Hewitt at Home.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8819, 22 May 1907, Page 2

Hewitt at Home.

The many friends of the natty New Zealand jockey, L. Hewitt, will bo pleased to note that ho an auspicious commencement in England, his first mount, Rarer Sort, who started at 10 to 1 in a field of seven for the Maghull Plate at Liverpool, winning easily. At Kemptou Park a few days later he won a selling race on R. J. Parquharson’s Devil Bird, a C to 1 chance, and the same day, on Nightfall, 100 to 15, was only beaten a head by Maher’s mount, Bridge of Canny, 11 to 10, for the Queen’s Prize,'of 877 sovs., 1 mile. At Windsor on April 4th, ho was'again to the fore, winning another race on Rarer Sort, and finishing third in the selling handicap on Shy Lad. Up to the time the last mail left Hewitt had scored three wins, a second and a third, as the result of seven mounts, arid, naturally, .he is very pleased with the way things are going. In a chatty letter to W. Kelso, Hewitt says Noctuiform looks very well, as do6S Nightfall. The New Zealander has visited several of the leading stables, and remarks that tbo one presided over by Mr Sam Darling is something .worth seeing. It evidently rather astonished him that draught horses and milking cows should be almost as well cared for as the racehorses. Touching On the English jockeys, he states they have treated iiim very well. He doubts whether, as a whole, they are as smart at getting away as Australian riders, and adds they do not sit up to ride a finish, crouching all the time and hitting backwards. They are thoroughly fair. Hewitt expresses surprise at the fact that after a horse is galloped in England, he is not rubbed down nor dried. His clothing is simply thrown on, and then, after being walked about, ho goes homo without a rubber being put on him. While Visiting Mr Robinson’s stable he had a look at j last season’s crack two-year.old, Polar Star. He is of the opinion that ho possesses the straightest hind log lie ever saw on any horse, and is altogether a beauty. Hewitt confirms the statement tiiat he is the proud possessor of a motor car, in which he goes to most of the meetings, and evidently he is holding his end up in every respect. Hewitt says he would not return to New Zealand on any account.