ROYAL CHIEF VERY FIT

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 101, 26 October 1938, Page 17

ROYAL CHIEF VERY FIT

.a" (By1- 3Me*raph—Press Association—CopyrlgM.) MELBOURNE, October 25. .-: '-'■■ Conditions were ideal far galloping at Caulfield. ".'■: On the-steeplechase tpxtxm, next to '•the rails, Tempest easily beat Fopt Regal over a mile and a quarter in > 2min lOJsec, Lynch Law defeating "tJestihy Bay over five furlongs in :• 'Irain 3sec. Romford was going comfortably alongside Wellington Maid in ■covering half a mile in. 49sec. Othello sprinted six furlongs in lmin 15Jsec, -"' and, Marauder and Son of Aurous finished together1 over a mile and a quarter in 2min 13sec. Beechwood beat Sylphide over six furlongs in 1y - I)rnin "16Ssec, and Beau Mari and were on terms at the end ' of half a mile in 50sec. On the sand Royal Chief, after pace work,- sprinted half a mile in 52|sec. He is very fit. The-Trump ran seven furlongs in lmin 32sec. Bourbon fin"■^iShed strongly to cover the last mile •and a quarter of. his work in 2min v;:»lssec. ■.-■■■ ■•vAt Flemington, on the tan, Gold Rod was going well over six furlongs in lmin 16Jsec. On the course proper, 30ft out, Sir' Regent and Bachelor King, both without shoes, covered a ' .mile and a quarter in 2min 12sec. St. ;.!,Gonstant and Good Boy were together t,;4yer nine. furlongs in lmin 59£ sec. Gay Knight beat l'Aiglon over the same ground in lmin 59sec. El Senqrita beat Haughty Stare over a mile in lmiri 46£ sec. Diamond Wedding -°-< ahd Bonheur de Pere ran the best '"seven furlongs, taking lmin 31£ sec. Young Crusader moved freely over one and a quarter miles in 2min 13sec. Mohican sprinted half a mile in v.esl£sec. Down the straight Mars Flight ft-beat Magnetic Knight and Captain "'Settle over five furlongs in lmin 3isec, and Beaucaire beat Kestrel and Vigilance in lmin 3|sec.