HAWKES BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume X, Issue 477, 14 September 1899, Page 12

HAWKES BAY.

Foalings — A full brother to The Officer—Tauhei in good condition — Sylvanus and Coverlet — The Napier Park Racing Club —A law case over First Rlood.

Napieb, September 12. At Mr Rathbone’s breeding farm, at Riversdale, Flatter has given birth to a brown colt, by Apremont. At Mangatarata, Tireuse a colt to Jet d’Eau. A full brother to Marie Louise, dam of The Officer, Beauharnais by name, is a bay, and is used as a hack by his owner (Mr Petitt, of the Waipawa district). The Gisborne-owned New Zealand Cup candidate, Tauhei, arrived here yesterday for the purpose of being prepared on the-Hastings track for future engagements. The grey mare is now quartered at Martindale Lodge, Percy Martin’s training establishment. She looks big and well, showing that she has wintered well. Butterworth, who has charge of Tauhei, gives as his reason for shifting from the Gisborne track the bad state of the going there. The hurdle horse Sylvanus and Coverlet, a black gelding by Quilt from Last Chance, are doing hack duties on Mr Rathbone’s station at Hampden. Mr Adean’s pair of ’chasers, Beaufort and Coastguard, are to be blistered and spelled for a considerable period. A committee meeting of the Napier Park Racing Club was held yesterday. Present: Messrs McVay (in the chair), Sunderland, Bennett, Bicknell, Hislop, F. G. Smith, and Sweetapple. Mr John Bennett was appointed judge. It was decided to submit the privileges of the club to tender on Saturday next at noon. The Otaki Racing Club is to be written to re clashing of dates, the Otaki Club having fixed its Spring Meeting for October 11th and 12th, while the Napier Park Meeting takes place on the 10th and 11th. The committee adjourned to meet at the Park course on Saturday next at 2,30 p.m. At the Hastings S.M. Court last Friday the ownership of First Blood caused a dispute between two Maoris. Jury, of Ohiti (for whom. Mr Dusk appeared) claimed £lOO from Taranaki, the well-known native, of Waipatu (for whom Mr Scannell appeared). The story of Jury was that he had purchased the horse First Blood at a sale by Murray, Roberts, and Co. in 1895, that his father (Arona) had advanced the money (£64), but that he (Jury) had repaid his father soon afterwards. The horse was trained by John Lagor, then in the employ of Taranaki, who had the horse in his possession, and ran it in races until it was sold to Mr Platt at the last Pahiatua races for £lOO Up to this time Jury had never sought to exercise any rights of ownership, although First Blood had publicly scored winnings to the amount of £177. Soon after the sale Jury demanded the £lOO that Mr Platt had paid Taranaki. Taranaki, on his part, swore that First Blood was not, and had never been, the property of Jury. Two-thirds share in it belonged to his (Taranaki’s) mother, Victoria, and one-third to Arona (Jury’s father). These three shares had been fully and formally presented to witness according to the Maori custom and usage. The first time he heard of Jury’s claim was when Jury demanded first £lOO, then £64, then £32. Taranaki told him that he would not pay him sixpence. A mass of evidence was heard, at the conclusion of which Mr Turnbull nonsuited plaintiff with costs, £8 17s.