WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 1009, 8 July 1909, Page 7

WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON, July 6. The prospects of a successful meeting at Trentham next week look bright. In addition to every one of the Club’s boxes being engaged by visiting owners, the whole of the private stabling in the neighbourhood of Trentham has been bespoke, and a big gathering of horses seems therefore assured. T. Prosser’s team will number ten, including Exmcor, Waitarere, Tauira, Simplex, Kurawaka, and Te Kahurangi. H. Telford has been busily engaged at Porirua during the past week, indulging the jumping members of Prosser’s team in schooling practice, and it is understood that he will do the stable’s riding at the W.R.C. gathering. Stuart Waddell secured seven boxes and this indicates that the Hon. J. D. Ormond will be well represented in the flat and hurdle events. The Karamu stable have nothing engaged in the Steeplechase events, this, considering that there was every prospect of Mr. Ormond’s horses playing a prominent part in this season’s cross-coun-try racing, is remarkable, but as Nogi and Audax have both been in the hospital, their absence is accounted for. The Wanganui trainer-owner, Alex. Hall, is reported to have a particularly clever pair of jumpers in Lull and Wirrall, and these, with the sprinter St. Bill, are reported to be sure starters in their Wellington engagements. Wirrall has not as yet raced over hurdles, but he is, however, a good cut of a horse for the game, and will make his debut in the Peninsula Hurdles Handicap. Lull’s first appearance will be in the Wellington Steeplechase. The veteran owner-trainer, Jervis George, is reported to be under orders for Trentham with the ever-green Paritutu and Waihuka. The older horse has many admirers amongst Wellington sports, and his victory would be hailed with much delight by those who witnessed his last gallant efforts. Latest reports from Taranaki state that Waihuka has shaped promisingly in his schooling practice over hurdles. The Trentham and Hutt Park tracks have been in capital order, and during the past week the local trainers have been enabled to indulge their charges in sound work. C. Pritchard, who trains at Hutt Park, has been busy with Penates, Aotea, Lady Paul, Te Ru, and others, and his charges are expected to run promisingly. Penates is not engaged in the first day’s handicaps, but may be given a run in the sprint events on the second and third days of the Wellington Meeting. J. W. Lowe and W. Davies, whose charges are located at Trentham, have given the horses under their care some solid exercise of late. Sir ’Frisco, Iranui, Seaman, Xavier, and Yosami are reported well forward, and should hold their own with the invading forces that will oppose them.

The local metallicians have opened double event books on the Wellington Winter Hurdles and Parliamentary Handicap, and quite a number of horses are being supported in the hurdle race. Pikopo, Sir ’Frisco, Pohutu, and Longner are strongly favoured for the Parliamentary Handicap, and business will considerably liven up after the acceptances are declared. The defeat of the N.Z. horse Waipu in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race cost local backers a tidy bit of coin on Saturday last. Private cable news advise that Waipu’s party were fairly sanguine. Kiatere is reported Well, and will be freely supported here for the G.N. Steeplechase.