HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1373, 17 August 1916, Page 13

HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand’s Leading Racehorse Owner—R. Gooseman’s Team—Surtax’s Promising Steeplechase Prospects—T. Quinlivan’s Strong Team for Australia—Gold Shot Shaping Well Over Hurdles.

(From our own Correspondent.) NAPIER, Monday. Quietude is the name that has been selected for the two-year-old daughter of Woolloomooloo and Peaceful. It does not often occur that a stallion is seen out on the racing path when some of his progeny are also engaged in the industry, but such is the case with Woolloomooloo, for one of his sons, Woolahra, now a four-year-old, has been seen out in action. Mr. T. H. Lowry is expected back

rpO COLLECTORS OF “CAMELS.” — 1 Many thousands of “Camels” were sent in for Desert Gold Tea Competition. They are being counted witli utmost despatch. All competitors will be advised of results.

from America on the next trip of the Niagara. The Okawa sportsman was an easy first in the winning owners’ list for the just finished season, a,nd established a record for a single year’s winnings, his representatives having secured prize money to the extent of £17,22-1. Nearly half of this sum was captured by the champion filly Desert Gold. Of late years Mr. Lowry’s luck has been well set in the racing arena, as during the past eight seasons horses owned by him have secured £47,298 in stake money. Sensitive, who for a considerable period was under the tuition of S. Lindsay, at Greenmeadows, is now being trained at Hastings. Bon Reve is going along in good style in his essays over the schooling hurdles at Hastings, the going being greatly to his liking. With the tracks of a yielding nature, the son of Boniform and Dreamer will be sure to be hard to master, and in the near future may be looked for as a winner. R. Gooseman has got his team in nice forward condition, his pupils consisting of Indigo, Settler, Sicily. India, Step, Teka, Mazama (King’s Guest -—Eland), and an unnamed son of Manaiapoto and Waipuratu. The latter is therefore a half-brother to Sara Wai, Wai Ariki, Rangimarie, and Fairwater.

Byron, who is now undergoing a course of study under A. J. Ellingham, is a regular attendant on the try-out at Hastings. J. Laing has Hymen looking at his best, and the Karamu-bred son of Hymettius is fencing fast and cleverly over the hurdles at headquarters. Laing has also got in hand a gelding by Conqueror out of Cutterin, out he has not been asked to do a great deal as yet. He is the makings of a good one, and with luck on his side ought to have a prosperous future. Surtax still continues to acquit himself satisfactorily in his essays over the ’chasing impediments at Hastings. A bold fencer with a lot of pace, he is sure to be heard of with credit over country.

On Wednesday morning Eligible, Sasanoff, Sweet Corn, Gold Painting, Shrill, Chelloma and Red Pennant were entrained from Hastings for Wellington en route tc Sydney. The lastnamed is Mr. E. J. Watt’s representative, the remainder of the bunch being the property of Mr. W. G. Stead. T. Quinlivan goes in charge of the team, and he makes no secret of the fact that he expects the invading horses to make good in the Commonwealth, more especially Eligible and Sasanoff. The latter, he avers, is absolutely the best two-year-old that he has ever had under his tuition, and it must be admitted that he has been responsible for the education of quite a number of real good youngsters. If his opinion is not at fault, there should be a good time ahead of the son of Martian and Ukraine.

Gold Shot, who so far has not run up to expectations, is being given education over the hurdles at Napier Park by trainer-owner J. Oldfield. Like most of the Gold Reefs, he shows a lot of talent in the negotiation of the obstacles.