WAIRARAPA.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1491, 21 November 1918, Page 10

WAIRARAPA.

Gladfui and Misslove to Return to Masterton —Local Horses’ Achievements at Riccarton —Mr. Kemball’s Most Recent Purchases—Mr, A. McDonald Purchases a Valuable Colt — Death of Well - known Wairarapa Racing Identity. MASTERTON, Friday.

Owing to the indefinite postponement of the Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting, it has been decided to bring Gladful and Misslove back to Masterton. They may return for the northern fixture at a later date.

Although neither Hymestra nor Nanna got into the money at Riccarton the racing they had there can be depended upon to work an improvement on the Opaki-trained pair. Mr. A. Brightwell’s gelding, Master Boris, which is now being trained at Palmerston North, will probably make his next appearance in the Hack Hurdles at Feilding.. He has quite got over his throat trouble. Local trainers who had been assisting at the Cup carnival did not reach home until a week after the last day’s racing, owing to the hold-

ing up of passenger vessels due to the prevailing epidemic. Those visitors who did not remain for the final day’s racing were back in the Wairarapa on Sunday last. Mr. F. Jensen’s two-year-old Hytinas is showing in her track efforts at Opaki that she can muster up a lot of speed, and P. Daly has the daughter of Hymettus and Martina looking fresh and well. Hytinas claims an engagement in the Feilding Stakes, to be run at the end of this month.

Nearly £BOO was won in stakes by Masterton-trained horses during the Riccarton meeting. Snub’s win in the Canterbury Cup was worth £575, while Torfreda’s second in the Electric Plate and Affectation’s third in the Welcome Stakes brought in £lOO each to their owner, Mr. A. McDonald. Nothing is going better at Opaki just now than Hydrus, and he is expected to strip at his best at Ashhurst, which meeting, by the way, has been postponed until the 27th inst. in view of the epidemic. During J. T. Jamieson’s absence in the south, the stable has been in charge of the head lad, Bert Jury, who is taking Hydrus through to Ashhurst and afterwards to Feilding, the latter meeting being set down for decision on November 30.

At the yearling sales at Christchurch last week, Mr. Kemball gave top price (825 guineas) for a colt by Martian from Rose Red. Another Masterton owner, Mr. A. McDonald, gave 800 guineas for a colt from Strathsprey and 700 guineas for a Vicella colt.

In common with other districts, the Wairarapa is having quite its share of the influenza epidemic, and several stable attendants are down with it in a more or less serious form. At Featherston it is reported to be very severe, and as the Wairarapa Racing Club’s course is only a short distance from the camp, very little is being done on the track just now.

The death occurred at Gladstone on Saturday last of one of the oldest trainers and veterinarians of the Wairarapa district in the person of Mr. Philip Crewe. It appears that the deceased was crossing a log spanning the creek leading to his house, had lost his footing and fallen into the water. An inquest was held when a verdict of accidental death was returned. The late Mr. Crewe had not taken an active part in racing matters during the past few years, confining himself to the veterinary business. In the early days he won a number of races in the Wairarapa and Wellington districts with horses trained by him, among the number being Lady Agnes and Te Taiaha, the latter paying a dividend of over half a century on one occasion at Tauherenikau.

During the recent New Zealand Cup meeting Mr. W. R. Kemball, of Masterton, purchased Scornful (by Bonny Glen —Lady Disdain) and the two-year-old Rebuff (Martian — Lady Disdain). It is just about 12 months ago since the local sportsman bought Nanna and Snub out of the same stable, and' he has had no occasion to regret his purchase, as between them the pair have won about £2500 in stakes. W. Hawthorne will now have 16 horses under his charge at Lansdowne. Rebuff is a full brother to Snub, the Canterbury Cup winner, and although he has not yet raced he shows plenty of promise, and is well thought of by his recent mentor, G. Murray-Aynsley.