NEARLY DESTROYED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 236, 5 October 1937, Page 16

NEARLY DESTROYED.

SIR REGENT AS A FOAL

"A MEAN , LITTLE FELLOW." (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The "Sydney Morning Herald" says that the winner of the Metropolitan Handicap, Sir Regent, was euch a mean little fellow when foaled that hie destruction wild considered, but he was left at the aide of his dam to develop into one ot the earnest little horses to win the race. The Metropolitan provided a stirring spectacle of which the finieh was a fitting climax. Sir Regent and Silver Standard were locked together for nearly a furlong, but the latter lacked the little extra needed to capitalize the race, run with a perfect understanding between horse and rider, although the merit of Sir Kegenta run cannot be dimmed AUlae display was not in keeping with hm form before the Randwick meeting but it is indicated that he was not inv Sn°fftX h . h ,Un ' in the SPnD « Stak - CRAVEN PLATE, SIX REMAIN IN. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The Australian .Jockey Club's eprin a meeting will be continued to-morrow Ihe acceptor,, for the Craven Plate of £I.joo, we.ght-for-age, one mile and a quarter, are: Allunga, Silver Standard, o!o; teSAriii 1, Talking, Gold Rod; pr^T 0 , the 23 acc<, Ptors for the GimK^ , H illr , are: Golden * arne. Homily the Lord Quex-C'ourteey t oetenty—Homage filly. MR. A. COOPER QUESTIONED. DENIES MAKING STATEMENT. SYDNEY, October 4. ~,7'A? 1 ' Cooper, the owner of Mala and Talking, warn called before the ■toward, at Rand wick to-day with refer? ence to a published etatement in which il" W withV " aid he »«*" « in Sydney tHe laCk ° f C<MiT ° l of racin « eu C y- a c a^eS. tly denied he had made MELBOURNE ARRIVALS. AVENGER, AJAX AND HUA. MELBOURNE, October 4. Avenger. Ajax and Hua returned to Melbourne to-day, and are running in the Biownfelt have aleo arrived with a view to running in the Caiilheld Cup Silver Standard k to reach Melbourne on Tlitireday. Evening Mist and J T Jarnieeon. two-year-old Normal arrived to-fiay.

• A ; L Co ?P er ,ike,v to ride Deeert Chief in the Caulfield Cup. Northwind, Aitchengee and Parodier have been ecratched for the Caulfield Clin. Sir Regent » likely to come to Melbourne for the two Cupe.