VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 53, 4 March 1901, Page 3

VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETING.

THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP,

WON BY WAKEFUL.

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MELBOURNE. March 2. The Victoria Rucing Ciub inaugurated their autumn meeting to-day at Flemlnrjton. The weather whs very hot, and a "strong north Mind added its quota to render the heat more oppressive. This caused some diminution in the attendance. The Lieutenaru-Pcvernor, Sir John Madden, whose health of late has; not been good, beitis; at hia country seat at Mount Mucedon, no Government House party was w-e-.crA. There war- no alteration <v f much note in the belt*v; „■■ the NovaK.-ricet Handicap Kior ;u !=■■<.• •••.vwi_ -.-oii.-.i .i:t:iuicup being brou;,.:i i:y i<>i «Jt-_L-.r--i'.in. a iroao rumour as to Auyareu nuins lame caused the New Zcalaii-.i cruel; tv again beeunie unsteady in the nuirket, But on it being' found thai such was a canard, he lirm./a •at once, and held his position firmly as <?econd favourite to the end. The Watchdog was also knocked about a bit in the market hut the stable coming- to the Sscue'the son of Gibraltar was quickly reinstated to his former position In the Quotations. The party connected with wakeful never wavered in their allegiance to the four-year-old daughter of Trenton and they had the satisfaction of aeeing her win the great sprint handicap <imid a scene of great enthusiasm. The two top weights, Advance and Fulminate each ran a great race under a heavy load and were accorded a very warm cheer on coming back to the enclosure. That good mare, La Carabine, was made favourite for the Essendon Stakes, and she won her race in brilliant style, and in fast time. The New Zealand-owned Boreas was a starter in the Brunswick Stakes, for which race he was well backed. The son of Sou-wester was, however, unfortunate at the start, and he lost several lengths, which he never succeeded in making up, and he did not gain a situa-j .^The following are the details of the racing:— The Hopeful Stakes, a sweepstakes of ssovs each, with 200sovs added. Five furlongs. 1 Mr P. T. Hey wood's Dodona ± Portree "•■ j. ■ Fighting Mac a Also started: Patronus, Feud, The Corsican, Landlady, Gossip, The Austrian, Magdala. Betting: 5 to 4 against Dodona. 6 to 1 Portree, 7 to 1 Landlady, g to 1 Feud and Gossip, 10 to 1 the ° Dodona and Portree made all the runing, the former winning by a length; Fighting Mac half-a-length further off. Time, lm 41s. The St. Leger Stakes, a sweepstakes of 20sovs each, with COOsovs added; second horse to receive lOOsovs and the third 50sovs out of the stake. For three-year-olds. Colts, 8.10; fillies, 8.7. One mile and three-quarters. Mr J. Turnbull's Finland, 8.10 (A., Mr "c" Syd! Jefferie's'' Barbarossa, 8.10 2 Mr S G. Cook's The British Admiral, 8.10 1" s Betting: 4 to 1 on Finland, 5 to 1 against Barbarossa, 10 to 1 The British Admiral. Won pretty easily by two lengths; 12 lengths between second ana third horses. Time, 3m 9£s. Dp to 189G the distance of the race was li miles and 132 yards, when it was reduced to 1J miles. .THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of 25sovs each, with 1000 soys added; second horse to receive soys and the third lOOsovs out of the stake. For three-year-olds and upwards. Six furlongs. (Mr C. L. Macdonald's ' b m Wnkeful, 4yrs, by Trenton—lnsomnia, 7.6, including 101b penalty (F. Dunn) 1 Mr W. H. Mate's br m Fulminate, 4yrs, by Gossoon—Percussion, 9.10, including 101b penalty V.VVL Messrs Duncan and Abbott s blk h Advance, 4yrs, by Vanguard—Laurel, 9.11 , 3 Also started: Paul Pry, Australian, The Watchdog, Fortune Teller, Marie CorelH, So Long, Polyxena, Hearsay, Ferryman, Man of Honour, Juggler, The Toiler, Madrid, Epitome, Thrush. Betting: 5 to 2 against Wakeful, 0 to 2 Advance, 7 to 1 The Watchdog, 12 to 1 , Man of Honour, 16 to 1 Fulminate, 20 to 1 Marie CorelH, So Long, and Polyxena, 25 to 1 Fortune Teller, 30 to 1 Paul Pry, Australian, Hearsay, 50 to 1 Ferryman, 100 to 1 The Toller. There was, as usual, some difficulty in * getting the field to line up properly, but when the barrier went up the field got off , pretty well together. As they dashed away, Epitome showed out in front, with The Watchdog next, then Advance and Wakeful. At the fire furlonga distance Epitome was still in front, followed by Ferryman, Advance being in the centre, with Wakeful on tho outside well up, and The Watchdog and Australian a little disI tance off. At the half mile Fulminate got in froat of Ferryman and Advance, So Long coming next and Wakeful (who was still on • the extreme outside) well up. Entering the course proper Juggler appeared to get his head in front of Fulminate, and approachIng the distance Advance, who had been coming along at a fine pace, challenged Fulminate, Wakeful being, pretty nearly even with the leaders. As 'the leading trio * came on at a slashing pace, racing almost level, the utmost, excitement prevailed, their names In turn being excitedly called py the assemblage. As they swept past the distance Fulminate had obtained the .lead, but Wakeful coming along In good style, wore down the New South Wales mare in the run to the post, and amid much excitement the favourite drew out and won ncr race by threequarters of a length. Advance was within a neck of Fulminate, and then followed Ferryman and Man of Honour, the last lot including Polyxena, The Watchdog, and Thrush. Time, 1.15 J. The Sires' Produce Stakes, a sweepstakes of lOsova each, with 200sovs adfled and 320sovs subscribed by owners of sires. Six furlongs. Bl£i? up!rt Clarke's United Stakes, by Bill of Portland-Happy Land, 8.10 (Rally)- d Elderslie 2 Hautain 3 The Austrian also started. Betting: 5 to 2 against United States, 4 to 1 Eldersite, io to l Hautain. Elderslie and United States ran together for most of the way. At the distance United States came out, and won oy a length and a-half, Hautain being three lengths further away. Time, lm lojS.' The Essendon Stakes, a sweepstakes of lOsovs each, with 650sovs added; second horse to receive 200sovs and the third lOOsovs out of the stake. Welght-for-age. One mile and a-half. Sir Rupert Clarke's eh m La Carabine, 6yrs, by Carbine—Orotava, 9.0 1 Clean Sweep, 8.2 2 Maltster, 8.2 ..„ 3 Betting: Evens on La Carabine, 5 to 2 against Maltster, 7 to 1 Clean Sweep, 10 to 1 "Vocalist. This was about the best race of the day. Clean Sweep went away with the lead, and made the running to the straight, where La Carabine dashed up, and the daughter of Carbine finishing up her' task in great style, drew away and won a splendid race by a length: Clean Sweep was four lengths in front of Maltster, while Vocalist whipped in the field. Time. 2m 355. ,The Brunswick Stakes, a handicap sweepstakes of ssovs each, with 300 soys added. One mile and a quarter. Mr T. Payten's Speculation, 7.2 1 First Mate. 7.4 2 Keyless, 7.12 3 ' .'/"' Sixteen horses started. Betting: 5 to 2 against Speculation, Tito 2 Royal Purple, 7 to 1 First Mate, 10 Co 1 Boreas. Boreas got left at the post, and lost several lengths thereby. Contrast led at the start, with Royal Purple, Speculation, Craigmore, and The Undine following in that order. Contrast showed the way into the straight, where Boreas made a marvellous run. Speculation took charge at the distance, and drawing away won by three lengths, two lengths between second and third horses. Time, , *m 9s.