VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 267, 10 November 1899, Page 3

VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

(By Cable.—Press Association.)

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MELBOURNE, November 9. The V .R.C. continued their spring meeting; to-day. The weather, was showery in the early part of the afternoon, but there was a large attendance. The course was heavy. The following are the results of the racing:—

THE SECOND HURDLE RACE, a handicap sweepstakes dt Zsovs each, with 200sovs added. Two miles. ;..;. :: Mr J. Hewton's b g Fairlight, 6yrs or aged, by Warloo—Kestrel, 11.0 (McGowan) 1 Mr A. M'cCracken's br g Loch Fad, aged. 10.13- (Edge) ....:.. 2 Mr W. TV. Fiddes' eh g Nansen, 6yrs, 10.5 (Wheeler) S Seventeen horses ran. Won by three quarters', of a length, Time, 3.542., THE SECOND NURSERY HANIDCAP, a sweepstakes of ssovs each, with 204 soys added. For two year olds. Six furlongs. •*■■'.. Mr W. Bailey's br c Hautboy, by Haut Brion—Meridian. 8.10 (P.- Kuhn) 1 Mr T.Cumming's blk c.Clean Sweet, by - Zalinski—-Benzine, 7.0 (I. Kuhn). . 1 Mr W. 11. Mate's br c Tillemby, by Medallion—Muta, 7.6 (Cleal) 3 Twelve ran. Won by three lengths. Skein Dhu fourth, Tinfoil fifth. Time, 1.22. THE FLYING STAKES, a sweepstakes of lOsovs each, with 300sovs added;. Weight for age. Seven furlongs. Mr W. Leonard's br c Kenley. 2vrs, by Far Niente— Saponite, 6.2 (W. Ro*s) 1 Mr E. 11. Knight's eh m Mora, 6yrs, S.ll (Parker) 2 Mr A. L. Cooper's br m Djin Djin, syrs, 8.11 (Barden) _ Wait-a-Bit and Australian Star also started. Betting: 6 to 2 against Australian Star, 4 to 1 Kenley, 9 to 2 Mora. Kenley led all the. way, and won by a length and a half, the same distance separating the second apd third horses; Australian Star last. Time, 1.322. . CARNIVAL HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of lOsovs each, with 500sov„ added. One mile and a quarter. Hon. W. A. Long's b c Parthian, 3yrs, by Grand Flaneur—Archeress, 8.0 (Yeomans) 1 Mr W. R. Wilson's br c Scorn, 3yrs, 7.10 (W. Burns) 2 Mr T. P. Heywood's b g Benedict, aged. 7.3 (W. Ross) 3 Twelve horses ran. Won by a length and a half. Time, 2.12_. ■ THE OAKS STAKES, a sweepstakes of lOsovs each, with SOOsovs added. For three-year-old Allies, S.lO. One mil. and a half. Mr J. Wilson's b f Nitre, by Off Colour—Mitrailleuse (Wilson) 1 Mr W. H. Mate's br f Fulminate, by Gossoon—Percussion (Cleal). '. 2

Mr R. Maurice's eh f Ideal, by St. ' Lieger—Bianca (Guinane) _ The -other starters Were: Heiress. Isola, Tarloch, Sunny Morn and Condiment. Won by a short head, two lengths being between the second and third horses. Time, 2.45 L THE VETERAN STAKES, a handicap sweepstakes of ssovs each, with 200sov*r added. One mile and a half. Mr M. H. Devlin's b h Ballistite, syrs, by Carbine—lnheritance. 7.12 .'. 1 Mr J. Northern's br h Flodden, syrs, 8.4 (McGee) 2 Mr F. Austin's b h Lee-Metford, 4yrs, 8.4 (Moore) \ 3 Eleven horses ran. Betting: 2 to 1 against Ballistite, who won by a short half head. Time, 2.41.