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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 173, 16 November 1893, Page 8

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|_BY

WIRE.]

November 13.

A great number of Hawke’s Bay horses are nominated for the Feilding races to take place shortly. The defeat of The Possible in the V.R.C. Maiden Plate by a head reminds one of the defeat of his three-quarter brother (Maxim) by just as little when Mr Stead sent the big gun over as a two-year-old to meet the son of Chester. Two or three times before they left Hastings I informed the readers of the Sporting Review that The Possible and Pounamu would be heard of in Australia, and you mark my word they will, too. They promised to make a fine pair the last time I saw them in charge of Ben Nichols, Danvers has been appointed handicapper to the Mohaka Club. Blood must tell. Chatterbox, who won the double at the Waverley-Waitotara Meeting, is full brother to Mr Douglas’ Mutiny. Despite the dull times there was a lot of betting over the Christchurch Meeting, and all the local horses were well backed, in addition to others, with the exception of Rosefeldt. Public feeling is in favour of the totalisator here, and it is increasing in Melbourne just at a period when there is a \ revolution in New Zealand politics, and when an effort will be made to abolish the machine. Christchurch seetns to be the happy hunting ground of Mr Douglas lately. He won the Grand National Steeplechase with Waterbury, then the N.Z. Cup with Rosefeldt, and ran Norton a dead-heat with Waterbury in the Curragh Steeplechase. His were the only Hawke’s Bay horses to score a win at the late gathering. It has not yet been definitely decided upon whether Merganser will go across to compete at the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting. The winning jockeys at the Town and Suburban meeting were — Whittaker. Cox, Goodwin, Myers, Wright, Reid and and Banksj one each.

The winning sires weie — Vasco de Gama, two. and Hiko, Holderness, Sterlingworth, Opawa and Emir Bey, one each.

Link, who won the double at the Gisborne meeting, is full sister to Swivel, and used to race in this district. Last season Avis (Emir Bey—Mavis), who won the Flying at Taradale, only scored on four occasions out of twentytwo starts.

In this district the V.R.C. Oaks was reconed a certainty for Bessie Macarthy, but apparently through an error of judgment on the part of White, the rider, Mr Gollan lost the stake.

Huia (Foul Play—Kitty Totara) was sold by a well-known Hastings resident for £l2 not long ago. He was put in work by Taylor, and a few weeks afterwards £75 was refused for him. Four Hawke’s Bay horses were among the last to finish in the C.J.C. Metropolitan Stakes. The sum of £3093 was put through the machine at the Town and Suburban meeting Dick Wheeler, who hasn’t had much luck for a long time, was the trainer of the winners of the first two races at Taradale. He got second in another event, fifth in another, wnile another horse under his charge fell in the hurdles. J. Redmond got one of his ribs broken when Eclipse fell in the hurdles at Taradale, but was in the paddock afterwards. The Maori jockey, Warren, who is not at all a bad pilot, got injured also through Harmony coming down in the Maiden Plate.

At the start in the Maiden Plate, Sylvanus (The Dauphin—lnisthona) fell and cut his knee, and then ran third. A nice looking filly started at Taradale in the shape of Barbelle, who is by Le Loup—Lady Florin.