VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 165, 14 July 1902, Page 3

VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright.) MELBOURNE, July 12. The Victoria Racing Club brought their Grand National Meeting to a conclusion , ■at Flemlngton to-day. The following are the details of the racing:— LAWN HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of aaovs each, with 150sovs added. Six furlongs. Old Sailt, 4yrs, by Mainsail—Planetule, 7.8 i Mairp, 8.12 2 Cors-ioan, 7.7 S Sixteen horses started. Betting: 6 to 1 against Old Salt. Won cleverly by a length. DOUTTA GALLA HURDLE RACE, a handicap sweepstakes of lOsovs each, with 500sov.s added. Two miles and aciuarter. Mr A. Miller's b g Colonel Shilin&ki, by ZaMnski, 11.11 i Lowland Chief, 11.2 2 Regalia, 11., 10.12 'J Colonel Shilihski started favourite at 0 to 2 against, and won in a canter. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, a handicap sweepstake of 20sovs each, with 1500SOVS added; secomd, 300sovs; ■third, 150sovs. About three miles and a furlong. iMr S. M. Wilson's b g Bay Eagle, i aged, by Stationer—dam by Paddy's Land. 10.7 (Cheva-y, 1 Mr E. Finn's br g Error. syrs, 12.5 I (Dick-enson) 2 Regent, 10.5 (Burke) 3 I Also ran: Brokerage (Regan). Vigil (Mahoney), Kaimate (Mooney), Mystery (P. Burn), Woo'ral. (J. Allan), Drummer (Curtain), Lamor.d (A. Wilson), Slndhia (D. Allan), Ronald (Joskin), Royal Mall (Sutherland), Mensuration ■■ (Andrews), Kiota (Phillips), A.N.A. (HaJligan), Forty Winks (T. Williamson), Deingoihar (Bar- , bour). i Betting: 5 to 1 "agahust Royal Mail, 6 'to 1 Error. 7 to 1 Lomond and Mystery, 12 to 1 Kiota, Deingomar, Mensuration, and Kaimate; 25 to 1 Sindhia and Bay Eairle, 33 to 1 the others. Error and Mensuration were first avay. The latter took command of the held and * led at a merry pace from Lamond, Vigil, and A.N.A. Mystery fell at the second obstacle: then Deingomar, Kaimate and Royal Mail followed suit. Mensuration was first past the stand from Wooral, Lamond. Error, Bay Eagle, A.N.A., Vigil, and Drummer. The same order was maintained until five furlongs from home, where Mensuration fell at the stone wall, leaving Lamond just in advance of Bay Eagle and A.N.A., and this trio took the next jump together, but at the last fence Lamond toppled over, leaving Bay Eagle to lead into the ■straight from Error ana A.N.A. The latter passed A.N.A. and challenged Bay Eagle, who answered gamely, and won by three-quarters of a length after a great finish. Regent was eight lengths away third; A.N.A. was fourth, followed by Vis-il. Drummer, and Brokerage. : Time, C.33i. JVT/ir HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of 3sovs each, with ISOsovs added. One miiJp Old Salt, 7.11 1 Kl.lt. 8.11 2 Marama, 7.4 3 Ten horses started. Betting: 4 to l against Old Salt. Old Salt won easily. Time, 1.42 i. THE FOOTSCRAT STEEPLECHASE, a handicap steeplechase of 2sovs each, with 200sovs addeu. About two miles. Emms, by Boolka—Lady Emms, 10.7.. 1 Tonbridge, 9.0 2 Corrigan, 9.11 , 3 Nine horses started. Emms was favourite at G to 4 against, and won easily. Tlmt% 4.15. j