TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 775, 23 September 1929, Page 13

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NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM NEAR AND FAR PROVINCIAL JOTTINGS Owners and trainers wifi require to have their “considering caps” well in order this week, otherwise they may forget the very important question of nominating their charges for forthcoming events. This week can be designated “entry week,” as on Thursday nominations are due at noon for the New Zealand Cup, and on Priday entries will be received up till 5 p.m. for both the Waikato and Northland fixtures. Those who are apt to forget had better revert to the reel of cotton trick. Holiday Ended The speedy but somewhat erratic trotter. Great Change, who has been on holiday in the country for some time past. has returned to the city and is once more under the care of J. S. Shaw at Epsom. The respite has had the effect of putting the Great Audubon gelding in plump condition, and on present appearances it will be -some time before his trainer will have him m readiness to chase a prize. Will Make Amends McKendrick. who has been on a visit to Christchurch, where lie witnessed the racing at Xew Brighton and Addington, has returned, to Epsom. Although Free Advice failed t_o gain a situation in her Addington essdv, Jack was well pleased with the showing of the mare, who had not been long in work after the winter vacation. Loss than 100 yards from the box the daughter of Blue Mountain King was in the van. but* the final pinch found her lacking. She should not be long in recouping her supporters for their recent outlav. Still Going Strong , if- Hedley has completed the formation of a private track at Penrose, and his game old pacer, Goldman, is' being kept in action with a view to some of the plums offering next month. The son of Gold Bell showed when last seen out at Alexandra Park that he retains both speed and stamina, as his essay in the two-mile race was full of merit. His owner-trainer has certainly received encouragement of late to keep on trying with the pacer, whose turn should not be far off. “Goldie” was at Epsom on Saturday, and put plenty of dash into a free-log-ged task for the young reinsman. Los Laver. In Fine Heart Little Van Rich has probably never had such a spell since he began racing as the holiday just terminated, which saw him in easy, street for approximately six months. In previous years he was a much-raced gelding, and while his records may not have been of a very attractive nature, he was a game customer. When taken up last season. Garth Robertson spent a good deal of time on the son of Van Corona da before he came l ight, hut once he struck form the ponhied pacer put up several solid performances and .was seldom out of a place. Van Rich has never looked so robust before, and if he gets busy again later on will let the fans know he is at the races.

Getting Ready Master Huia is among the actives again at Mangere, and the useful gelding looks all the better for the vacation. T. Grimmond is not hurrying the son of Huia Dillon along in his preparation. and he is thriving on the tasks allotted. Without winning a stake last season, the half-brother to Lady Dunmore ran pome solid races, and a slight improvement on that form would find his popular young owner signing for* a cheque Master Huia \s handy either in harness or saddle May Change His Tune

Child© Audubon, who is known to have a whole heap of speed, which he is not often in the mood to unwind on race day, was recently purchased by tho Grey Lynn owner-trainer. Joe Gee. Tho Great Audubon gelding can go quick either with or without the straps, ;urd if he could be induced to mend his ways there would be good money for his party. Whether the genial Joseph will have the necessary persuasive powers remains to be seen, but if Childe Audubon took a notion some day to go right there would be another good price for the stable A Solid Customer Gold Sovereign continues to trot along nice and smoothly for Tom Roe, and th© season advances, there is every prospect of the Gold Bell gelding capturing a heat or two. In his last Alexandra Park appearance, the Mangere-trained square-gaiter made a bold bid for victory and it was just that little shortness of condition that knocked him into second place, when tho more seasoned Peter McKinney worried him over the last furlong. Tom Roe is quite at home with a trotter, and in Gold Sovereign he has one that should keep him in the picture this season

Giving Better Results The* “white horse,” Stonev. who ’since taking up his abode in New Zealand, has hud a couple of black marks against him as far as efficiency on the race track is concerned, has been showing up in a better light recently in training operations, and during the week-end the Australian-bred gelding gave a muchimproved display. He paced over 12 furlongs at an even gait, and while thero was no attempt to make time, it was the way Stoney did his work that impressed. Any Time Now

Hohora is doing everything right now for trainer L. McMahon, and if tho Gold Bell gelding respects some of his track performances with the colours up. his owner, Mrs. Collins would not be long in receiving congratulations for a well-deserved win. Hohora was worked out during the week-end on his own. but in a ten-turlong flutter lie never put a foot wrong, and at the finish appeared anxious to go on with the game.

Conditions Changed Tho XfiW Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club has in the past experienced some difficulty in securing good-sized fields for its fast class trotters races, and has decided on some little alteration In the conditions. In the Dominion Handicap the conditions previously stated that the race was for horses that had done, or had been handicapped to do. 4.35 or better, but now tile race »s for horses that can do 4.30 or better, while the mile and a-half races are for horses that can do 3.32 or bftto. rot “for horses that can do 3.3. and have not done 3.22 or better or its equivalent over a longer distance. Promising Youngster -V verv promising maiden in work at Templeton is a five-year -old gelding by Tingle Annie Bells McKinney. This naceristhe property of the West Coast SiVman Mr 11. W. Kitchlngham. aSd il”eiAg handled by E. McCann. A four-year-old filly by Wild Oro from Orofino is another that has shown a lot of speed. Some Good Blood Soda, a good race mare in her day, with a record of 4.33 for two miles, aas

foaled a filly to Wrack, and will visit Nelson Derby. Soda is a very wellbred. mare, by Harold Dillon - Frai ' Vanek ve—Hush, ■: Vane 1 eve—Whisper, by Ajax. A three-year-old colt by Wrack—Soda is in work under J. Le Brereton’s charge, and shows some ability in his work. Derby Candidate Mr. A. C Mercer, of Christchurch, recently purchased from Mr. G. J. Barton the three-year-old colt by Cathedral Chimes —Marie Lloyd, an.d the youngster has gone into J. Bryce’s stable. This gelding claims engagements in the Great Northern Derby, to b© run at Christmas time, and the Melbourne Derby to be decided in March. If he continues to improve it is likely that he will fulfiil his Australian engagements.

Metropolitan Club’s Spring Carnival

AUSSIE PENALTIES SOME CONDITIONS AMENDED The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club has issued the programme for its spring meeting to be held on November 12, 14 and 15. and the big prize-* money on offer should ensure big nominations. Experiences at the club’s August meeting have been responsible for several necessary alterations, and as now framed little fault can be found with the programme, says the Christchurch “Press.” At the August meeting there were several races in which the conditions read “for horses that* can do 4.40 and have not done or been handicapped to do, 4.35 or better,” and as a result of this stipulation several horses, through putting up fast times, became ineligible for events for which they had been nominated later at the meeting. The conditions of these races now Include the following: “For horses that can do 4.40, or better, but arc not assessed by the club’s handicapper at 4.35 or better.” Penalties for Australian Horses Other new conditions are as follow: Horses having an Australian record, but not a New Zealand record, shall be subject to a penalty of 2s for 1 mil'e and 11 miles, 3s for 11 miles, and 4s for 2 miles to their Australian record. Assessed by the club’s handicapper means “handicap declared jy the club's handicapper for the race in question.” In the event of a re-handicap placing a horse outside the limits of the race in which it has already been handicapped, it shall nevertheless be eligible to race in that event, but will be transferred to the correct class when next handicapped. Horses nominated for races for which they are. ineligible will be transferred to a race of a similar distance for which they are eligible. There is still more responsibility placed on the shoulders of the handicapper, but the new idea seems an improvement and should meet with general approval.