HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 956, 2 July 1908, Page 7

HAWKE’S BAY.

NAPIER, July 1.

Waikaraka has been turned out. Sir Single, a half-brother to Gold Seal, by Sir Lancelot, has been handed over by Mr. S. Beatson to T. Wilson for a course of studies. Sir Single is without doubt one of the finest of his sire’s productions, and if his pace and determination is in keeping with his good looks a prosperous time is ahead of the intended bearer of the bird’seye jacket and scarlet cap. Asteroid has quitted the post for •n P ad(^ ock > an d her future address hi’OCd mores' paddock. Mr. H. H. Pharazyn owns a halfbrother by Merrimee to Fretwork. I refer to Comedian, a gelding whom I have always thought would make a real good hurdle horse f ever he does take on the business. There is not to the leaping game that his trainer, W. Stone, does not know about. Stone, it will doubtless be remembered, used to pilot Hopeful for the Hon. J. D. Ormond, when that horse .was successfully carrying the all-cerise in hurdle events. When T. O’Brien returned to the paddock after steering Full Cry in the Waiohiki Hack Hurdles last Thursday he met with a great rally from his brother professionals, some of them remarking that they were glad to see him back again all serene, others ejaculating, “I suppose you are glad it is all oyer? ” Probably they fancied that O Brien was having his first leg up in an obstacle race. Such an idea was, however, fallacious, for he made his debut over the battens on the other coast of this island. A. (Paddy) Raynor is handling the ban Fran—Aio youngster, who is proving an amenable scholar. Bailie is under orders to leave for Gisborne on Friday night. My. C. O’Donoghue was not present at the Park on Thursday to see his horse, Top Rose, settle the opposition, a severe attack of quinsy confining him to bed.

Previous to starting at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s Meeting, Mr. F. Armstrong purchased Hinupai. There was a proviso attached to the deal, and that was that he was to run in the interests of Mrs. A. G- Palmer through the two local meetings. Hinupai will in the future be used as a ladies’ hack.

Judging from what the president of the club has told me, pressmen will have room to attend to their duties when future fixtures of the Napier Park R.C. takes place. It is quite time something was done in the matter of keeping the press room and 'stand available only for those whose work requires them to use them. On several occasions last week it was absolutely impossible for several of the scribes to see anything of the events owing to the front of the stand being packed with people who had no right whatever to the positions they had taken up.

White Lie coughed very badly after she had finished up in both of her races last week, and it did not seem at all humane to ask her to carry silk in the condition in which she was. That she is game there is no denying, struggling on the way she did when not herself by any means. Separator has joined J. Quinlivan’s band of workers, who are now domiciled in J. Griffith’s stables. J. Webster, Mr. H. H. Gaisford’s private trainer, has just broken in a four-year-old gelded son of Captain Webb and Miss Irwell.

The other day I noticed Replete, a four-year-old daughter of Jet D’Eau and Countess, being used as a ladies’ hack.