HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1415, 7 June 1917, Page 12

HAWKE’S BAY.

Form Up and Simonides Retaken in Hand After Spell—Boden ham Shaping Well Over Hurdles—Kirkby’s Latest Achievement at Wingatui.

NAPIER, Monday. Form Up and Simonides, who have of late been recuperating at Otatara, have again been put into commission, and the pair are again tenanting boxes at K. Quinlivan’s establishment at Hastings. This educator has also got going a trio of coming two-year-olds by Demosthenes. A brace of them are fillies out of Formula and Stressa, while the other is a gelding out of Gold Bond. This latter mare is by Gold Reef —Pursering, and is therefore a full-sister to Gold Purse, Auratus, Gold Thread, Gold Circle and Legal Tender. Her son is an evenly-turned youngster, chock full of power and quality, and if appearances are a guide to good results, assuredly this young ’un has favourable prospects ahead of him. Mr. G. McDonald, the owner of Sensitive, has purchased a lour-year-old full-brother to King’s Favourite (K.ng’s Guest —Rain). He is yet unbroken, but is shortly to be put through the initial stages of his education, and then will join Sensitive at Hastings. Bodenham, one of the members of J. Oldfield’s team at Greenmeadows, is being schooled over the big fences at Napier Park, and is shaping well in his efforts.

Alces, who was lor a long per.od running in the interests of Mr. P. Hunter, of Porangahau, and who during her service for him only won one event out of 37 starts, was returned a victor a short time back in the Wairoa district. She was strapped for business at a Maori meeting and came in by herself, the prize that came her way being a bag of flour. She is now owned by a native sport, Mr. Patu te Rito, who acquired her from Mr. T. F. Walker, who bought her from Mr. Hunter.

While Gladful was scoring in the Great Northern Hurdles, his fullbrother Kirkby was scoring in the Otago Steeplechase. It is not often that full-brothers are seen out in victorious action on the same afternoon. Mr. Whelch, who owns Kirkby, is a steward of the Napier Park Racing Club, and Waipukurau Jockey Club, and seems to have a penchant for buying cheap horses and making them pay their way. Kirkby cost Mr. Whelch 25sovs., and had never scored prior to becoming his property. Originally sold to Mr. A. Sellars for 250 guineas, a half-share in him was subsequently purchased by Mr. P. P. Neagle for a few shillings, but he did the confederacy no good, and for a matter of eighteenpence he became the sole property of Mr. Neagle. The latter gentleman, getting heartily sick of him, passed him on to Mr. Whelch at the above figure, and the first time that he started for Mr. Whelch he ran third in the Taihoa Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase at the last winter meeting of the Otaki Maori Racing Club. The next afternoon he accounted for the Te Roto Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase, the runner-up being Immensity, who at that time was trained by Mr. Neagle. It was certainly bad enough to get beaten with Immensity, but there was more gall in it when the victor turned up in a nearly given away horse that was once the property of the educator

of a hot favourite in Immensity. Kirkby won in the name of Mr. Barret, a Canterbury resident, who is a partner of Mr. Whelch. Impostor has been taken out of work, and will be on the resting list for a short time. Last Wednesday Merrie Lad arrived at Greenmeadows, and is once more an inmate of G. Colello’s stable, from where he was trained last season. The nominations received last Friday night for the winter fixture of the Napier Park Racing Club were really good, and evidently owners were in a generous mood, for both quality and quantity are apparent in the lists. Ramanuwhiri is on the order list to assist at the Gisborne Racing Club’s ’chasing gathering this month. The daughter of King’s Guest has brightened considerably of late, and can be expected to give a good account of herself when next sent out for battle.