HAWKES BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 421, 18 August 1898, Page 11

HAWKES BAY.

A victory for Slumber —Retirement of Zanella—Nightingale—The victory of Dummy — The Danevirke dub — Palaver lame —Mr Rathbone’s youngsters — The Napier Park dub. Napieb, August 11. Slumber won the principal event at the Woodland Hunt Club Sports, held at Danevirke on Wednesday. This was the one mile and a quarter handicap, in which Somnus’ daughter carried 13.7, beating four others. Zanella has bid adieu to the racing path, and will be put to the breeding part of the industry this season. Nightingale, the half-sister to Golden Plover by Somnus, is now a stable companion of Coolgardie at Mr Weston’s stable at the Spit. Mr Richardson’s brood mares who formed Robinson Crusoe’s harem last season will be put to Martini-Enfield this season. Dummy was well supported here for his win in the National Steeplechase to-day, and though Hussar was a great fancy for the Maiden Hurdles, there were several followers of Hope’s stable who profited by Penrose’s success in that race. The Danevirke Jockey Club has had a very successful year, the balance-sheet showing at their meeting held on Tuesday night last a surplus of about £4O. Mr G. Hunter, M.H.R., was re-elected patron, and Messrs H. Gaisford, 0. Baddeley, and F. S. Cowper re elected vicepresidents. The following officers were also reelected Judge, Mr T. H. G. Lloyd; clerk of the scales, Mr Hartgill ; clerk of the course, Mr R. Rooke; starter, Mr H. Piper; handicapper, Henry ; totalisator clerk, Mr Wyllie; stewards, Messrs Allardice, Blakiston, Dickey, Godfrey, Halligan, M. Henderson, McPhee, Neagle, Crowley, McDermott, Parker, Hoerarangi-wae-Kouni, Karaitiana, Manaha Peewai, and Hore Pine. The treasurer (Mr Baddeley), secretary (Mr W. G. Hunter), and the auditor (Mr Newenham) were also re-elected to their old positions. The committee was recommended at the annual meeting to print balance-sheets seven clear days before the date of the annual meeting, while the drawing up of rules, fixing of salaries, and the arrangement of the date of the next race meeting were also left in the committee’s hands. Votes of thanks to the retiring officers and to the chairman brought the meeting to a close. August 16. Mr Rathbone’s Palaver, the three-year old full sister to Zanella and Blarney, has gone lame. The same sport is having three of his youngsters handled. They are the colts by Dreadnought, St. Andrew, and Seaton Delaval from Last Chance, Flatter, and Taihoa respectively. The Napier Park Racing Club held its annual meeting last Friday. Present: Messrs J. C. McVay (in the° chair), E. W. Knowles, P. Dinwiddie, F. Moeller, F. G. Smith, J. Vigor Brown, J. H. Swan, R. Sweetapple, S. E. Cooper, C. Palmer, W. Heslop, J. Bickwell, S. Charleton, A. Eccles, and W. Kinross White. A credit balance of £lO5 7s lid was shown on the year’s operations. The chairman said that full information as to the club’s operations was contained in the report and balance sheet. Outside of that he had nothing to add, as everything relating to the year’s racing was as well-known to the members as to him. The Park Meetings were very popular and well supported, and the racing was always of a high character. He very much regretted that it had devolved on him as vicepresident to take the chair in the absence of the president, Mr J. Close, who was still unable to get about through indisposition. The amount to the club’s credit was not a very large one, but it seemed to him that they were to be congratulated on having a credit balance. The stakes had been kept up, although the times were not so good as a few years ago, in the hope of pulling through, and they had so far been successful. Last year there had been a credit balance, while this year there was a better one, and they hoped that it would be still larger in the future. The

committee met subsequently and the programme for the spring meeting was considered and adopted, the events being the same as last year, and no reduction being made in any of the stakes. A sub-committee was appointed to deal with the matter of proposed alterations to the buildings on the course. Some routine business was transacted and the committee adjourned till next Friday, when the autumn and winter programme will be considered. Despite the fact that the metropolitan Club of this district, the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, have pared their prize list down somewhat, the Parkites have decided not to follow the lead, and their action in the matter is to be highly commended Their opening fixture has as much money allotted for stakes as that of the previous year’s gathering, which shows that they are doing their level best to tender for the wants of owners and maintain their status as liberal providers of stakes. It is to be hoped that they will meet with the proper appreciation.