HAWKES BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume X, Issue 499, 15 February 1900, Page 12

HAWKES BAY.

TALK OF THE TOWN. Napiee, February 13. Mars (Ingomar—Lyre), who has been having a lengthened spell, was taken in hand again last week by Stewart Waddell. Roller, Renown, St. Bridgid, and Temaraire are striding along well in their tasks just at present. Though Daunt has been entered at the approaching Autumn Meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, he has been having such an easy time of it lately that I do not expect him to show out in his old form should he be a participant in the racing at Hastings next month. Kissmary, who was purchased by Percy Martin in Auckland, arrived here by the Flora yesterday, and was sent out to Martindale Lodge later on in the day. Her owner was loud in his praises of the generous manner in which he and his confreres of the Hastings Bowling Club were treated by the Northern bowlers. The progeny of Kaiwaka were to the fore at the annual meeting of the Rissington District Racing Club on Saturday, for a couple of his gets secured a brace of wins apiece, Tired capturing the Patoka and Rissington Cup Handicaps, and Waitio (who is a full sister to Mangaohane, the v inner of the New Zealand Grand National in 1888) was triumphant in the Hurdles and Woodthorpe Handicap. February 9. George Collelo has got Waterstone going again, and Waterfall’s handsome son looks as if he has benefitted by his rest. His trainer has been riding him schooling work over the hurdles at Napier Park during the past week, and, for a beginner, he shapes real well at the business. The Frenchman is fast recovering from the mishap that laid him out just before the Woodville meeting last month. The judge’s ruling at Wairoa, on Wednesday, did not give universal satisfaction as regards his decision on the Flying Handicap, for able and experienced followers of the game were quite satisfied that Yild had won easily, instead of which the mau-in-the-box’s verdict went up for Whitirea. Finding that Orizaba was unsuitable for a “ troop horse” for the Third Contingent, Mr Richardson generously replaced him with Daring (Dreadnought—Elflock), the half-brother to the Hon. J. D. Ormond’s speedy Phooka. The adjourned meeting of the H.B. Jockey Club Metropolitan Committee was held yesterday (Thursday) at the Criterion Hotel, Mr H. F. Logan in the chair. The following licenses were granted : —Trainer, George Clifton j jockey, W. Lister; gentlemen riders : Messrs A. M. Shields, H. R. Peacock, E. T. Brown, E. 0. Pardoe, B. Kainrata, M. Kainrata, John Wilson, Alfred Boggs, Stanley W. Hovell, John Culahaw, W. Brewer, W. Hamlin, H. Sebley, T. Tier, and Peter Hiha. The programme of the Gisborne St Patrick’s Day Annual Sports was approved. Thoroughbred stock was fairly well represented at the Woodville A. and P. Show this week. In the class for mares of any age, with foal at foot, one of Mr Gollan’s, Needy Gift (by Jet d’Eau— Forlorn Hope), secured first award. Mr W. Lemon, who used to own Bush Rose and who has been represented on the turf lately by Eiderdown, got the first prize in the two-year-old filly class with Calm, a daughter of Kempenfeldt (full brother to The Shrew and Repose. Needlegun (Nordenfeldt —Patch), whose son, Jewel Gun, is st owing good form just now, sired Roto, the yearling filly who triumphed in her class.