Hawkes Bay Happenings.

NZ Truth, 25 October 1924, Page 10

Hawkes Bay Happenings.

(By "Demosthenes.") 1 The Waipawa annual meeting eventuates on Monday next. For the last ■ four meetings the club have experiencjed wet weather. Present prospects point to it being fine, and with the , good fields engaged this should be a . record meeting for the club. The maiden race includes a number ' of which niany have run prominently of late without actually. winning- Napier boasts of a good 'un m Damon, while ■ the": best ffoni . Hastings is i. Martona I (who changed hands the other day). 3 The latter's track work since our local ■ spring fixture points to an odds-bh dividend. • i Crown Jet may be given a run iri i the Maiden.,' Since running second to i Wassail last Easter Monday, Sir-G. $ Hunter's mare has beeri most disap--1 pointing. Toi'Taua has been galloping very I well, at .Hastings of • late—quite well i enough to have it on Merry Bells and i Woden m the Jumpers', Flat. Those who remember the Old English i saying, "that a .rogue should only be : supported when the race is up hill and > down dale," will no doubt go for Woden ; at Waipawa. Eric Marison has been engaged to » ride Gaze m. the Waipawa Handicap, I but he is not the moral the dogs are •Jbarking.

Whariti will have a chance m the Hack Welter to show us whether she is anywhere near the form of that four hundred recently refused for her. Practically the same lot will be saddled up for the Novice as was for the Maiden. Anyone who saw Kenyori win at the Park won't go past him here. Pblyastra, who gave such an inglorious display at the barrier at Hastings last meeting, will be started m the Novice and will carry about three stone overweight to have the services of the amateur rider, Mr. Geo. Greene, a renowned buck jump rider. If any of the public back him carrying this weight (approximately 11% stone) don't say they were not forewarned.^ Merry Bells, m the Gentleman Jocks' race, will have to r,un off the track to miss the thick end of the stake. Crown Jem has not won a race since being purchased from Sir Geo. Hunter by Mr. Frank Armstrong, and if she cannot win the Railway here it will be difficult to win anywhere else. Although Koodoo has not been m work very long he is galloping as well as ever, and as the opposition at Waipawa is not strong, the Elysian gelding will comihehce this season on the right side. . If you notice a good boy on The Strand m the Hack Flying, don't be shy. Western Boom does not look like standing a preparation. His crook leg is already showing signs of going again. * Of late local punters have got sick Of Comical and to-day at Wellington he will havi no following here. Before leaving Hastings, Runnymede was galloping very well and he will go very close in ' opening King John's winning Hst. The general impression here is that Gold Light will not be started m the Wellington Handicap, but reserved for the Champion Plate. Should she he, we will be on her to a man, despite Royal Divorce and Co. Of our trio— Teiga, Shirley and Father O 'Fly nn— engaged m the Wellesley Stakes, Shirley is the best and must be m the picture. Never m his life has First Salute looked better. This scribe prefers him the second day, as his preparation has been only over short courses and a race over a distance must make him a better horse next time up. Diamond Ring has been pleasing trairier Tom Clark of late and if the going is at all oii the soft side to-day she will find the 7st 81b easy. Tern Colello has disposed of Martina, but does not give delivery until after the Waipawa meeting. Hastings will ' he fairly well represented at Poverty Bay next week. Gaze, m the mile and a quarter, handicap^ provided he does not incur a penalty m the interim. , , Killoch, who managed to get second at Carterton last Saturday, will be taken to Gisborne and . should give owner Charlie Slater his first win. Last New* Year, Sang Froid was brought down from Gisborne with a reputation, but bumped a snag m the Waipuk. Maiden. If this half-sister to Royal Blood is anywhere as fit as then, the Maidens at Poverty Bay will riot be hard to pick. There are only two horses worth the name .engaged m the Hurdles at Gisborne, and Cuth Morse has both— Highway and Jovial. What will Startle pay m the Junction Handicap at the same meeting?