HAWKE’S BAY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1551, 22 January 1920, Page 11

HAWKE’S BAY.

Golden Bubble, Spanner and Surveyor Nominated for A.J.C*. Doncaster Handicap—Wairoa County R.C.’s Meeting — Hastings and Napier Park Trained Horses Capture a Fair Share of the Stake Money— Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club’s Meet-ing—-“J. D. Ormond Memorial Cup” to Figure on Hawke’s Bay J.C.’s Autumn Programme.

NAPIER, Monday

Mr. W. Jewell, of Palmerston North, acted as deputy stipendiary steward at the annual gathering of the Wairoa County Racing Club last week. During G. Jones’ absence at Woodville the home members of his string are being attended to by R. Tiernay.

At a recent sale of thoroughbred yearlings in Auckland Mr. G. D. Beatson, of Hastings, purchased a halfsister to Statuette by Thurnham. She is called Lady Thurnham, and cost the local sport 275 guineas. A trio of locally-owned equines, in Golden Bubble, Spanner and Surveyor, have been nominated for the A.J.C. Doncaster Handicap. After seeing the first day’s racing at Wairoa on Tuesday and declaring the weights for the second day’s meeting, Mr. H. Coyle left the same night for Napier en route to Wellington.

Mountain Dew is the appellation that has been bestowed upon the yearling son of Mountain Knight and Concussion.

Trainer Luke Wilson, of Hastings, has donated a silver cup to the Hawke’s Bay Swimming Centre for competition amongst the lady swimmers of Hawke’s Bay. The prize is to be competed for at the provincial championship swims.

Hawke’s Bay representatives got away with a fair share of the stake money at the Wairoa County R.C. meeting on Tuesday, for out of the 840sovs. added money the Hastings and Napier Park trained pack collected 350sovs. as a result of their combined efforts, not inclusive of a couple of pieces of plate of the value of £5O and £25 respectively. Athens 11. was the biggest winner with 140sovs., and a trophy valued at 50sovs.: Lady Wolawa coming next with 140sovs.

and a trophy valued at 25sovs. The latter mare is owned and trained by Mr. M. Thomas, a well-known local native follower of the sport. Lady Wolawa is a three-year-old filly by Wolawa out of Wairakau, and was bred by Mr. T. H. Lowry at Okawa. Other members of Mr. Thomas’ team to get a clip of the stake money were Silvermanse, Marula, and Eheipa, the first-named pair running into third positions, while Eheipa secured a second placing. On the concluding day of the Wairoa meeting the local band secured 22050v5., the principal contributor to the amount being Lord Muskerry with llSsovs., Marula coming next with 75sovs. The most successful owner from these parts over the two days’ gathering was Mr. M. Thomas with 245sovs. and a piece of plate valued at 25sovs.

Hindi, the younger full-brother to Indigo, has been operated upon, and when next he lines up for business will do so as a gelding. He is a fine, bold-appearanced horse, but his conduct has been somewhat erratic of late.

The daughter of St. Girons and loora, who has lately been added to the active members of T. Quinlivan’s team, is making satisfactory progress in her education.

A meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club was held at Hastings on Friday afternoon, the president (Mr. M. Johnson) being in the chair. Messrs. J. Hart and J. Landels were appointed a deputation to wait upon the committee of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club with a view to obtaining the use of the latter club’s racecourse for trotting purposes. The chairman, Messrs. Lloyd, Piper and McFarlane .were appointed a programme committee. Mr. P. G. Dickson was appointed secretary, and Mr. A. I. Rainbow auditor.

The locally-trained and owned First Salute and Arch Salute will be likely runners at the approaching summer meeting of the Takapuna Jockey Club.

At a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, held last week, it was decid'dfl. to initiate at the coming autumn meeting a race to be known as the “J. D. Ormctnd Memorial Cup,” of 650sovs. and a cup valued at 100sovs., presented by the T-cns of the late Hon. J. D. Ormond. The stakes for the Hawke’s Bay Stakes was increased to lOOOsovs., and several other large increases were made to individual races.