WAIRARAPA.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1564, 15 April 1920, Page 10

WAIRARAPA.

Rose Wreath and Affectation Being Treated to a Spell—Death of One of Wairarapa’s Oldest Sportsmen — Success of Wairarapa-trained Horses During Easter Holidays. MASTERTON, Monday. Maurice McGrath, the Melbourne trainer, was a visitor to the Wairarapa meeting at Easter. A few years ago McGrath turned out several winners at the same fixture. Lady General seems to have lost all form, and although at the bottom of the handicaps she does not seem to race at all kindly, and causes her trainer a lot of anxiety when at the post. P. E. Hazleman has a promising galloper in his stable in the three-year-old gelding Bitters (Advance Endeavour), which should do well later on. Rose Wreath and Affectation are having a spell. The latter will race as a gelding when next seen out in public. Vivation showed a lot of pace in her races at Easter, but failed to stay on. Mr. Bidwill’s filly will do better later on, when the distance is not over five furlongs. Scornful was not long in winning a race for Mr. H. Guyton, his new owner. The Masterton owner fancied the gelding when’ he won, so is early recompensed for his outlay. Masterton-owned horses won seven of the sixteen races carded at the Wairarapa meeting. Mr. F. A. Jensen, the Masterton owner, left after the first day’s racing at the Wairarapa meeting on a trip to Australia. Before leaving he had the satisfaction of seeing his colours carried to victory by Matatua on the first day at Tauherenikau. W. Hawthorne goes on to the Manawatu meeting after Wellington, where he will be joined by some of the Masterton-trained members of Mr. Kemball’s team. E. Garrett, a son of the well-known Opaki trainer, was seen out in the saddle at the Wairarapa meeting, and the way he handled his mounts augurs well for his career as a jockey. The death occurred at Masterton on Monday last of Mr. A. W. Cave, one of the oldest sportsmen in the Wairarapa district. Some twenty years ago he bred, owned, and raced among other racehorses Sea Serpent, Seal. On Dit. Rose Fisher, First King, and Katerfelto. With the first-named the late sportsman won the Wairarapa Cup in 1897. At “Woodleigh,” near Masterton, Mr. Cave had a private track. His horses won numerous races throughout the Wellington province. Though not racing horses foi’ some years, he has always taken a keen interest in racing, and for a long period occupied the position of president of the Masterton Racing Club, and was patron at the time of his death. Wairarapa-trained horses which competed away from home at Easter had a successful time. At Auckland Bonnetter and Missgold won, while place money was also received with Rebuff, Hymestra, Trespass and Missgold. Red Ribbon was the only representative at Feilding, and after running unplaced in the Cup was second in the principal event on the concluding day. At Christchurch Chimera was third in the Great Easter Handicap and won the Templeton Handicap on the second day. Little River, from the same stable, won the Russley Plate and was third in the Autumn Nursery. The above horses are

trained in Masterton. Arrowsmith, winner of the Great Easter Handicap, although having the final touches put on his preparation by F. Christmas at Riccarton, has been for the past few months under the care of A. McAulay at Tauherenikau, so it can be claimed that the Wairarapa produced the first and third horses in the big seven furlongs event.