Trotting Parades

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 777, 25 September 1929, Page 13

Trotting Parades

JUVENILES WANT EXPERIENCE How Clubs Can Be Helpful FUTURE TROTTERS AND PACERS 11 is doubtful if there have ever been so many young trotters and pacers receiving education in Auckland as at the present time. Jf anything like a fair percentage of the young fry turns out trumps there will be no occasion to worrv about the progress of the sport during the next few years. *

It is decidedly unfortunate that just at the period of the year when trainers and owners have more time to attend to the education of the youngsters that weather conditions should prove so unfavourable, and thus to a largo extent hinder the work. Despite this disadvantage, however, Epsom ,1 trainers have seized every possible . opportunity to tutor their young pupils in the art of pacing and trot- — ting, with the result that quite a number of the juveniles are beginning B hoW promise, and encourage their • attendants to the belief that they will one of these days deliver the goods in •r real earnest. ’ 3 V, as the weather becomes more seasonal, and the tracks in and around Auckland provide more appropriate footing for the future light-harness hopes of the district, their education -frill take on a more serious shape. As they improve, the next consideration of owners and trainers will be where to test the youngsters at the racing How Clubs Can Assist •- The only trying-out ground under existing conditions is that offering on tho country circuit, and it proves an • expensive experiment for owners to *■ travel their charges round the *s*nalls” to give them racing experience, which is a great essential to the * green pacer and trotter. While it cannot be expected that the clubs racing in the metropolis could frame handicaps with limits elastic enough ip suit the young novices, it would not bo asking too much of the Auckland and Otahuliu Clubs to provide juveniles with an opportunity to sport silk in public at their spring and ' summer fixtures. Many progressive galloping organisations encourage their future competitors by holding a ' •‘full-dress” parade early in the sea- ! jMjii. after which several heats for two and three-year-olds are staged during the season. Benefit of Parades VAbaydos” is of tho opinion that parades of this description would prove a boon to tho owners and trainers of the young trotters and pacers, ahd prove extremely beneficial to all concerned. As tho Auckland Club does not open its grass track for training purposes, the staging of these rehearsals for the youngsters would

an indication of their speed prowess, the pair shape very pleasingly when stepping along leisurely at exercise. A Well-bred One Geo. Plant has a Peter Moko representative that shows quite a lot of early speed, and while he is not built on big lines, his make-up is the right way. The young trotter claims Rosie Drift as his mater, and lie should prove a credit to his parentage with age and experience. The latest addition to the young square-gaited brigade at Epsom is the filly by Guy Parrish, from Bell Bingen,

provide also the opportunity of having a run on the turf, which considering that all the racing in this province is done on the grass, would give them an idea of what the footing was like and prove beneficial to them later on. Tho parades could be divided into two divisions, trptters and pacers, one staged on each day of the earlier fixtures and if tho local clubs will move in the direction suggested they will not only earn the gratification of tlie owners and trainers, but will be adding further to the popularity of the sport and assisting to raise the standard of the district’s young competitors. YOUNG TROTTERS The young square-gaiters which frequent Alexandra Park in search of trotting knowledge are representative of such high-class sires as The Triumph, Al Mack, Travis Axworthy, Worthy Bond, Guy Parrish, and Peter Moko, and it will be passing strange if from the fine lot that daily puts in an appearance at Epsom th'ere does not blossom forth a Dominion Handicap and Rowe Cup winner. One of the novices in the more advanced stages of the business is the Al Mack—Natalie colt belonging to T. McQuoid. He is a well-grown, strongly developed type of young horse, and has an action that promises fine things. A. J. Julian has a handsome young colt claiming Al Mack as his sire, the dam being the highly bred Gineta. This chap is well put together, and has an easy style of locomotion that augurs well for his future. He may require time to develop his speed, but there should be no shortage of this commodity. Triumph’s Progeny Stan Selkirk has one in hand by The Triumph from Liberty Belle, and a . fine specimen of thoroughbred he looks. When first educated, he was tried in the straps, but Selkirk discovered that he possessed marked ability at the square gait, and he is now developing into a promising young trotter. C. G. Lee also has a representative by The Triumph from Roma, which should later on prove a useful sort. More of the Mardell sire’s gets are in evi-

purchased in the South by T. Richards, and now under tho care of C. G. Lee. The filly is not very forward in condition, and looks a» if she will take time to get her bearings. However, tho breeding is there, and Lee is a patient chap that will give her every chance to prove her real worth, and judging by her action she will make a good one. JUVENILE PACERS In the pacing department there is a good variety of well-bred sires represented, but Blue Mountain King stock appears to predominate. This sire’s progeny are showing fine promise, and there is no doubt that among the novices now being educated at the park will be found some to reach the high tide of proficiency. McKencLrick Bros., who successfully raced Blue Mountain King, have a three-year-old filly by the Auckland Cup winner of 1923, from a remarkably well-bred mare named Guiding Star. Known as First Flight, the youngster has shown plenty of speed over short courses, but in her only public appearance at Epsom she proved her greenness by remaining at the peg till the field was well away. She is engaged in the Auckland Derby at Christmas, and will have racing in the interval to prepare her for the big task ahead. Trainer Foley has a filly from Princess Ena that was sired by the Ribbonwood

* dene© at Otahuhu, and three in par- * ticular that are early attracting atten--1 ll on ar ° from such mares as Lucette, * Harvest Home, and Papatina. * J. S. Shaw lias a couple of young * fillies that prefer the pure gait, one * being by Travis Axworthy from Dot J Peters, and the other a daughter of . Florrie Bingen by Worthy Bond. Both 4 are well grown, and have excellent * blood to recommend them. While they * are n °f fn.r enough advanced to give

horse, and she is one of the most promising novices seen out for some time. Two others by the same horse that catch the eyo when paraded on the track axo Geo. Phipps’s filly from Cool Time, and the daughter of Kewpie in Joo Geo’s care. They are a shapely pair, and well mannered, and give the impression that they will be O.K. when tuned up. C. G-. Lee and J. Herring are each educating young Blue Mountain Kings, and while not as far forward as some of their relatives, no fault can bo found with their conformation. Other sires represented at Alexandra Park by young and novice pacers include Al Mack, Worthy Bond, The

Triumph. Gold Bell, Peterwah, Man o’ War, Florizel, Great Audubon, and Nelson Fame. Promising Al Macks Two Al Mack candidates of promise are the filly from Rosie Drift, belonging to-Geo. Plant, and a half-brother to Free Advice, in Togo Lees stable. The former is well forward, and shows herself possessed of speed as as being level-headed. The relative of Free Advice was also coming along in good style, but met with an accident recently that has necessitated a temporary retirement from training activities. . ~ n „ Sid Medley is busy with a nice filly bv Worthy Bond from the 1919 Auckland Cup winner No rah Creina, and tho voungster, who was rather backward during tho winter, is now furnishing* into a good type of pacer, and she has already shown signs of speed when driven bv Jim O Kane. fche is amongAhc entrants for the 1930 Great Northern Derby. Two by Great Audubon are attracting favourable attention, and Bequest’s son in Bert Dyers

charge is developing into a solid pacer. Tho other, a brother to Vanity Boy. is being educated by Geo. Webb, and is coming, along nicely of late. A filly by Man o’ War from Liberty Belle is showing a lot of promise for W. Whitten, while a sturdy-looking three-year-old by Peterwah from Princess Ena is doing well under A. Shepherd’s tuition. Two or three Gold Bell novices are taking time to develop speed, but a Florizel candidate, whose dam is a Harold Dillon mare, is shaping attractively for trainer Lee. A Son of Nelson Fame L. McMahon has the honour of educating the biggest of tho babies in the Worthy Bond gelding belonging to Mrs. Collins, while to lend a little colour to the scene, a grey colt from Ruby Huon by the great speed merchant Nelson Fame is daily in attendance at the track. He is a sturdy-looking customer, and appears to be well supplied with brains. The young Nelson Fame is the property of Newdick Bros., of Moneymaker and First Carbine fame, and they also possess another grey, a unfortunate enough to lose a younger colt by Nelson Fame. A. Julian has a couple of juveniles that have good breeding to recommend them, both being by Worthy Bond from Haricot and Miss Rolf© respectively. At Otahuhu, several youngsters by Tho Triumph and Worthy Bond are .receiving their initial instructions. T. Brady has a well-grown colt by the latter sire from Papatina, while another likely-looking son of the same sire from Agnes Chief, dam of Akenehi, is being handled by Miss Nancy Edwards, who is also attentive to two stately daughters of The Triumph. 1929 TROTTING FIXTURES Methven T.C.—OcL 5. Waikato T.C.—Oct. 12. Northland T.C. —Oct. 19. New Brighton T.C.—-Oct, 39. Greymouth T.C.—Oct. <s6, 28. Auckland T.C.—Oct. 26, 2S. Oamaru T.C.—Oct. 28. Wellington T.C.—Nov. 2. N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. —Nov. 12, 11, 15. Otahuhu T.C. —Nov. 20, 23. Forbury Park T.C.—Nov. 2?, 30. Nelson T.C.—Dec. 6, 7. New Brighton T.C.—Dec. 14. Ashburton T.C. —Dec. 26. Gore T C.—Dec. 26. Auckland T.C. —December 27, 2S, 31. Westport T.C. —Dec. 26. 27. Winton T.C.—Dec. 28. South Wairarapa T.C. —Dec. 26, 28. Inangahua T.C.—Dec. 30.