AUSTRALIAN RACING

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 84, 9 April 1917, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN RACING

A.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTMSHT.)

SYDNEY, Bth April. The A.J.C. Autumn Meeting commenced yesterday. There was fine 'weather, the going was, good, and there was a. large attendance. Jack Rice opened the programme again, proving a wonderful, hurdler, under exceptional weight. Lobanoff broke a leg and was destroyed. M'Lean, thd jockey, waa injured. The Doncaster Handicap was a very open race. Cetigne, King's Bounty, and Spurn were greatly.fancied. Polycrates was most prominent and looked, like a winner at the distance, but the outsider, Wedding Day, well ridden by Connell, challenged the leader, and a great ia.ce resulted in favour of Wedding Day by a narrow margin. The absence of New Zealand horses detracted from the interest in the race. Rongopai was the only /visitor, and made no showing in the Hui'dle Race. A number of Light Horsemen leading a horse with an empty -saddle created interest and secured a number of recruits.

The results of the day's races ivere as follow :— ■

Fil'st Hurdle Race, of 400 soys. About Wo miles.*-Jack Rice (13.9), 1; Lord Cecil (10.2), 2; Quirindi (9.11), 3. There were ten starters. Won by a neck. Time, 3min. 51sec. Autumn Stakes, soys. 'One arid a half miles.-—Mr. J. A. Mayct's ch.h. The Foi'tnne Hunter (Flavis— Boiling) (9.3), 1; Lingle (Linacre— Lady Pamela) (9.0), 2; Greeilcap (Martagoh—Emerald) (9.0)) 3. There were ten starters, piva's Me and Chautemerle were the ■first to move. Borobita quickly assumed command from The Fortune Hunter, Harriet Graham, and Court Jester. That ■order was maintained when the horses led into the straight. The Fortune Huiitei 1 challenged the leader at the distance, and won bjf a length. Time, 2tnih 3^p,ec. ' A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes,; seven furlongs: For two-year-olds, the,- produce of sires nominated.—Thrice (The; Welkin—Teppo), 1; Modesto (Tressady —Chaste), 2; Brolly. (Earlston— Beryluim),' 3< There were nineteen starters. Lady Comely and Conacre showed up first butf Thrice soon Went to the front, and' led throughout, winning by two lengths.. Time, lmiii 29iaec. A iJonovoter Handicap, of 1600 novs) onfe ..mile..—MeftSre.. Trevelyaa agd thorny

son's eh m Wedding Day (AntonioWedding Present), 4yrs, 8.0 (Connell), 1;; Polycrates (Polymelus—Marnute), 6yrs, 9.10 (Wood), 2; Whitefield (White Eagle —Noble Matha), syrs, 9.0 (Cairns), 3. All acceptors started, as follow: Woorak 10.2,..Cetigne 9.4,, Aleconner 9.2, QuinOlogist 9.0, Spurn 9.0, ' First Principle 8.12, Three 8.9, Secret Service 8.9, Tom Castro 8.2, Quinti's Post 7.12, Lord Aore 7.12, Hitachi 7.9, First Trim 7.9, Quarale 7.9, King's Bounty 7.5, Eoyal Mint 7.4, Dave Wbitton, 7.4, Ickle Lasg 7.2, Persian Cat 7.2, Grey Sleeves 7.2, March On 7.2, Ctosska, 7.0. Three jumped off from Polycrates and Whitefield. Polycrates quickly went to the front, and at the half-mile post Three, Polyorates, Woorak, Whitefield, and First Principle were in the order* named, Which was unchanged., as the horses reached the straight. Polycrates led at the distance, but Wedding Day, coming fast, overhauled him in the last few strides, and won by a head. Whitefield was three lengths behind Polycrates. Time, lmin 39sec.

A. j.C. St. Leger, of 1600 soys; one mile and three-quarters.-^-Thana, eh- f (Tressady—Chaste),. 1; Stageland,-blk c, 2; Colbert, b c, 3. There were nine starters. Thana led throughout, and-won by three-quarters of a length. Time, 3min 3isec. High-weight Handicap, of 500 boYs; six furlongs.—At'di'ossan (Featherstitch — Tfanquility), 8.0, 1; Heatherbrae, 9.1, 2; Show Girl 9.8, 3. There Weretwentysevfen starters. Won by a neck.. Time, lmin 14$Bec. .