WAIRARAPA.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1590, 14 October 1920, Page 10

WAIRARAPA.

Affectation Still Amiss—Murihiku in Commission Again —Zero Hour and Zenith to Make Their Debut at Wellington Meeting — Trespass’ Champion Plate Engagement— Prospects for Masterton R.C.’s Meeting —Master Boris’ Victory at Hastings —Pahiatua R.C.’s Claim for Additional Permit. MASTERTON, Saturday. The injury received by Affectation on his trip to the Avondale meeting is still troubling the gelding, and it will be some time before he will be able to race again. As usual, Wairarapa stables are well represented in the nominations for the Wellington meeting, over 30 horses from this district being entered. Vasilkov is not being hurried in his work, and the gelding seems to do better on an easy preparation. The son of Autumnus —Ukraine should win some good races later • on. Murihiku is again among the active brigade at Opaki, and Mr. A. McDonald’s mar e will be seen out in sprint events shortly. Zero Hour and Zenith, the two-year-olds in P. Hazleman’s stable, are to make their first public appearance at Trentham this month. Those who have seen th e pair lately speak highly of their condition. J. Gravestock brought Little River home to Masterton after the gelding ran third in the Wanganui G'uineas, as the Opaki trainer was of opinion that another gallop or two was needed to finish off his preparation, so the Hawke’s Bay trip was abandoned. W. Hawthorne has three of his team engaged in the Champion Plate at Trentham, and after the good display of Trespass at Wanganui he will likely be the stable representative. Snub and Raceful are the other two now in. J. T. Jamieson has returned to Masterton after his trip to Auckland, and is now superintending the preparation of his large team at Opaki- The

visit to the Avondale meeting was far from successful, and out of six horses taken away the only one to earn stake money was Strategy, who ran second on the concluding day. Unfortunately, two of the horses, Affectation and Tommy Rot, went amiss while away, and on his return Jamieson found that a full-sister to Rose-Wreath had met with an accident, while being exercised on the road. However, the racing tire horses had while away, and the benefit. derived from having good tracks to work on, will be all to their advantage later on. Mr. A. McDonald, owner of four of the horses sent north, was present, to see his colours carried. Accommodation is at a premium in • Masterton just now, Ijoth in town and on the racecourse, and everything points to the local meeting being the most successful yet held by the club. The acceptances are large, and as several New Zealand Cup candidates are competing additional interest will be lent to the gathering.. It is not expected that locally-trained horses will hold their own with the visitors, as most of the former are hardly ready to show their best form, and only those which have been travelling and racing recently will be supported by local sportsmen. A good deal of time has been spent by the caretaker during the past week in putting the track in order, and considering the recent bad weather it promises to be in good condition. The win of Master Boris at Hawke’s Bay was the first registered by him for over two years. The gelding is owned by Mr. A. Brightwell, a popular Masterton sportsman, and trained by W. Garrett. On several occasions Master Boris has been in a place, and this season was third at Marton and Wanganui. Other locally-trained horses which were successful at the Napier and Hawke’s Bay fixtures were Missgold and Tenterfield, while place money was earned by Gladful, Rebuff, and Raceful. The win of Tenterfield in the big handicap at Hawke’s Bay is his best performance since coming / to the Dominion, and all going well: he should place a still more, important race to his credit this season. The Kemball stable has not bad a very successful time during the past few months with its jumpers, and since Mill o’ Gowrie won at the A.R.Cmeeting at Ellerslie in June last no other inmate of the stable has been placed first. Several of the horses, however, have earned place . money, and Gladful has been second in his last two starts. Old Mungindi and Rekanui have been placed on the easy list, and the latter has by no means borne out the good form shown in the north, and is well on the wrong side of the ledger since coming into the Masterton stable. Negambo failed to win a race over hurdles, and is now being kept to flat racing. The jumpers now connected with the stable are Gladful, Explorer, Lord Nagar, Mill o'* Gowrie, Rekanui, and Old Mungindi. A deputation from the Pahiatua Racing Club waited on the Minister for Internal Affairs recently and stressed the claim of the club for an additional permit. The . speakers pointed out that the Pahiatua Club was serving a very large district and had incurred heavy financial responsibilities in the improvement of its course and appointments, yet it had only one day’s racing, while Woodville, the centre of a less populated district, had four days, Palmerston North had five, Feilding four, and Foxton had two days’ racing, and the Pahiatua people considered that they were being unfairly treated in comparison with the other districts. Replying, the Minister said that if Mr. Hunter’s Gaming Bill was passed he would see that the claim of the Pahiatua Club to an additional day received fair consideration. He could assure the deputation that their claims would get a fair run.