WAIRARAPA.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1553, 29 January 1920, Page 13

WAIRARAPA.

Gladful to be Taken in Hand for Jumping Season—Trotting Becomes Popular in the Wairarapa—Wishful Doing Steady Work —Mr. W. R. Kemball’s Team to Compete at Taranaki Meeting —Rieuse in Work Again-r-Rebuff to Contest G.N. St. Leger at Ellerslie —Trespass’ Douro Cup Victory —Form of Local Horses at Trentham Last Week. MASTERTON, Monday. Gladful is to be brought in again next week to be prepared for the jumping season. The gelding is much benefited by his spell in the paddock. Trotting has taken hold of a number of sportsmen in this district lately, and quite a lot of trotters and pacers are to be seen exercising on the racing tracks and roads. Both the Opaki-trained two-year-olds, Weldone and Sir Walter stood on the mark on the opening day at Trentham, and took no part in the race. Scornful was brought home to Masterton on his return from Auckland. He lightened up while away, but is to contest the Pahiatua Cup. The stable has Multaine also engaged. The Tauherenikau-trained Arrowsmith cost Wairarapa sports a good deal of money when he failed on the opening day at Trentham. However, he ran an honest race, and was in the fighting line at the distance. Mr. C. F. Vallance has engaged Chimera and Little River at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s midsummer meeting next month. Mr. A. McDonald has Rose Wreath, Murihiku and Affectation entered. Wishful is now paddock trained, and seems to thrive on it. The son

of Boniform and Drought is doing steady work at Opaki, and is quite sound again. Probate has been doing well at Tauherenikau lately, and trainer Galbraith should not be long in winning a race with the full sister to Comment.

W. Hawthorne is taking Mr. Kemball’s team on to Taranaki after the Wellington meeting. Several members of the Masterton string will join those away before Hawthorne returns to Masterton, at the end of April.

Rieuse (Finland — Landrail) is again in work at Opaki after a spell, and Mr. Lloyd’s filly shows no signs of the soreness which laid her aside some months back.

Lord Nagar, one of Mr. Kemball’s Australian purchases, met with a slight mishap while running out in the paddock last week, but is all right again now. He will be seen out over hurdles during the coming jumping season.

Rebuff continues to grow and looks like being a bigger horse than his full brother. Snub. Rebuff is to go to Auckland at Easter, where he has an engagement in the G.N. St. Leger. Trespass won the Douro Cup at Trentham in good style, after acting as runner-up in the Trial Plate on the opening day. The Tressady colt carried 8.5. which is a fair weight for a three-year-old. This is the first win of Mr. Kemball’s colt since coming to New Zealand, but it should not be the last.

Snub usually runs his best races in a small field, and the majority of the stake money won by him has been in weight-for-age events, when the fields have been small. At Trentham on the second day Snub was galloping on well at the end of the Racing Club Handicap, in which he finished third.* Affectation developed soreness on the eve of the Wellington meeting, and had to forego his engagements. The son of Kilbroney — Simper has had a good deal of racing so far this season, and is beginning to show signs that he is not always partial to the training track. The four Wairarapa-trained candidates which competed in the Wellington Cup failed to get into the money. The best performances were put up by Rose Wreath and Red Ribboti, and both of these were up with the leaders at. different stages of the race. Kilrush failed to put any dash into his effort, and Snub was in behind a bunched field and could not get through.