NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1785, 25 June 1913, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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'A' telegram from 'Napier received last evening stated that the going at Greenmeadows was in good tSrder, hnd there was every probability of it remaining so for to-day's ra'ceS. El Dorado, is now reported to, b9 a idoubtful starter' at Napier to-day. The latest horse to ceihe into prominence for the big steeplechase is Appin. Tho brown gelding is reported to have thrown off his soreness; iitul has, been going well oh the Hastings tracks. In !ho Napier Steeplecliaso to-day, the probable starters alid. riders ,-aro as follow Leolailter,. lOst.. 111b. (H. I'utcher); This Spaniard, lOst. lllb. (A.. Julian): Waitarere, lOst. 71b. (H. M'Sireaney); Appin, lOst. 51b. (H. Thompson); Suiiray, lOst. 21b. (P. PlynhJ'j Bravest, ltoti (It.. Gray); 'XVraiinic, !)st. 131b. (L. Coleman);. Uoiieel, <jst. 12lb.'(J- Deei-ey) ;'Knutsford, 9st. 71b. (A, M'Connon); Itebel, 9st, 71b. (A. Gordon); Master Malachi, !)st. 71b. (W. Adarhs); and lteservoir, !)st. 7lb. (T. N. Jones). • Kopu has been Very sore since he 'raced at Hastings, aiid the big fellow is not likely to start in the Bracelet at Napier . to-day/ In his absence favouritism , will probably lie between Bi'aeliiihi and Daisy PauU .The. latter is in .the same stable as C'oronettkl Und. Awalloti; winners of these events at Hastings lust week. ■ Morning. has been, accepted for in the Hack Hurdles and Bracelet at Napier today, but will be a .starter in the latter race only. J. Sc'eats is sotting up ,as .a trainer »t Woodvllis aiid will cbriimeucy operations there,.next week. ' His team will consist of Zeus and a couple of youngsters by yasco.. Master Webb is still, very sore as the result of his fall at Hastings, ( and this is Likely to tell, against him in .the Hack Steeplechase at Napier to-day. In these circuhistahccs pdpuiiir faiifcy fe likely to rest between The Hanter and Fireworks, cach of iVhoin ■ idel-edited wltll several placed performances. S. Eeid Mrill ride I<och >Mabin in the Stewards' Stakes at Napier to-day, alnl H. Telford will have the mount on Diavolo.- The crack horseman, B.Deeley, will ride Bedloh and lied Book in their engagements. The'Wanganui-owned lvew, who is to be ridden by W. Price, will be a runner in the Hack race at. Napier to-day. His solo winning performance is si Maiden event ' at Otaki, but lit? has a great private reputation. .... "Wild Lupin started favourite in the Final Handicap at Hastings, which .was an open event. '.To-day at Napier the Hawera horse is racing in luck company. Axis was also a runner in both open events at Hastings, but ho too is in hack company to-day. Dreamland's demist recalls ■ that of Treason's Australian-borii. sohs few nofr exist, The white-footed brown was ono of Trenton's first get in Victoria, and was loaled in 181)1. It seems but yesterday (says a, Melbourne writer) since Dream- • land, in the Bailey livery, smashed lus Maribyrnong Plate opponents, and then failed when a tromendous favourite in that sensational Derby. Though a stout stayer, Dreamland seemed to be a delicate horse in his early life. He wolb the Australian Cup, but had left the Bailey and Orr ownership wlleil this took place, and was then sporting.the familial- jacket of Sir Rupert Clarke. Jalues Scobio underBlood the temnerauient of his handsome charge thoroughly, and had the son Di Trenton been a more robust horse posaho woilld have passed down lis .a y and Melbourne Cup hero, . lis stud chantes lf-ere poor, though What opportunities ho did gut were turned tc irood account. A few years ngo Dreamland was the much admired equine here of a big theatrical production. lht Whip." The cheers.this old horse had wor in his turf days were revived in anothei capacity. 110 was a lullf-brother to L. Tosca and Mentor, and vas out of a full sister to Commotion, viz., Nwlitmati (1870), ancestress of Radnor, Wakeful Nootuiform, Eyeglass, and Midnigut bun