AUSTRALIAN RACING
COMIC COURT BEATEN (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MELBOURNE, September 17. In a great race, the brilliant mare, Chicquita, beat the Caulfield Cup favourite, Comic Court, by the narrowest of margins in the Craiglee Stakes at Flemington. , . .. Beau Gem led Comic Court into the straight, but soon after Chicquita ranged up and the two champions fought it out. Peerless Fox, favourite for the Melbourne Cup, is very sore as a result of , injuries sustained in the September Handicap in which he finished last after ; almost falling. I Results:— CRAIGLEE STAKES, I Of £l5OO. One mile and a quarter. CHICQUITA 8-9 .. Williamson 1 Comic Court 9-4 .. Purtell 2 Saxony 8-13 .. Preston 3 Six started. Short half head; length and half. Time, 2min 7Jsec. SEPTEMBER HANDICAP, Of £lOOO. One mile and a half. CLEMENT 9-0 .. Heather 1 Baldur 8-3 .. Martin 2 Chieveley 8-4 .. Williamson 3 Ten started. Half a neck; length and a half. Time, 2min 38sec.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26220, 18 September 1950, Page 4
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