NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2184, 24 June 1914, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[ih Gi *\cop i 11. Hiekey has no fewer than five horsss engaged' iii the Settlers' ifank Rate jt Kapter 'to-day. They ar-o Hsumakaka and Court].v, who will be bracketed,. Bcid«a'ham,' Ri.eo Park, and-Me'lo-disi. The. bracketed pair .uiay, be favoti'tite onithehiaoMne,> . ■ 'Pqiniby' ■' Ijs,s 'gone ,wt®i£,, and 'has heen sctatcJieil -fw all erigag«nierit.'v at Napier.' ; ' . j Byron is an acceptor ift two at ■ Napier tc-doy, biit it is generally -es-. ppoted thai h'j will race m the Bracc-•lc-t, nil e,vcnt .his .owner is very keen oil wjmiinß. and that lie - will be ridden bv S. Ciotkiard. ' ' ' 1 " Golden Wafer looks benefited by tile he had at Hastings, aiid wilj be a. starter, iu' the AlittTtfi Siirdles; tonjay.: He will be ridd'jn by A. Julia;)!, and; tlie seat on Cloudy Dawn ■ '-■ '■. ■•' Pair r.-osjimpiid (A. Oliver) will : be a runner in the Stewards' Stakefi at Nu-. pier to-day. Tlw mars was very un'lnfeky 'wheij defeated her at, Sastwgi'.last week. , .' B.,isflefe.y will be ®i Settler and Han--0 Njtpier. iojolJ';''' : Jdfl?tism was. schooled over tlie jbig : fences at Hastings on Alonday f • and though it. was his first,attenV.pt lie gave a splendid display. He will "no a runner ■ to-day, and will, lie ridden by' F.' W. J1 'Cube. . ; Gondciier is tb start in the Napiw J Ktseple<-ha?e to-day, and will be, ridden iiy A. Gordon. Rraeljurn has got over the aof-eiiess. which aßectcd jiim at Hastings i last week. Tl:e Sir Laddo gelding will be a ruiuier ia t'ke. Hack Mnrdle.!? and .will be.,ridden, lay J. vDeerey. ; " ' Lady flibbero, 'who won the Hunt, Cup at Hastings,-. and was unlucky e-.iougli 'to get run off on the second day, ; , may lie' a good' f.nourito in. ■ tbe • Hack : ' at Najncf,. W-daj;. ', Maniiau-' itijured a stifle when, racing St: Hastfegsj and will not. -bv a run.uor at til?. Xapier meeting. He was taken back to Awajnwi yestordav. J{r. D. Rutherford was ijegotjptin.g fo-i- tlie-'p-vir-chaso .of a rising old by Ueiienian from the Ha.stings trainer, C. Lagor, but tbe. deal fell ■ Thrnugh. The price asked was 4:00 gp.in- • eits. I".'? '' ' '' A -' l ' At Hastings T. Quinliran has a full- : broth" lo Hon Ton in work. Tlio: youngstoi: is Small; but a finft tnover. i Owing to the wci weather experienced ] at I'alnierstou North, the rising two- ■ y«ar-old.s there aro vets ba<;kw.a,rd. Square Deal lies l)een sent JioWe to,' Ms owner's place at Bulls, and is to te treated to a long Spell. AY, Ayee'te ccci?pted an engagement to ride M : r, T). Rutherford's jumpers in tliß Se.ufh Maud. Tlie Welcome Stakos winner, Downliani. is again in. work at Hastings afi *cr a goi-.il sjwll. He ha.e quietened down ;i- lor, ■' n-nd although not mticli taller he has tliiekeiicd' out ft lot, and sljfluld bo'a jjGpcl tliree-iyear-tild.