway will be in the picture for the Marconi Handicap, and may beat the band.