OUR NAPIER LETTER.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume II, Issue 89, 7 April 1892, Page 3

OUR NAPIER LETTER.

(from our own correspondent.) It is thought hear that Whakawatea cannot very well help winning the Canterbury Champagne this month, Day Dream notwithstanding. Mr. F" Collins, owner of Link, has purchased a fine upstanding two-year-old colt called Splitlink, by Mute — Swiviline, from a Hawera sportsman for £x 30 Splitlink who has not yet sported silk is full brother to Link and Swivel. Whisper and Krina were well backed here for the big event at Taranaki, but their admirers had to go under, for Prestige was a snag they had not reckoned on knocking against. He has apparently been kept for the Taranaki event since he cut up so badly at Wellington. We have a half brother to him here in Captain Webb. They got rather mixed up at Manawatu the other day when the race books were issued before the acceptances were due, and the consequence was that the numbers in the book did not correspond with those that appeared on the machine. Mr. Jas. Lyon has been elected treasurer of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. I believe that Mr. Ormond has purchased a colt by Voltigeur Maori Girl on the other Coast for 75 guineas. The animal is halfbrother to Gasparini. Claude, who is owned by Mr. McAndrew, is now being tried over sticks, and jumps beautifully. The Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club came out with a nice little balance to the good over their late meeting. If the Racing Club’s continue to act in so arbitary a manner as they are now doing towards the metallicians the latter will be put on their metal. I believe they intend to have it decided by law whether or not a Club has a right to warn a man off their course. After Kaikora we will have a pleasant little gathering at Waipukurau to attend on Easter Monday. There will be a large batch of horses nominated for the New Zealand Cup by Hawke’s Bay owners this year. Teddy Yuille is, I believe, a life member of the Wellington Racing Club. The members consequently do not care about ordering him off their course. The Union Rowing crew who defeated the . Napier and Poverty Bay crew rather easily

recently on the inner harbour, are to be entertained shortly by the)members of the Club which they so worthily represented. Queen of Trumps goes off in a most peculiar manner sometimes, a fact which renders her very unreliable. Her acceptance was telegraphed for the big money at Taranaki, but had to be revoked later on in the day on account of her indisposition. If Diadem is well she ought to go near winning the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps at Christchurch. Merganser was fancied by a number of sports for one of the events at Christchurch, but her owner was not satisfied with her treatment, and withdrew her name.