OUTSIDER'S SUCCESS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1937, Page 17

OUTSIDER'S SUCCESS

AUSTRALIAN CUP

CUDDLE FAILS TO STAY

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MELBOURNE, March C.

The Victoria Racing Club's Autumn Meeting concluded today at Flemington. The weather was threatening and the going holding. Beechwood made amends lor recent failures by a narrow win in the Leonard Stakes. Namakia was never da pamel Uus finished brilliantly to beat the pacemaker Gold Rod in the Lloyd Stakes. Pamelus now has. had two wins and four seconds in his last six starts. He is a probable visitor to Randwick at Easter. Young Idea was 3 moderate third. Gay Blonde was outclassed. . . . ... Bonnie Rollpx, having his first stait for Mr. R. J. Murphy, the owner of Cuddle, lost his rider at the third fence in the steeplechase, which was won comfortably by Seven Hills. Elegance, Bhoy, and Blackmill fell. _ The extreme outsider Mutable gained a surprise win in the Australian Cup, He has a consistent record this season, but the distance was considered beyond him. He finished brilliantly to down Pooley' Bridge, in the last few strides. Demotic just beat Hot Shot for place honours. Cuddle weakened, also Amalia and Royal Messenger. The winner's owner-trainer is W. famart, formerly a well-known jockey. The time was only half a second outside the record.

■ The consistent Le Baron led always in the Gibson Carmiohael Stakes. He has had four wins and a second an hi? last seven starts. Dick Devon finished strongly to beat Dunloe and the pacemaker Country Party in the Farewell' Handicap. Results were as follows:— THE LEONARD STAKES, £700; 6 furlongs. E I Baillieu and P. H. Osborne's b or br c Beechwood, by Backwood—Clear, 3yrs, 8.10 (H. Badger) # 1 Studio, 9.0 (R. Wilson) ••■•• ? Regular Bachelor, 10.1 (H. Skid- . more) 3 Eight started. Neck; half a neck. Derring Do was fourth- Time, limn 12Jsec. CM, LLQYD STAKES, £1000; weight-for-age; 1 mile. H. Dukes's. b h Pamelus, by BuU-head-^Tango Lass, syrs, 9.1 (W. Elliot) lGold Rod, 8.6 (M. McCarten) 2 Young Idea, 9.0 3 The only other starter was Gay Blonde. Three-quarters of a length; three lengths. Time, lmin 37£ sec. Sectional times: Last six lrm'n 10 3-ssec, last four 46|sec. AUTUMN STEEPLECHASE, £600; about 2J miles. A. C. Ling's br g Seven Hills, by Lanius—Lady Reigle, aged, 9.11 (T. Snyders) 1 Wakerife, 10.0 (W. Foley) 2 Santa Casa, 11.3 (G. McMahon) 3 Ten started. Dilpurra was fourth. Time, 4min 513 sec. AUSTRALIAN CUP, £3000; 2$ miles. W. X Smart's br g Mutable, by Drake—Varium, 4yrs, 7.3 (H. Morris) • 1 C. Dawson and A. Foulsham's b g Pooley Bridge, by Ornamentation—Talkative, syrs, 7.5 (O. Phillips^ 2 L, Kennedy's b g Demotic, by Bur-rabadeen^-Perrjetual, Gyrs, 7.4 (W. Cox) ..,,......,.... 3 Thirteen started. Cuddle made all the pace from Benthos. Tn a good finish Mutable outstayed his rivals to win by half a length, with two lengths and a half between second and third. Hot Shot was fourth. Cuddle and Magnum Bonum were the last two to finish. Time, 3min s}sen. Sectional times: First six lmin 19sec, last four SOJ-sec. ;■.;.....:, GIBSON CARMICHAEL STAKES, £700; for two-year-olds; 7 furlongs. R. N- G, Barlow's br c Le Baron, by Dignity—Maison de- Blanc, 8.9 (R; Wi150n)'......../........... 1 John Wilkes, 8,2 (A- Breasley) ... 2 Campaspe, 7.2 (R, Medhurst) .... 3 Twelve started. Two lengths; half a length- Liberty was ; fourth. Time, lmin 25|sec, FAREWELL HANDICAP, £700; 1 mile and 1 furjong, J. H. Ison's eh g Dick Devon, by Devonshire —Fretwork, 6yrs, 9.0 (R. McLeod) 1 Dunloe, 7.8. (H, Badger) ..: 2 Country Party, 7.11 (E. Bartle) 3 .Twelve started. Half a length; half a head. In the Air was fourth. Time, lmin 50isec, which equals the record.