HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 854, 19 July 1906, Page 6

HAWKE’S BAY.

Napier, July 18. Mr. P. Neagle has leased Shanks from Mr. J. P. Wilson, of Wairoa. The gelding is now quarters at Green Meadows. The Hon. J. D. Ormond seems to have a lien over the Trial Plate, one of the events decided at the Wellington .C. Winter gathering, for his coming three-year-old colt Wirral, by Birkenhead —Nixie got away with the award on Saturday, and last season Nobility, another of the cerise bearers, proved victorious in the same race. In 1904 The Stake, who also represented the squire of Karamu then, got second place behind Nouro, who was carrying the racing uniform of Mr. G. C. Ormond, the eldest son of the Hon. J. D. Ormond. Catspaw arrived here the other day and has been taken over by Geo. Collelo. Another new arrival here is Jewel G*un, P. Raynor, the trainer of Rechabite, having been entrusted with the tuition of Needle Gun’s son. Ballynety, who went out at the late meeting of the Napier Park R.C., is to be treated to a long respite from labour. The little Irishman, as Ballynety is called, is such a hard parcel that It looks like good business to predict that he will again come forth to do battle in his usual game and determined style. Before Hineroa was allowed to claim the stakes i nthe Hack Flat at Gisborne last week, the ordeal of a protest for alleged inconsistent running had to be gone through. A caution to the owner, trainer (E. D. Malone) and his son (the rider of Hineroa) was the outcome of the affair. The backers of Malone’s horse collected £lO 7s for each pasteboard held on his number. Hineroa is by Daunt out of Hinepare, the latter mare having first seen the light on Porangahau station. She is a full sister to Freeland, Mystic, Mystical, Magic and Co., and consequently is a relative of Mystification, as his dam and Hinepare are full sisters. Some years back Hinepare used to carry the colours of a local native snort W Mahanga. Waiwhata, Trent, and a number of other racers were put up for auction last week, but no business resulted. The best offer for Trent was 56 guineas, at which price The Officer’s son was passed in.

The Waipukurau J.C. are. getting on apace with the improvements to their course. The whole of the racing path has been ploughed, levelled, and sown in grass, and now the running rail, which is to be erected the full circuit of the track, is being pushed on with. In addition to this, the whole of the outside of the running track is to be fenced and wire netting put up to keep the sheep (a large number of which are running on the property) off the galloping ground. When completed the improvements are estimated to be £3OO, not a bad outlay for a country club who owe its success to the progressive policy of its stewards. Prospector, Maui, Pawa and Kiikn, a quartette of victors at Trentham last week, all first saw the glint of day in these parts. Prospector was bred by Mr. Moore, of Waimarama station, and was broken in and handled by his present owner (Mr. T. Maher). Maui and Pawa were got on Te Mahanga station, and the former was sold as a yearling to Mr. J. R. McDonald for 95 guineas in 1903, and at the same sale Pawa fell to the bid of Mr. G. H. Prosser for 62 guineas. Ballistite, a half-sister to Pawa, by Torpedo, was once the medium of a sensational dividend. This was when she won the Settlers’ Hack Handicap at the winter meeting of the Napier Park R.C. in 1902, returning her supporters a dividend of £122 3s. “ Paddy” (J.) McLaughlin, who now educates Captain Shannon, Contender, Silver Lead and Miss Cranby was the pilot who steered Ballistite to victory. Kuku, who is a half-brother to Boomerang, was bred at Longlands by Mr. E. J. Watt.