HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XII, Issue 707, 24 September 1903, Page 8

HAWKE’S BAY.

Napier, September 22.. Nance O’Neill arrived at Green Meadows last week. The mare is located at the stables where T. Jones and H. Hickey have their teams quartered. Robin Adair left for Wairoa to-day, where he will be lord of the harem at his owner, Mr Richardson’s, breeding, establishment. The three-year-old son of Jet De’au: and Lady Florin has had the name of Florio claimed for him. He is under the control of George Collelo, who also hasSirius’ younger full-sister Asteroid inwork. Mongonui has quitted the racing business, and is now an inmate of the brood' mares paddocks at Temahanga. Carbine’s much-raced and travelled daughter will be mated with San Fran this season. Amber, Murmur, and a gelding by Drury Lane out of Link, have joined theactive team of workers under A. Wood’s, suition, which ’increases the bearers of the blue and orange racing string of Mr Geo. Richardson to nine. W. Kirk, oneof the jockeys connected with team, has been engaged to ride Benefactor in his contracts at Rang’itikei this week. The Hon. J. D. Ormond has christened a batch of his yearlings as follows :— Bulbul, chestnut filly by Sir Lancelot— Orientale ; Courageous, brown filly by The Officer—Temeraire : Elfrida, chestnut filly by Sir Lancelot—Elflock ; Lancegaze, brown colt bv Sir Lancelo-L-Miss-Evelyn ; Lantalto, chestnut filly by Sir Sir Lancelot—Trentalto ; Martyr King, brown colt by Sir Lancelot—Martyrdom; Medallist, bay colt by The Officer—Target ; Oenone, browrJ filly by The Officer— Mount Ida ; Perdita, brown filly by The

Officer —Montdread ; Purity, brown filly by ide Omcer —Enid : Uoit foal by birkem.ead —lemeraire Auaax.

Additional foalings at 'ie Mahanga are: —rhe Biook yiorpedo —Rivulet) blacx colt to >i>an bran ; Aio (Mute — ■VVhaitiri; bi own inly io iorpeao; Amoureux < i orpeao—ixose jo Amour) brown uliy to .uahaa. Komanon, bold fc>eal, Aroha, Scallywag, Jriinetaura, bold bust, laura, Ontario, Viet neef, Nukumarata, and Kohupapa, left for Rangitikei this mording. ihe latter is not engaged at trie meeting, out nas contracts to fuini at the wanganJai meeting, and is accompanying uis starne pals, Hinetama and Gold beai, to Rangitikei; benefactor leaves to-morrow for Rangitikei. All are well forward, and may oe expected, if they run up to tracx form, to make a respectable showing at the meeting. Lord jdoos, Nobility's two-year-old full-brother, is not being hurried, as ne is a big-topped customer who will oe best served by taking matters easy with him. He is a handsome young un, being more atiiactive-look'mg than Ins defunct relative. Electric Gun, wiio is educated in company with Lord jcoos ny John Quinlivan, has been registering good work during the week. n left to his own desires ne does not exert nimself, but when asked tor an’ effort, replies in a tradesmanlike manner. In conformation he is the beau ideal of a racehorse, and a handsomer specimen of the thoroughbred it would be difficult to discover. Melodeon, Starshoot, Float, Roseshoot, Olympus, Spoil, Aloufera, and Tradewind, have been going very satisfactorily in their labours of late. An look very forward, and 1 do not think the latter has ever appeared so brigm and muscular previously. Stewart Waddell had three of the Hon. J. b. Ormond's two-year-olds down at the Hastings track the other day, and they put in good work. Victorine and Hahurangi arrived last Wednesday on a visit to Merriwee. Last week I had the pleasure of an introduction to the first of the Birxenheads. The new' arrivals, at the time of my visit, numbered five, and they are particularly solid and specimens, and give every evidence that with luck on their side that they r will develop into racehorses, for one and all are gifted with all of those attributes that augur well for a successful career in the arena of the turf. Good bone, size, and level construction being the trumps that the progeny of the English stallion possess in every lot, no matter how large or small it may be. TheFe is always orß that leads the way r ; and this honour, to my way of thinking, is held by the hay’ son of Lullaby. The stallions on the estate, Birkenhead, The Officer, and Sir Lancelot, all look in fine fettle to stand their duties this season. The last-named has lost none of his beauty, and it would indeed be a very hard and arduous task to locate a handsomer stallion than the half-brother to Sir Modred. Carrington, who has control of the breeding establishment at Karamu, has a very' busy time of it, more especially' at the present time, for there are fifty-three brood mares, three stallions, and thirty-six yearlings to be attended to and cared for. Notwithstanding these facts, whenever I pay the establishment a visit nothing seems a bother or trouble to Carrington, and I know at times I am a bit of a nuisance in my thirst for knowledge.