SPORTING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16361, 5 November 1918, Page 9

SPORTING.

' ' ♦ RACING AND TROTTING NOTES. (BY "Lookee-ON.") Theao concern .ad are reminded, that nomine iloiw for tlx® Strath Canterbury J.C. Spring Mooting' cloee to-day. Tli« Erackeafield yearlings arrived at the GLectat street <?table« yesterday, and are ou vlaw. Practically ail the youngstera that are to he told hare arrived now, and can be seen at any time during the day. (Bt "Searchlight.") < E. Logan arrived from O&aaTU yesterday ' with Stanley's Child, who is engaged on the eceond and third days of the Metropolitan Spring Meeting. 1 Air Wi J. Morland's Country Belle haa foaled a ■ filly to Logon Pointer, and viaiu ( Great Audubon. D.I.C. has foaled a colt to Logan Pointer and visits him ag^in. Mr E..E. Lelierre's imported inaro Helen Jane Stokes has foaled a colt to Nelson Bin gen. AUSTRALIAN RACING. . OPINIONS OF THE CRITICS'. x (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright) ' SYDNEY, November A . 5 Sporting critic* consider the Victorian Z)«rby a muddling affair, and nothing like the toit tlie Blue Riband was intended to b«i Firunork 'was beaten bccausc the xaM Tr•olvcd iUelf into a fire-furlong sprint, pre- J <*<Ud by a ranter. Finmaik's connexions aie 1 liUtsod for scratching the pacemaker Kill* • ewen, tv mistak» which cost Finmarkthe race, j Althcujh Magpie was not all out in defext- i ing Desert Cold by a neck, writer# applaud . the mare's gamcnese after eetting a terrific 1 pao*. i

NEWSPAPER COMMENT. SYDNEY, November 4. The "Herald" describes the early going ill the Derby as little better than a canter. Outlook and Eiuvebius were prominent to the back stretch, ■where Finmark moved up. Outlook led round the turn and to the half distance, but Euiebius out him down by a narrow margin. It was the slowest run Derby ftince 1900. The first half-mile took Imin 4sec, the second Gssec, anvi the third 48Jsec, while the last six furlongs occupied linin ISJsec. Describing the Melbourne Stakes, the "Herald" says that Desert Gold held the lead to thci distance, where Magpie joined issue. The pair fought out a brilliant battle. The raco was run at a. solid paco throughout) The time «u only a quarter of a seoond outside the record. Tie "Telegraph," referring to tho Derby, cays that, taking advantage of the absurdly dawdling l race, Lewis, on Outlook, made a sprint for the winning post, but Euseblu# atao put on tho pace, and a. fine finishing effort landed the winner. In the Melbourne Stakes, the crowd witnessed a thrilling run between the redoubtable Magpie and the New Zealand oh&mpion, ond only by a n<ck she succumbed to the good-looking Englishman, whiph is one of the beßt Worses seen here for many a day.