HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1429, 13 September 1917, Page 11

HAWKE’S BAY.

Blackall’s Excellent Essays Over Hurdles—Eligible Enjoying a Lengthy Spell—My Pal Fails to Reproduce Track Form—Foalings at Longlands —Nicomar to Rejoin Active Brigade Shortly—Teka a Probable New Zealand Cup Candidate.

NAPIER, Monday. Blackall is giving excellent displays in his essays over the obstacles at Hastings. One of the difficult candidates to overthrow this week at Dannevirke will be Vermillion, who trainer J. O’Neill has in real good trim at present.

The Napier Park Racing Club invested £5OOO in the War Loan. Owner S. Marshall, trainers W. Fallahe, J. Goodger, B. McKay, W. Griffith and J. Rule, jockeys J. Kemp, J. H. Simpson, S. G. Ware and E. C. Smith were amongst those drawn locally in the last ballot.

At the monthly meeting of the Hawke’s Bay District Committee, held last Friday, Rangi Thompson and H. Lorrigan had a renewal of their jockey’s licenses granted. At the previous meeting of the committee both applications were held over.

Mrs. M. A. Perry, the only daughter of the late Mr. G. P. Donnelly, has had bequeathed to her, according to the conditions of her late father’s will, all of his thoroughbred stock, besides other legacies, and apparently she intends to be represented on the racing track, for she has registered as her racing badge the scarlet and white striped jacket and cap that for so many years were the colours borne by her deceased parent’s turf aspirants.

Eligible has been returned to his owner, Mr. T. E. Whelch, of Wanstead, by trainer T. Quinlivan. About three weeks ago Eligible arrived at Hastings, and was put into work, but after going on with him for that period Quinlivan formed the opinion that to continue with the son of Boniform and Class meant serious trouble, and, therefore, the gelding has been relegated back to the paddock again. S. Lindsay is moulding into shape Kilhope, the two-year-old son of Kilbroney and Angele, who is held under lease by Mr. T. H. Lowry from Mr. J. B. Reid.

My Pal (King’s Guest —Amoureux), prior to leaving here to assist at the Marton meeting last week had been

doing such finished work over the hurdles at Napier Park that his party gave him real favourable chances of success in the Hack Hurdles there. However, through coming down at the first fence he was denied the opportunity of making good. So far My Pal has only started twice in lepping events, and on both occasions has come to grief, his other mishap occurring at the last winter gathering of the Napier Park Racing Club. In his rehearsals over the obstacles My Pal has shown a lot of ability, for he has fenced rapidly and cleverly and his failure in public is hard to get over. Sensitive, who is acquitting himself meritoriously in his exercises over the hurdles at Hastings, is a starter at Dannevirke on Wednesday. He has a dual engagement there in the Jumpers’ Flat Race and Hack Hurdles, but it is intended that the latter event will be his mission. Mr. T. H. Lowry has booked half a dozen of his brood mares to All Black, the bunch consisting of Aurarius, En Parole, Belfry, War Scare, Pourparler and Labour Day. Other mares that will be associated with Mr. Watt’s stallion this year are Tigris, Hermia, Salute, Conceit, Effort, Princess Cole and Jena. Eloquence, the three-year-old filly by Demosthenes —Formula, is due to arrive at Mr. Watt’s breeding establishment at Longlands for the purpose of beingmated with Wolawa. Muskerry will form one of Demosthenes’ harem for this season. Foalings as under have taken place lately at Longlands: Concordia (Prudent King—Emblem), a chestnut filly; Perseis (Positano —Circe), a bay colt, both to Wolawa. Float (Captain

Webb —Bonne Idee), a chestnut colt; Drought (Mostyn—Nightmare), a bay filly, both to All Black. Drought is the property of Mr. W. J. Douglas, of Te Mahanga, the other mares beingowned by Mr. E. J. Watt. , A. J. Shearsby has obtained another lease of Sleight of Hand from Mr. F. Armstrong, the contract expiring on the 29th of next September. Kipling is the cognomen that has been bestowed upon the two-year-old half brother by Demosthenes to Bobrikoff.

Nicomar, who is being hacked about by S. Lindsay, looks burly and bright, and the chestnut gelding will shortly be put into solid work. Demosthenes’ progeny got into the money at Marton as was anticipated, Elocution capturing the Railway Handicap, and Impediment and Silver Tongue running second and third respectively in the Electric Hack Handicap. Another of the Hawke’s Bay representatives in Bodenham secured second berth in the Hack Steeplechase.

It is intended that, Teka will be one of those locally nominated for the New Zealand Cup. T. Quinlivan has a band of eleven equines being prepared for business.