SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 74, 29 March 1932, Page 11

SPORTING

SYDNEY CUP WON BY JOHNNIE JASON ADMIRAL DRAKE SECOND United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, 28th March. The Autumn Meeting was continued at Randwick to-day in fine weather. The track was in splendid order, and the attendance was the best seen 'at Kandwick for a considerable time. ' : The Sydney Cup was worth 3656 soys, but the winner provided the poorest exhibition of riding In the history of the race. The reluctance of the jockeys to make the pace resulted in the spectacle of horses racing with their heads in the air, and taking lmin 51% sec for the first mile. . The New Zealarider, Admiral Drake, appeared to have an excellent chance at the distance, but was outstayed by Johnnie Jason. LA PEROUSE HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of 6 soys each, 500 soys. added; six furlongs. Holdfast. 9.6 (Scanlon) 1 Casque DOr, 8.4 (J. Munro) 2 Parkwood, 8.12 (Dickson) 3 Fifteen started. Holdfast smartly ran to the front on the rise of the barrier, and thereafter was in front all the way. Two lengths. Time, lmin 13Usec. EASTER STAKES, of 5 soys each, 400 soys. added; for two-year-olds; seven furlongs. Milaiitheon, 8.5 (McCarten) 1 Oro, 8.5 (Cook) 2 Golden Flash, 7.12 (Welsh) 3 Ten started. Milantheon and Sanballat led early from Tingalba. Milantheon took charge at the turn and won by a length. Time, lmin 2"sec. BIRAGANBIL HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of 5 soys each, 400 soys added; for three-year-olds; one mile. Chatham, 9.13 (Cook). 1 Rory O'More, 7.9 (Dempsey) ' 2 Golden Gate, 8.9 (Knox) 3 Fourteen started. Rory O'More led into the straight clear of Golden Gate, Chatham, and Movie Star. Under severe pressure Chatham got up to win by halt a length. Time, lmin 38»isec. .SYDNEY CUP. a handicap sweepstakes of 30 soys each, 4000 soys added; two miles. TV. J. Jones's br g Johnnie Jason, by Treclare—Sweet Rosalun, 8.4 (Wilson) .. 1 3. M. Samson' 3b e Admiral Drake, by Chief Ruler-—Tame Duck, 8.9 (Webster) :... 2 E. Moss's br h Teihnond, by Limond—Veil, 9.11 (Pike) 3 Eighteen started. Maurice Bede led early, but Admiral Drake took charge at. the mile and led to the straight, followed by Johnnie Jason, Inducement, and Shadow King. In an exciting run to the post Johnnie Ja3on prevailed by a head. (Time not cabled.) WENTWORTH HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of 6 soys each, 400 soys added; six furlongs. Tista; 6.12 (Weiss) .....:...... 4 1 High Sun, 7.12 (Simpson) 2 Jeanie McNish, 8.13 (Knox) 3 Twenty started. Vista jumped smartly from the barrier and led throughout from Jeanie McNish and Prolyxo. Two lengths. Time, lmin 14sec. "'■.'.' TOCAL HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of 5 soys each/ 400 soys added; one mile' and a quarter. ■ ' Koley, 8.1 (Kowland) -...».«... .4,.. i Myarin, 8.9 (Scarlet) ... MW ...i w ... JU>- . i , 2 , Compris, 9.10 (Munro) ............^..j, 3 Twenty-one started. Myarin took charge early and showed the way home from le legion, Sun Eagle, Pavilion, and Roley. In the run to the post Roley finished best. Half a ■ neck. Timo, 2mln s*4sec.