HAWKE’S BAY

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 957, 9 July 1908, Page 8

HAWKE’S BAY

NAPIER, July 8. Fred Whitehouse will steer Baltic in his engagements at Gisborne. Mr. A. McDonnell, who owns the Crackshot gelding, left by the Waikare last night for Gisborne to witness his horses efforts.

Mystification has been moving very scratchily in his work of late.

Kildonian, Armada’s two-year old son by Kilcheran, is in active commission, he is now being one of T. Quinlivan, junior’s pupils. A. Raynor has finished breaking in the coming two-year-old son of San Fran and Aio. Cauldron has been satisfying his mentor by the excellent manner in which he has been accomplishing his tasks. He is a full brother to Merriwai and gives promise of carrying the blue and white racing banner of Mr E. J. Watt with credit.

Last week the Hon. J. D. Ormond sold Mistime to Mr. S. Lindsay. Birkenhead’s daughter will carry her new owner’s colours at the Gisborne R.C. Steeplechase Meeting. T. Quinlivan, junr., has sold Mottle (Torpedo-Honeysuckle) to Mr. H. Gaisford. It is the latter’s intention to mate her with Stepniak this term, and as the association of Tortulla with Musket’s son produced Diabolo, it appears as if Mr. Gaisford had made a suitable selection as regards a stallion for his newly acquired property, who is a full sister to Tortulla and Ngaio. Owing to T. Wilson having no spare room at his establishment at present, Sir Single is quartered at W. Rayner’s stables, where he will remain until after the National fixture. Gazeby’s many disappointments to his connections has resulted in his being turned out. It is possible that during the fast approaching season he may be made use of as a lord of the harem in connection with some of his owner’s mares.

Harry Jackson, Mr. Moore’s (of Wanganui) private trainer, intends to take on the starting business after he secedes from his present employment, which will be at the end of the month.

The appelation of Centuar has been claimed for the three-year-old full brother to Probable and Prize Bloom. Mr- J. Allen, one of the local amateur horsemen, left for Gisborne by the Talune last Friday night for the purpose of steering Aroha in his goes over the country at the Gisborne R.C. Steeplechase fixture. California has been striding along well in his work at Hastings during the past week.