WAIRARAPA.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1480, 5 September 1918, Page 11

WAIRARAPA.

Hymestra in Steady Work —Warmth May be Tried Over Hurdles —List of Wairarapa Trainers for Present Season —Mr. W. R. Kemball Probably be Represented at Avondale Meeting—Wishful on Easy ListRed Ribbon Resumes Work —Lady General and Chimera Also Rejoin Active Brigade. MASTERTON, Saturday. The Wairarapa Racing Club will distribute £5OOO in stakes for the three days’ racing this season. Hymestra is being kept going steadily at Opaki, and is looking particularly fresh and well. He will make his first appearance as a four-year-old at the Trentham meeting in October. W. Hawthorne will take Gladful and Multaine on to Dannevirke after the Marton fixture. Stan. Reid will ride the former in his engagements. The Campfire gelding Warmth does not seem to have struck form since coming to the Wairarapa, and may be given an opportunity of dis-

tinguishing himself over hurdles in the near future.

The following Wairarapa trainers have been granted licenses for the present season: W. Hawthorne, J.* T. Jamieson, T. Pritchard, J. J. Gravestock, W. Garrett, T. Higgins, R. P. Daly and R. Knox (Masterton), H. Eva, W. Galbraith and P. Hazleman (Featherston) and W. Corlett (Carterton). It. is practically certain that Mr. Kemball will have a representative carrying his colours in the Avondale Stakes. W. Hawthorne will also take up one or two handicap horses to compete at the same gathering. Good progress is being made with the alterations to the tea rooms at Opaki, and an appreciable difference will be noticed by patrons at the next meeting. Sir Solo has quite recovered from the soreness he suffered from after the first day at Riccarton, and is being kept going steadily in view of the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting, where he was successful last year. Wishful was allowed to drop out of his Marton engagements, and is on the easy list. W. Hawthorne has handled the two fillies purchased by Mr. Kemball from the Waikanae stud, and is quite satisfied they will be able to gallop when their time comes to face the tapes. Red Ribbon has been taken up again, and W. Garrett will be sending her along as soon as the weather takes up again. Both the sprinters Lady General and Chimera are in steady work and are looking much benefited by their absence from the track.

A promising apprentice riding work at Opaki is Ernie Garrett, a son of the local trainer. He has a good seat in the saddle, and has a promising career before him.

Comment developed slight bleeding troubles while at Riccarton, but is all right again now, and will probably be seen out at Dannevirke and Otaki.

Torfreda was not taken to Marton, and is not likely to be seen out in public until the local meeting takes place. She has grown during the winter, and a successful season is confidently looked forward to by her owner, Mr. A. McDonald.

Local trainers have been at their wits’ end during the past few months to keep their charges in condition, and it has been the wettest season experienced here for a number of years. Last week the weather cleared, and just as a little solid work was being done down came the rain again, and it has been impossible to use the training track. Four days’ heavy rain has fallen this week, and horses with engagements at Dannevirke will not be in forward enough condition to do themselves justice. The two-year-olds, of which there is a large number in work, will not be at their best until late in the season.