Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1908, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. David Staig Fleming, sometime of Flemington station, Wanstead, Hawke's Bay, was born at St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland, where he was educated. He arrived in Auckland in the year 1856, by the ship “Sandford,” and remained there for about two years. He removed to Hawke's Bay in 1858, when he obtained employment as shepherd on a large run for five years. In 1863 Mr. Fleming took up the Flemington run, where he resided up to the time of his death. He was the breeder of the well-known racing hack, “Jack Spratt,” alias “Charlie,” also “Taurekaitai,” winner of the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase in 1893, and of a great number of other races. His page 402 breed of horses is well-known throughout the colony. Mr. Fleming was a member of the Wanstead Road Board for a number of years, and occupied the position of chairman for three years. He was also a member of the Waipukurau Racing Club and of the Masonic Order. Mr. Fleming died in July, 1901, leaving a widow, and a family of three sons and four daughters.