THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 6, 2 October 1917, Page 9

THE TURF

RACING AT RANDWiCK . A/.J.C. SPRING MEETING Performances 05? new Zealand i • 'HOESES. (Eec. October 1, 8 p.m.) r ;■ — • ~ : . Sydney, 'Jctober. 1. ' v.' -rhejeaiher was perfect and the going 'aast, There .was a big attendance. Ample the only New Zealand representative . an . the -Shorts Handicap,, but made no .jshoiving. Jmmortel was fancied in the .(Clibborn; Stakes; .but was. unplaced./ New •. iZealandwas not represented in the ■ Handicap.- Wallace- - lan- / arid. Court .Jester. shared the pubfavouritism, but neither ,wa£ prominent.. Cagou ran -a great race; > and Wamped- the . opposition inside the distance. Tataru'Jack jumped brilliantly ' -in the Steeplechase, but after leading the Afield practically all. the way failed to stall off lord Cecils challenge; ■ Waiiuai was , "unplaced. Mr. ; Stead,'s Almoner proved - a pnart youngster,, and,easily "defeated' . thfe. favourites in the Breeders' : Plate. Itesults:—... .. ■' VJh'CP.'SHOETS HANDICAP, of 500 sovs (including- .8350 War Certificates). Six .-.furlongs, r. 1 Mr. E. Moss's b. m. Merrimee, by Persian Knight (imp.)— Sway, Bst. 81b.- 1 • ". jnfedgtk 9st. slb. i..2 (Some Bojy&t. ilb. L v...,...:.. 8 Sixteen' started. La Steppe and. Coliigo (made'the paco. Colugo was first into the jstrajght,:.but Merrimee made a fast run' •..•. ; ..*t-the distance and won by two lengths. -. ZTime, lmin. lSJse^i.. . CLIBBORN STAKES, of 600 sovs.' (in-' ; eluding *0-300 War'.Certificates). One ' ; inileand a-furlong.' , ®Ir.:L. L. Winton's-br.'c.'Pah King, ; . ■ .by Mountain 'lung—Poi lianco, Bst: . 61b. . ; l ■ Broken Glass, 51b..2 . jßronzetti, Bst. 51b, 3 . :;; Seven; started. . Blue Bolt and Brolly - fwere ;prominent- ill''.the Nearly ■■ stages.' ißrblly led. into 4he straight, but Pah • King came away at the distance and won 1 ,v .'. by • three-quarters'.: of a length.- Time, • ' lmin. sHsec. . - • - iMETROPOLITAN .-HANDICAP, of 4flQo' sovs. One milb arid'a half. , Jlrs. V.'C: Tlemmich's br.'h. Cagou,' ¥fAji; Laddie (imp.)— Tartar. Bat, 101b. ............;..:.(Bracken) 1 ffllr:, D. U. Seatbn's br. hi Westcourt, . i by Bright;' Steel , "'" (imp.), : Bst'. lib. .........(M'Lauchliri), 2 . &&V "J. Devon's"> blk. ' h.' Lingle; by, - .-.Linafcvs (imp.)—Eady ;Pamella,,Bst. . ' 101b. ■' 3 • Twenty : three : star£ed. Tharia.and Westi - (court were first"' away,'.but. at' tha-'half-wile Hitachi'went out ■ iii : front from |Thana,'Tweßluea/ and Cetigne. Eriter- ■ ' .-ingthe straight Thaim and : Ma'rvano .were , 'Heading from Cagou,'who was coming up i" fast The latter drew nut at the distance, and won:by one and 'three-quarter ' : •'" Jehgths, ,three-quarters of; a length- pep-, abating seq'pnd -aiid' third. .Time, ; 2mjii. 33sec.. . a'HJST. -STEEPLECHASE,; pf-..;4f1() .sots. ".. (including <CIOO War - Certificates). ' - :About two miles and a half,.. : ■ illr. Leslie Stuart's b. g. Lord, Cecil (imp.), by Fowling Piec&—Cecilia, list. 1 ftlr.- C.-Young's;b..g. .Tararui Jack ■ • (N.Z.J j'by' Spalpeen--Soult -mare, 'list.-51b. 2 - -. ffiushcutter, lOst.. 3 • ■-Eleven started., Tararu Jack made the ; c jpace throughout,, but Lord Cecil cut'him ''i,.'/' down inside the'xlistancei. Command and rißelgian-Boy fe11.,; Won by .three-quarters ' of a length. Tiihe,.smin. 50sec. - ■ BREEDEES'' PLATE,, of 1250 sovs. For two-year-old. colts,. Bst;. fSlb., ond' -v- , : geldings, Bst, 21b..;Five "furlongs.i Mr. G.' L..Stead's ch. c. Almoner, by ■ Bomform—Cassock 1 '' Mr. iT.-T. Block's dbr.. c'.-Bbornwa, ;by. Charlemagne n (impV)7rjjae!ic Lnss 2 , , flfr.- -"T. ■ Maple's" .b.- f. ■ Volpi, by /J'he '«/*$ :VWdltiii', (imp!)— • 3.. /' .Eighteen, started... .' Bobrawa. waspthe • . '..'-.Srßt. tp itiove put. ,;Almpner,quickly went 1 ' -, to; the- front;, and-.won; easily-b)'.'. three lengths. Time, lmin. 3}sec. ... SQUATTERS' HANDICAP, c.f 500 sovs. ■~; (including Wai:-t. .Certificates)., ' One mile .ind -a quarter: ' 1 \(Miss . Una Clift's ' br.h. fc-Bombita 1 ■(imp.), by Foivlmg Piece—Brown Bracken,'-Osfc. Bib.--..1;.. 1 fClydeside, Bst. 91b 2 :. Ivngal, Bst. 91b. ; 3 .'.'.'Seventeen,;started; ;Kilflinn "arid 'Clyde- , Fide, were prominent .ih the" early-stages.' .Clydeside led into the straight, .but, Bom--liita challenged at the' lialf-distanoe and . ' "iroii .by two' and a half lengths. Time,, Emin, OseC.—Press Association., " ;' - 1 BIPLANE'S WIN" I>" THB DEEBY. ■ • Sydney, October.,l. Biplane's time for the Derby has only , , "been beaten by Nqctuiform's..record in 'J895. The performance was all»the '(remarkable aiving to the fact that in the early stagesiDeelev had.the greatest diffi. / 'culty in holding Biplane; He fought for \ . : ;his head to such an extent that Jiis : sup- , jiorters .feared he. wpuld beat'' himself, i J?nt from the momeijt lie went to the •front'the-issue: was neyei- in'.doubt. : -The 1 was estimated','..at , i 0.000.— Press Association., ... . ..