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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 128, 5 January 1893, Page 6

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December 29. Pearl Powder won the Waipawa C.R.C. Handicap on three legs. Hippona (dam of the great Northern crack, St. Hippo) has dropped a colt foal to St. Andrew or Le Loup. It is considered pretty certain, though, that the Hawke’s Bay Guineas winner is the sire of the youngster. The two-year-old colt by Foul Play— Miss Dargon will probably be named Comedy. He is at Martindale. Mr Douglas’ Jocasta has dropped a foal to the Musket horse Hiko. The winning sires at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s meeting were Mute, St. George, Somnus, Lord of the Isles, Foul Play and Cadogan. Chester’s pedigree is unknown. Two youngsters at Mangatarata, one by Forerunner — Miss Dargon and the other by Forerunner — Cartouche, both met with accidents while being operated upon recently and are dead. It is Mr Douglas’ intention to hold a sale of young blood stock at Te Mahanga in March next, when twenty lots, or perhaps more, will be offered by auction. Nanki Poo 11., who paid £25 in a race at Waipawa, belongs to a station cadet at Tamumu. He used to hack him about everywhere, and noticing that the animal, who is by Hercules, was possessed of some speed, he was induced to place him in the hands of Joe Griffiths to train. Joe only had him about a week when he entered him for Waipawa, rode him, took the lead after the flag fell and won all the way, notwithstanding the efforts made by Jewel, a daughter of Bundoora, to catch him. Beggarman, who raced at Hastings for the first time on Boxing Day, is a nicelooking chestnut with a rather suspicious leg. The three colts, The Possible (Nordenfeldt —Realisation), Kempenfeldt (Nordenfeldt—Bianca), and the Newminster —Beryl colt, who has not yet been given a name, will leave Hastings for Australia on or about 15th February. Hickey has come over for them, and will only take the trio. This will be a better contingent

than has yet been taken to Australia by K Mr Gollan. A better boned lot will not % have left the Colony, and although Nicholls thinks there is a great future before the Beryl colt, I fancy Maxim’s half-brother will turn out a great colt. ’• He takes a lot of picking to pieces. A mare that should soon pay her oat , bill is Secret, by Mute—Mystery. She is owned by Goodwin, and when well .forward ought to show a bit of pace. Sir Tatton,’by Tattler—Dolly Varden, made his first appearance up here over sticks in the Trial Hurdles at Waipawa, but was not near at the finish. He was giving everything weight, however. Three youngsters—a St. George—Fair Nell, Nordenfeldt —Iphigenia, and another young Nordenfeldt—are about to be brought down from Mangarata and broken-in by Nicholls. Lorelei, the dam of Noyade (winner of the Two-year-old race at Hastings) is full sister to Satyr, the hurdler. Pearl Powder was covered by Henchman this season. Merganser ran just about where I thought she would in the Auckland Cup. I was pretty certain that she would get a place, but I could not see her in it with St. Hippo, whom I was enamoured with before the Hawke’s Bay Guineas, and picked him for every race he has started for since. He is a regular Carbine. Eight stone nine did not trouble him in the Auckland Cup, and the question is could he har e carried 9.0 to victory just as easily. I think so, because weight does not trouble a good horse the same as it does indifferent animals, on whom people are continually losing their money. Carbine won the Sydney Cup as a three-year-old with 9.0 up in 3.31. St. Hippo romps home in the Auckland Cup in 8.30£, and when we come to look at his New Zealand Cup performance in the Spring the admission must be made that he is “ a dandy.” I do not think, if he is well, anything in Australia will make him gallop if he goes across in March. (By Wire.) Tuesday. A man named Comisky got a month’s imprisonment here last week for altering a totalisator ticket and seeking payment from the totalisator proprietors on a winning ticket, and to-day a youth of seventeen summers named Walsh re-

ceived a like sentence for a similar offence. Both cases took place at Hastings on Boxing Day.

At Woodville races there was a good attendance. Most of the races were won easily. Lady Isabel, who won at Ashurst, started the day by appropriating the Stewards’ Handicap of one mile with 8.9 up, Eclipse and Clio being in the other places. Secret and Lobelia also ran. Dividend, £3 4. She also won the Flying Handicap with 9.0 up, Stock Boy being second, and Sunlight third. Lobelia and Secret were again unplaced. Mr. Quinlivan’s mare won easily. Dividend, £1 12s. The W.J.C. Handicap saw Osman drop out. Mr. Gaisford’s Maid of Lome, by Lord of the Isles — Marie Antoinette, won easily by three lengths from Mairua and Eclipse, and paid £5 Bs. dividend. Sunlight, Waterbury’s half-sister, was the only other starter. In the Selling Race Wayerley just got home from Banker, and paid £ 1 13s. The Maiden Hurdles fell to Active, who beat Risk, Esau, and Banker, and paid £z 13s The two last-named ran off. Southern Chief cantered home as he liked in the Maiden Plate, and paid £2 17s. The last race of the the High Weight Handicap, which Clio won from Waverley, Banker, Pat, and Pango. Dividend, £3 Bs. All the horses for the Hurdle Race were scratched, and the event consequently fell through.

Owing to bad weather, the Napier Park Racing Club’s Meeting could not be held on Monday, when it rained all day. Thestewardsconsequently postponed them until Friday. I think Chester will win the Trial Hurdles; Kapua the Midsummer, with Free Lance and Rangiatea in the places; Zanella the Two Year Old; Water Lily the Settlers’ Handicap, with Chris and Tell Tit in the places; and St. Katherine the New Year Handi cap, with Rosefeldt second and Queen of Trumps third. For the Flying I like Ua, with Free Lance second and Dreamland third.

I notice in your last issue “ Sir Launcelot” refers to Noyade, winner of the two-year-old race at Hastings, as being by Forerunner out of Falconet. This is wrong ; her breeding is by Lord of the Isles —Lorelei. Captain Russell, to whom she belongs, however, has a youngster by Forerunner out of Falconet called Jangal, and the breeding of the pair is mixed up in the book programme issued by the Auckland Racing Club. It was this that probably misled you. [“ Sir Launcelot ” took his information from the A.R.C.’s book programme. — Ed. Sp. Rev. J Wednesday.

Owing to continued bad weather the stewards of the Napier Park R.O. have further postponed their races till Tuesday.