Good Trotting Mare Has Had Last Race

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1013, 2 July 1930, Page 12

Good Trotting Mare Has Had Last Race

GAME ROSE BINGEN OFF TO MATRON'S PADDOCK The popular trotting mare Rose Bingen has competed in public for the last time, and had her ftna. race in the Members’ Handicap on the concluding day of the Auckland Club’s winter fixture. The daughter ot' Nelson BingenRose Elect is rising 12 years and has raced since attaining the age of three, although to sport silk. During her career the mare has won approximately £ 4,000 Jn stake money, and in 1925 scored a decisive victory in the Rowe Trotting Tup at Alexandra Park, running the two miles in 4.36. In her earlier days the daughter of Kelson Bingen was i toed Hawera sportsman. J. R- Corrigan, for whom she won several events. Latterly hose Bingen has • urried colours of Messrs. Wilfred and Campbell Johnstone. Earning Distinction Rose Bingen commenced racing as :• three-year-old. winning three times and being second in her other start. At Hawera in 1922 the young marc attracted considerable attention by competing in two consecutive events. She won the Taranaki District Trot, a saddle heat, with a four-minute limit, from 132vds behind. registering exactly her handicap, 3.49. and was ridden by W. Head, the veteran reins-

A LONE HAND r FHE decision of the West Aus- ** tralian Trotting Association not to endorse certain actions of the New South Wales Trotting Club has created an interesting situation. It means that reciprocal relations between the two bodies has ceased and it looks as if the West Australian Association might be playing a lone hand, as there is reciprocity among all the other trotting associations of the Commonwealth and New Zealand.

man. Attached to a. sulky and driven by A. K. Adams. Rose Bingen was brought out again for the following event —Taranaki Futurity Stakes —for three-year-olds*, and the fillv finished a good second to J. Bryce’s Katana, and tramped 3.42 2-5. This was the commencement of a fine career for the well-bred squaregaiter. and she continued to secure a good percentage of prize-money each season. Purine: the session of 1934-25 Bose made a big effort t«* reach the £I,OOO mark, and when the honours’ list was compiled she was only £65 short of being a four-figure winner. The next year the trotter annexed the Rowe Cup, and this with a minor placing saw her cheque lifted to “£690. Rose Bingen kept pegging away quietly in 1927-2 S to win a round hall* thousand. Under A. J. Julian’s Care When the present season opened the owners of the solid trotting mare felt disposed to send her to the breeding paddock, but finally decided to give her a. chance to win another Rowe Cup. Placed in A. J. Julian’s care. Rose Bingen soon convinced the Green Lane trainer that she was far from being a spent light. "When the Otahuhu spring meeting came round, the Nelson Bingen mare began to show good form, and on the second day beat a useful field in the Visitors’ Handicap. It is now history how she was defeated in the last Rowe Cup, after putting up a gallant tight for victory. The irony of the situation (which later developed into dissatisfaction) was that the winner was trained and driven by Mr. W. Johnstone’s private trainer. A further blow was in store for the Rose Bingen party, and this was delivered by the Auckland adjuster who, on the second day, penalised the mare 2 4yds for her second in the Rowe Cup while the third horse. Young Blake*, escaped any penalty. The latter dulv won. Spoiled Rose’s Final Chance Rose Bingen again gained second place, and when the pair met on the concluding day Young Blake again . t .^iP k 4 lh ?. f thick sllce o* the cake from Tartars marc. This line form, for litUe money, had the effect of getting Rose Bingen back to a tight mark, rom which it was proved at subsequent meetings that she had no chance of success. While her owners would have liked to see the game and consistent square-gaiter add another success to her list before retiring. they recognise the opportuntbrouSh the infliction of the full penalty at Christmas, which Ymfn! P, a i Vanta f, to thc u npenalised anrl llav e definitely decided to retire the mare to the* stud ,A°„i e - CI | S 1 ? n has - vet **cn reached as l horse she Avin be mated with ! flUf ; sU " n " m be carefully stuff led. and Rose Bingen given a chance to leave to the trotting snort neririns"" that V" and I erhaps surpass, her doughty deeds.