HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1122, 12 October 1911, Page 7

HAWKE’S BAY.

TFrom Our Own Correspondent.) NAPIER, October 9. After assisting at the Wellington meeting on the 21st and 23rd of this month Rangi Thompson leaves for Melbourne, and during his stay there will pilot Hoanga in his Victorian engagements. Miriam, the younger full sister to Ariom, has been set going again by Verney Colello. Like the latter mare she is the property of E. J. White, of Porangahau. At Te Mahanga station Polyanthus (The Possible —Violet) has produced a filly to San Fran, and at the same establishment The Brook (Torpedo— Rivulet) has foaled a colt to Signor. Scots Fusilier, who met with bad luck last Wednesday, and had to be destroyed, was bred by Sir William Russell. His dam, Dear Heart, is a daughter of Coeur-de-Lion and St. Katherine.

All Trumps got badly knocked about while schooling over the battens at Napier Park on Saturday morning, it will be some considerable time ere The Officer mare will be seen out in action again. W- Stone has turned Laughter out for a short spell, and the only horse he has now in work is a five-year-old

full brother to Niwaru (Torpedo— Lady Heart). W. Griffiths did not long remain in charge of C. J. Parker’s team'. Last week the Gisborne owner made arrangements with Atlas White, of Waipawa, to attend to the requirements of his horses for the future.

Since his victory at Hastings last week Bobrikoff has been bowling along in good style on the track at Napier Park. Hatana, a rather common looking gelding, is back at his old quarters at J. Oldfield’s establishment at Greenmeadows. On the track he puts up excellent times, but when stripped for battle fails to reproduce his private essays.

T . O’Connell, who got tossed about and damaged while he was schooling the now defunct Scots Fusilier a couple of weeks back, is making good headway towards recovery and expects very shortly to be able to get into the saddle one more.

The Hawke’s Bay Metropolitan Committee met on Friday at Hastings at which T. Quinlivan, junr-, asked that the Hallinan case be re-heard, but the application was refused.

The following programmes were approved:—Porangahau R.C., December 26th, the stakes £225; Wairoa R.C., January 23rd and 24th, stakes £575; Woodville J.C., December 6th and 7th, stakes £1445; Mohaka R.C., January 18th (no tote). E. J. Watt is expected back in Hawke’s Bay next Thursday from Sydney. The New Zealand Cup horse Midnight Sun accompanies him-