A.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 4 October 1916, Page 6

A.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

HOW KUJBOT WOT. .J V ■ - BEE'S GBEAT EFFOBT. • <:f§, . '"([Australian andlf.Z. Cable Assoctation.y|||lffl (Received 12.15 p.m.) ''Mm SYDNEY, this day. '■;': The New Ze.alanders' successes at wick yesterday did not come altogetJJJßM as a eurprise, and were well received. -V, The "Daily Telegraph" saye th»t Kilboy won" the Derby in the styles, for he had none the beet of luck. -A 'hundred yards -from Mcliachlan called upon his mount for » . final effort, : and Kilboy,. reeppDdwj'lfiS generously, drew out in a few rtridei||gi Easteourt and Colbert hung o n to their'; tasks in good, style, but Kilboy increased his lead, and ran home • , winner -by two lengths and a the accompaniment of the heartiest - applause, which was renewed as;;McEaj3E3H lan ! returned' "with the colt to'theTpii^^ dock. , ' jig " Describing the "Spring Stakes, the same paper eaye that when Prince Bardolpaj||| retired Saaanof was-left in front length lead of Bee, : and though the Martian mare came on bravely when ■ pressure was. applied. in -the, final. stages sSe ■wae-not'able'tofwipe lOUt'all of the •deficit, trnffering-defeat-by-half >-lengtE' 7 The "Herald", deecribee Kilboy's vie- . tory ■Aβ a -fine finish, and a handeome win. Bee fought' out "the flnieh in iffiogk Sprint Stakes with great determination;' fe Ssetvas "almost lerel witti: Saeanbf at , the half-distance, the latter winning bj'i a~harro'w margin. ....;.. Cheloma ran well in the early stag**; of the Kensington Handicap, -but onljmanaged to secure fifth place. The prospects : for tb-mort6w*e -raciw": ■are very jgloWny. : Torrential rain fe! , . again, and is still falling. . '■ ".._- '. '. ——l^-— - —— — —-~ ''. ./., --•'.■':^ , . r s :