V.R.C GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 2

V.R.C GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE

WON BY ZEPHURON. (By Telegraph.-Press ABsociatiou.-Copyrlght.) MELBOURNE, llth July. The Victoria Racing Club's Winter Meeting was concluded at Memington this afternoon. The principal events re-sulted-'as follow :— GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, of 1750 soys, second horse to receive 350 soys, and third 150 soys from the stake ; about three miles and a furlong. M. J. Farrell's eh. g. Zephuroti, by Westerley-Eleanor, aged, 10.1 ... 1 G. G. Cumming's br. g. United King, dom, by United Staks-Lothair v mare, aged 12.0 ... ... , 2 E. Manifold's b.g. Coradjill, by Port-»eea-Sindhia, 9.10 (inc. 71bs pen- ' a%) ... '3 Also started: Vanguard 12.6, Leah Kleshna 12.0, Minato 11.2, V.M R 10.13, Guncap 10.13, Waddeii 10.9, Tho Miser 10.9, Anacrion 10 7, Icon 10.3 Rogue's March 10.3, Kulourna 10.1, Flash Jack 9.13, Statecraft 9.U. Won by a length. Time, 6min 23sec, a f - Gcord for tho race. DODTHA GALLA HURDLE RACE, «■ hohdicftp sweepstako of 6 soys each, with 600 soys added. Two miles an/ a-quarter. Mr. S.'O'Keefe's br g Ralmam, by The V\ce Admiral— Maru aged... 1 i *»•• f- Hawthorn's Dust Cloud ... 2 j Mr. F. E. Hunter's Nimmio ... 3 Ten started. Won by four lengths. Time, 4min 20isec. The Steeplechase winner, Zephuron, ran second in the Williamstown Steeplechase a fortnight ago. He is by the New Zealand bred Westerley (WestnWeMartha), who wa» taken to Victoria by W. H. Keith, of Wanganui. Westerley to^to win the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race of 1003 from end to end, but could only get third to Marmoat. United Kingdom is probably the best steeplechaser in Victoria at the present time. In Saturday's race he was conceding a lot of weight to the othor placegetters. He was successful in tho Prince of Wales Steeplechase at Flemmgton last month. He was aired by United States, by Bill of Portland--Happy Land, by Musket-Atlantis (dam of St. Leger), a well known New Zealand family. Tho third horse Coradjill was ridden by L. Hegarty, brother to J. Hegarty, the well-known boxer. Coradjill won the steeplechase at Williamstown a fortnight previously. He is owned by Mr. E. Manifold, a member of the wellknown Camperdown hunting family. Messrs. J. 0. and E. Manifold won the race in 1896 by Dungaa., and 1899 by : Mysore, both sired by Wellington, Boa-, of Panic^ whodo best representative in ' the Dominion was the grey gelding Lonehand, Coradjill was sired by Portsea (winner of the Australian Cup and Champion Race) from Sindhia, another of the Wellington breed, who carried tho colours of Messrs. J. <7. and E. Maui\fold- successfully at Fletniagton. The dam Marmont (another of the Wellington tribe) won the Australian, Cup. Dave Allen, who trains Coradjill, used to ride his dam, Sindhia. He is a brother to J. J. Allan, who won the V.R..C Grand National Steeplechase on Hayseed and Mysore.