THREE BIG THRILLS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 853, 23 December 1929, Page 13

THREE BIG THRILLS

AUCKLAND TROTTING CARNIVAL COMPETITORS BEST TIMES With eight well-filled events on the Auckland Trotting Club’s programme for Friday, lovers of the light harness sport are assured of some high-class racing at Alexandra Park. Three heats of paramount importance are scheduled on tho opening day—Auckland. Cup, Rowe Trotting Cup, ami Great Northern Derby—and never in the history of tho pastime in this country has such a feast of good things been provided for one day. Th remaining five items will be contesfe l by pacers and trotters of quality, .and every event staged on Friday will provide plenty of interest and excitement ior patrons. The three big heats referred to will, however, bv sufficient inducement to attract a record crowd at Epsom, and spectacular racing, with real thrilling finishes, should be witnessed in these items. While there is good form on all sides to assist backers in making a final selection, the problems to be solved aro decidedly difficult, and betting will not be confined to a few in each instance. For the benefit of readers, and as a further guid-e to followers of the sport in their arduous task of spotting the dividend-payers, “Abaydos” appends the best time of each candidate in the two Cups and De.rby. In the lat er event, several of the starters have no performances to grive a line on their capabilities, but the seven which have won races are listen with their best record. AUCKLAND CUP 4.28 limit. Bonny Logan (4.29 3-5) .. Lt. Conoliffe (4.29 3-5) Lt. Dilworth (4.26) Lt. Free Advice (4.27 3-5) . „ .. Lt! Linkman (4.25 2-5) Lt! Machine Gun (4.25 2-5) .. Lt. The Abbey (4.28 4-5) .. .. Lt. Imprint (4.25 1-5) 24yds. Peterwah (4.23 4-5) .. .. 24yds. Gold Jacket (4.24 2-5) 48yds. Kohara (4.25 4-5) 48yds. •Prince Pointer (4.22) .. .. 60yds. Padlock (4.21) 72yds. Peter Bingen (4.18 4-5) .. 84yds. ROWE TROTTING CUP 4.36 limit. Raima (4.34 2-5) Et. Peter McKinney (4.3 S 1-5) .. I,t. Ngatira (4.35 4-5) .. .. .. 12yds. Koso Bingen (4.35 1-5) .. 12yds. Kempton (4.34 2-5) .. 48yds. lister Beatrice (4.2 S 4-5) . 48yds. ''aikaha (4.31 2-5) .. .. 48yds. Western Voyage (4.30 2-5) 60yds. Young Blake (4.28 3-5) .. S4vds. Elzear (4.28) 108yds. Peterwah (4.23 4-5) .. .. 120yds. GREAT NORTHERN DERBY Purser, first .. .. .. Royal Silk, second ~ .. 3.22 2-5 Agingo Ngingo, third .. 3.22 3-5 t'tat Parrish, second .. 3.25 4-5 t»rand Canyon, firsr 3.44 Lydia, first .. ~ . . . 343 3-5 first Flight, first, (Uni) 2.52 2-5 Where Times Were Recorded N^ Ser> Royal Rilk - -ind Ngingo PUt “ p th ?ir splendid time the a i i- ey finished in that order on I . lnS ! on dlrt in the recent fourth J'°®t®*t. Great Parrish was Ko t T. 1 lat . event - being clocked to 3 •>- out his best placed record of on thl° V, as registered far second place On the 'Alexandra Park grass course, her mu " e track Rirst Flight tramped 2-5 m, ‘ e und “-quarter effort of 2.52 their . "rand Canyon and Lydia won fixtor,. at .?. at 1,10 recent Forbury Park in en the clay track was not seven JOI,OB like * ast order. The p,. 0 " youn Ssters mentioned, if all make -T 1 at thelr best Friday, will course* -f r ! at dls P' a y over the Derby its hot’ and> Providing the track is in 3jo r __° rder ' Taurckareka’s record of iMh» i ered , ln 10t’3. with J. Bryce tured su * kj > should be severely frac-