AUSTRALIAN RACING

Evening Post, Issue 113, 10 November 1930, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN RACING

V;R.C MEETING

FIRST ACRE SCORES SUCCESS

United-Press Assoclatlon-By Electric Tele- • .. graph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, 9th November. 'The weather was warm and the attendance good for the concluding day of the VIR.O. Spring -Meeting; The going was good/ V" • it, ■Holmdale,.who-was last early in the race/finished with a good run in the Batman Stakes/ to =wm easily. , _ Stephen, owned and trained by the former New Zealander, Lou Rdbertson, won the Ilemingtoiy Stakes easily. : This. is his. first-vsuccess.' He; cost 500 guineas as a yearling.,. Hunt the Slipper ran a gopd race and.-led in the early .stageß. ; The' race; for .the 0. B. Fisher Plate proved a; farce." 'Phar Lap led all the way.; This is"hm tenth,win. this season, making hia twenty-fourth success, and bringini? his total stakes to £46,842. His ..rider, J. Pike won the same race 'previouslj' on Gothic, who; .ran" the distance^ in 2mm Ther'New- Zealander First Acre made amends for the defeat of his stablemate, Hunt- the: Slipper, by capturing the V.K.G. Handicap. He is trained by, A. D. Webster,: and was ridden by T. Webster. First Acre knocked three-quarters of a second off ■Bacchus's Australasian record. Other New Zealariders'who have won.this race are The Cypher arid The Banker. Vauntrim led over the last six furlongs in the Victoria Steeples, arid won cleverly. His time knocked 2% seconds off the lueniington record. JHis owner, Mr. J. F. Ryan, won the JTational with Nyangay. There was an exciting finish in, the Final Handicap, when Pinnacle ran a* dead-heat with Spang in the last stride. Pinnacle was twenty -lengths behind the leaders at the half-mile. It was a remarkable effort. First Acre's victory was greeted with a Maori haka by several visitors in tho stand enclosure. Sectional, times in the C. B. Fisher Plate were as follow:—First four-Jurlongs, 61% sec; next four, Imin; last fourj 47sec; final six, Imin 14sec; final mile, Imin 47 sec. V.E.C. Handicap.—First four, 52Uscc; next four, 49% sec; last four, SOUsec; last six, Imin 14%eccj mile, Imin 40 1/isec. .Results are as follow; — BATMAN STAKES, of 750 uovs: for three-year-olds ; oho mile. Holmdale, 7.11 (W. Cook) ; 1 Miss Arrow,'s.o 2 The Doctor's Orders, 8.11 ' 3 Twelve staftod. -'Won by two lenßths and a half, with three lengths between second and thirds; Land of Nod was fourth. Time, Imin 40sec. FLEMINGTOX STAKES,'Of 600 sots; for twoyear- bid colts and geldings; five furlongs. Stephen;. 7.!) (H. Badger) 1 Hunt the Slipper, 8.10 2 Gordon's Leap, B.C 3 Won by three lengths, a nock between second and third. Dogwood was fourth. Time, Imin 2% sec. C. B. FISHER PLATE, of 1300 soys; wcight-f or- \ age; ono mile and a half. Phar Lap. 8.9 1 Second Wind, 9.1 2 Lineage, 8.9 3 Won by three lengths and a hair, four lengths between second and third. Tho only starters., Time, 2min 48^360. V.It:C. HANDICAP, of 1000 soys; ono mile and. three-quarters. First Acre, 7.12 (T. Webster) l Some Quality, 7.8 2 White Nose, 0.9 .' 3 Eleven started. Won by four lengths, two lengths between second and third. Clmbiian was fourth. Time, 2mln s(i^sec—an Australasian record. \ ■ '. . VICTORIA STEEPLECHASE, of 650 soys; about '\ / two mlle3 and a half. Tauntrlm, 9.3 (W. M'lnnes) ..; l Indicate, 10:11 '..:■:: '. 2 Welcome, Stranger, tys : .'.... 3 Eight started. Hagatsky fell. Namera -was fourth..;. Time, 4mln 58% sec. ■ , FINAL HANDICAP, of 750 soys; one mile ;: ."•'. • ;.. ;'\and,.a quarter. ' ■ Spang;;/B.pi"(J.. Winks) -..;.. ■. + Pinnacle; 8.4 (W. Cook) ...... : f Taisho, 8.4 '.......-..*.. 3 ■ .'.'. ■-;''■.■ ~;;' I'Dead heat. Sixteen started., Won by two lengths. Pentheus was; fourth. . Time, 2mln 3%sec.