HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1546, 11 December 1919, Page 11

HAWKE’S BAY.

K. Quinlivan’s Pupils—Honey Bee Still Suffering From Results of His Accident —Death of Patangata— Foalings at Porangahau — Latest Additions to L. Wilson’s Team — Chillies Meets With Slight Mishap —Master Black Amiss.

NAPIER, Monday.

Sensitive has been leased by Mr. G. McDonald to Trainer J. Lawry, of Hastings. Sensitive has been very disappointing of late despite that his track displays were of the top-notch variety, and it would appear as if Lawry has got the hardest part to do to turn him into a payable proposition.

Trainer J. B. Ware, of Hastings, has leased Warrawee to Mr. G. Bird, of Porangahau, and the son of Wolawa and -Musette will represent his new owner at the annual meeting of the Porangahau R.C., to be held on Boxing Day. The other day I looked up Ken Quinlivan at his framing establishment at Hastings. At the time of my visit his team was' not numerically strong, for the only pupils that he had in work were Lord Muskerry and Verbosity. The former has grown and thickened a lot since he was'last seen out on the racing arena, and he looks much more, powerful astern than was the case with him previously. Muscular and bright, there is every indication that in the very near future he will make the opposition exert themselves to the -full of their bent to si’ence his pretensions. Verbosity. who is a two-year-old son of Demosthenes and Suratura, is consequently a half-brother to Import, who has been making turf history of late. Like Import, Verbosity was bred and is owned by Mr. P. F. Wall, of Hatuma, and is an exceedingly evenproportioned youngster. He is not of any great size, but what there- is of him is, without doubt, just the very best, for fore and aft there is nothing left to be desired. He stands great on a set of the best of understandings,--with nice open feet. Honey Bee, who up to quite recently has been one of the stake producers that Quinlivan has controlled, is one of the sick and sorry lot, for he has not recovered from the bumping about that fell to his lot while contesting the Glengarry Handicap at Hastings in October. Quinlivan informed me that when Honev Bee was put on the rails during the race that the impact broke a couple of the posts of the fence, and from the appearance of Honey Bee’s near stifle it is easy to believe that there is no romance about the assertion. By the way that he moved about in the enclosure it would appear as if it will be a long time ere he will be the horse he was before the mishap, and there just seems a probability that he has made his exit from the active side of the business. Patangata (King Rufus —Vision) ended his days last Sunday at Waipukurau. He was being ridden by a lady over the traffic bridge in the model township, and becoming upset by the approach of a motor car got foul of it, with the result that one of his legs was smashed and his neck broken, his rider getting off with a shaking. Patangata used to be raced by Mr. B. C. McCormick, of Patangata, but was not a success at the racing industry, for out of fourteen send-offs in the 1916-17 season he was never sighted in a place at the right end of the journeys.

J. McCracken, the Hastings trainer, had more than a fair day at the Feilding meeting, for three of his team got into the stake distribution at the gathering. First Salute, owned and trained by him, secured the first award in the St. Andrew’s Handicap, while Arch Salute and Croesus, who

are owned by Mr. G. F. Hardy and trained by McCracken, ran second and third respectively in their attempts, the former filling the position of runner-up to Rose Queen in the Kiwitea Welter, and Croesus having Acre and Affectation in front of him at the finale of the Feilding Stakes. Other locally-owned and trained equines to participate in the disposal of prize money at the fixture were Maraetotara, Whiro and Athens 11., the combined efforts of the “Bay” bunch resulting in stake money to the extent of £715 coming to the district.

T. Quinlivan has just finished breaking in a four-year-old mare by St. Girons out of Toora. She was got in England, but foaled to New Zealand time, and is a rare bred one. Her sire is a son of St. Simon, and Toora, who was imported from England by Mr. G. F. Moore, of Wanganui, is by Royal Fox —Lady Forfar, by Forfarshire (winner of the English Newmarket Great Foal Stakes) from Lady St. John, by Childwick (son of St. Simon) from Miss Langdon. She was purchased in Wanganui in September of this year by Quinlivan, on behalf of Mrs. M. A. Perry, and has taken to her new walk in life amenably, making no fuss or bother when the breaking-in gear was put upon her..

The following are the crop of foals that have come to light at Mr. G. Hunter’s breeding quarters at Porangahau this season:—-Electric Spark (Electric Light—Little Whisper), a brown colt; Hymengista (Hymettus —Mungista), a chestnut colt; India (Mystification—Mungista), a black filly; Miss St. Cecilia (Wonderland — St. Cecilia), a bay colt; Mysterium (San Fran —Mystic), a chestnut filly; Merry Reel (Mystification—Scotch Reel), a bay colt; Reformulist (Mystification —ReformalisJ), a brown filly; Sicily (Formative —Miss St. Cecilia), a bay filly; Sparklet (Mystification— Electric Light), a chestnut filly; Tattle (Mahaki —Whisper), a brown colt; Miss Renown, a bay filly; Rouble, a bay colt —all to Crown Imperial II.; Rouge (Charlemagne ll.— Madder), a brown .colt to Kilbroney. Eland (St. Leger—Antelope) missed to Crown Imperial 11., Bliss (Stepniak —Far Away) died, and Mungista (Stepniak—Madder) colt foal to Crown Imperial 11. died. It was un-

fortunate for Mr. Hunter that the produce of Mungista did not live, for the youngster was bred on somewhat similar lines to Sasanof and Moutoa Ivanova, for Mungista is a full-sister to Ukraine, the dam of Sasanof and Moutoa Ivanova, and Martian, who begat the brace, was by Martagon, who also sired Crown Imperial 11. Patukia (King’s Guest —Concussion) is now being got ready for the fray by W. Whitaker, at Hastings, and will next be seen out in assaults upon the stake department at the annual venture of the Porangahau Racing Club, to be held at Porangahau on Boxing Day.

W. Stone, the well-known Hawke’s Bay trainer, had the other day to undergo a slight operation, and his many friends will learn with pleasure that in the very near future he will be about again. An aged son of Mystification and Calm that has been one of R. Gooseman’s pupils at Hastings for some time past has gone wrong, and he is to be returned to hfs owner, Mr. P. Hunter, of Porangahau. Hikoia, a three-ye'ar-old filly by Demosthenes —Ikon, and Mountain Chief, a two-year-old son of Mountain Knight—Mongonui, are the latest additions to L. Wilson’s band of workers at Hastings. Chillies got into trouble the other

day, another horse landing him on one of his knees, and the result is that he will have to forego his Woodville engagements. The other member of J. Lawry’s team, Sensitive, may possibly be one of the runners on the second day at Woodville.

Tari has quite got over the mishap that overtook him about six weeks ago, when he had the misfortune to run a nail into one of his feet. He is making good on the get-ready at Hastings, and may be looked for in the winning returns at no distant date.

In addition to Potentiality, Trainer J. B. Ware, of Hastings, is moulding into shape a four-year-old mare by Finland —Cantata. Mr. P. Duignan had a bit of bad luck with Master Black (All Black —• Musette) last week, for he went amiss in his work. Master Black was acquitting himself favourably, and it was anticipated that he would soon be ready for action. Now this as-

sumption has been destroyed for the time being, for it is intended to give him a turn in easy street to remedy his The District Committee of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club met in Hastings on Friday last, there being present: Messrs. J. S. McLeod (chairman), H. A. Russell, G. Ebbett, H. D. de Latour, J. J. Cato, and C. L. Mackersey. The following licenses were issued: —Trainers: C. O’Connell and S. Marshall; jockeys: C. Bracken, V. Windle, R. Olive, and H. Tricklebank; gentlemen riders’ certificates: R. Rood and H. Golds. The following programmes were approved: Napier Park Racing Club, Poverty Bay Turf Club, Waipukurau Jockey Club, and Tologa Bay Racing Club.