HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1457, 28 March 1918, Page 12

HAWKE’S BAY.

Waipukurau Jockey Club’s Annual Meeting—lndications of a Successful Reunion—Croesus in Great Heart for Riccarton Engagements—Kirkby Being Treated to Spell. NAPIER, Monday. There is every indication that the annual meeting of the Waipukurau Jockey Club, which takes place on Easter Monday, will again prove a successful venture, as the majority of owners have expressed themselves as well satisfied with the weight manifesto issued by Mr. J. E. Henrys, and the acceptances, which are due tonight, should be numerically strong. Class is well represented, and consequently some excellent sport may

be looked for next Monday at this popular country racing club’s reunion. The track was never better than it is at present, and will assuredly be in favour of fast times being recorded. It looks an odds-on chance that the various patriotic funds will have a handy wad to handle, for the club, following the precedent established for the past two years, are donating the net profits of the meeting to patriotic purposes. Last year £4OO was the amount donated, which demonstrated that good business was the outcome of the executive of the club’s efforts. Mr. K. White, of Porangahau, is keeping Lord Laddo up to the mark, and as the full brother to Nobleman can fence quick and sure he may be looked for amongst the hurdle fields in the near future. Croesus and his stable comrade, The Summit, were railed to Wellington last Thursday from Hastings, en route to Riccarton. The half brother to Desert Gold appears to be real well, and his visit to the convincing ground of the Canterbury Jockey Club should prove financially a success. Prior to leaving here for Ellerslie last week, Impediment had been doing all that was asked of her and doing it well on the testing trail at Napier Park. Potentiality, who was also despatched to Ellerslie last week along with his stable companion, Elocution, has been doing excellent work since his forward running at

Napier, and he and Elocution will be hard to overpower in their attempts at Ellerslie.

Kirkby is having a spell on his owner’s (Mr. T. E. Whelch) property at Wanstead, and along with Impostor and Merrle Lad will shortly be put in work with a view to racing at the winter gatherings. Mysteriarch has come back to his best form, and the white-legged son of Mystification will be sure to run well at Waipukurau next Monday. Another gee-gee who looks to have chances of the rosiest description at the same meeting is Torchlight, who is a lot better horse than he was when he ran at Napier Park in the early portion of the present month. Parisian Diamond, who easily settled those ranged up against him at Rangitikei last week, is a full brother to Sauci, both being got by Charlemagne II. —Hope Diamond. He was bought by his present owner, Mr. G. D. Beatson, of Hastings, at a most reasonable figure, and has proved an excellent investment. The Martian —Labour Day colt that S. Lindsay is imparting knowledge to on the try-out at Napier Park is an exceedingly nice, even stamp of a youngster, and moves attractively in his exercises. He is the property of Mr. T. H. Lowry, who bred him. Greta, the two-year-old daughter f Rokeby and Miss Dalrymple, that was purchased by Mr. J. W. White, of Havelock North, at the November sales of 1916 for 160 guineas, is at pesent on the resting list. Taumanalia, the shapely two-year-old son of Demosthenes and Mangaroa, who ran second to Palm Oil in the Nursery Handicap at the New

Year meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, is now the property of trainer J. Munn. Taumanaha, who was bred by the late Mr. W. J. Douglas, was bequeathed to Munn under the conditions of Mr. Douglas’ will. Taumanaha’s name appears in some of the baby events to be decided at Riccarton on Monday and Tuesday next, and with good luck on his side in the running he should make matters torrid for his opponents. The connections of Palm Oil give him the best of prospects in the Oringi Handicap, to be run for next Monday at Waipukurau. He is a big, strong sort, and should be well suited by the track at the country meeting, for the bit of a hill that is located at the four furlong post is somewhat trying to a youngster that is not set in the sturdy mould. In the same event Chantry is expected to show out well, for she has been going on the right way since her recent victory at Napier Park.