HAVS BAY

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 683, 9 April 1903, Page 14

HAVS BAY

April 7. ‘ D. Wright took the Rioter to Auckland to-night by the Tarawera. P. McLauglin will pilot the chestnut gelding in his essays during his Northern campaign. Since the Park Meeting, The-Rioter has been doing good work over the hurdles. A. Ellingham has taken up the Phantom with the intention of getting him ready for chasing events during the approaching -winter. The Shannon will not be seen out on the racing arena again, for the other day Torpedo’s genuine daughter went amiss while out at exercise, and as her owner, Mr E. J. Watt, owns such a large number of horses, he has decided to relegate

the Shannon to the breeding paddocks. This owner has christened the Phoebus Appollo—Aida colt Olympus. T. Quinliven, junr., who controls the destinies of the bearers of the blue and white uniform, has given the name of Mottle to the yearling full sister to Tortulla, that he purchased last Monday, at the attnual yearling sales of the Temahanga youngsters, and Merrywing is the cognomen rhat he has bestowed upon the Merriwee Fleet-wing filly foal. She is a half-sister to Bird of Passage and Straybirdf Judging from the general tenor of remarks that have been going the rounhls since the prohibition party have got elected for the licensing bench, it seems as if the several racing clubs here will have a tough time of it, as regards the publican booths, for it is understood that one of the boards of the prohibition ticket party’s platform is that no extra licenses must be granted. If this is true, race goers locally will have a dry time of it for the next three years, while attending the Hawke’s Bay fixtures, for not alone at Napier, but in Waipawa, the water faddists have got the big end of the log in their grip.