AUSTRALIAN RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 16

AUSTRALIAN RACING.

WARWICK FARM MEETING, , TREASURE TROVE RUNS SECOND. SYDNEY, March 16. The New Zealand-bred filly Treasure Trove, by Gainscourt from Desert Gold, •was second in the first division of the Maiden Handicap at the Warwick Farm races -to-day. Red Rosebud ran unplaced in the same race. Rob Roy, by Night Raid —Quadrilateral, was third in the Ingleburn Nursery Handicap. Jubilee Singer, Florence Nightingale and Kinsfolk were unplaced. Prince Pombal was unplaced in the Glenfield Handicap, and Limoux in the Warwick March Handicap. HORSES IN TROUBLE. REGAL STAR TO BE DESTROYED. SYDNEY, March 16. The trainer of Limarch, J. King, states that the treatment of the horse's injured leg will continue. Every effort will be made to save him for the stud. Regal Star is to be destroyed. DISTRIBUTION OF STAKES. AMALIA THE BIGGEST WINNER.. For the events on the three days of the Victoria Racing Club's autumn meeting at Flemington, held recently, more than £20,000, was distributed as prize money. Horses from other States than Victoria won eight of the events, and secured more than. £12,000 of the prize money, states a Sydney paper." Regular Bachelor, from Queensland, followed up his Caulfiekl Futurity Stakes victory by winning the Newmarket Handicap, worth £2000. This was his only start at the V.R.C. meeting. The brilliant Gold Rod, from Sydney, had a similar experience, for, in his only start at Flemington he won the Sires' Produce Stakes, worth £2105. Fidelity, another two-year-old from this State, who was unbeaten in Melbourne in the spring, had her colours lowered by Gold Rod on this occasion, but, with that fine galloper out of the wav 6he accounted for the Ascot Vale Stakes and her earnings for the meeting amounted to £1650. Each of these horses is owned by an A' JiC. committeeman, Fidelity by the chairman, Sir Colm Stephen, and Gold Rod by Mr. E. J. Watt. Sylvandale, another galloper from Svdnev, had two victories in three starts, and earned £1400 Allunga, trained at Randwick, won the St. Legcr. and finished i, second to Sylvandale in the Kings 1 late, his sCukc earnings being £12a0. Ills second in the St. Leger Viceroy returned £300 to New South Wales, and his stabletnatei Heritor, won £4:>o. Knch of these novoes. ia owned liv Sir Hugh Denison. ' Mogul, £225; Cabalist, £150; and Fashion Star, £100; South wSV'' C 6takC carningß V

On the final day Amalia improved the remarkable record of South Australian horses in the Australian Cup, the most important handicap at the V.R.C. autumn meeting. Her success was worth £2350, including tho £100 trophy. She earned an additional £125 for a second place on the opening day of the meeting. One of the most notable of the Victorian winners was the jumper Blackford, who won two events at the meeting. On the first day he established the world's record time of 3.34% for the two miles Hurdle Race, and oil the Saturday he established a course record for a two miles and a half hurdle race by running the distance iu 4.34.