TURF IN AUSTRALIA

Evening Star, Issue 22576, 18 February 1937, Page 5

TURF IN AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA PARK MEETING Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, February 17. . At Victoria Park races to-day New Tip bad his third win in succession when he took the first division of the Flying Handicap. The veteran Lough Neagh won the second division, in which Golden Gate and Prince Ponihal were unplaced. New Zealanders were prominent in other races. MAIDEN NURSERY. Third Division.— ROI SION, 8.6 (Weiss) 1 Dream Song, 8.6 (Cookl Maori Maid, 8.4 (Finch) ... d Sixteen started. Won by two lengths, with a neck between second and third. Time, 57sec. ENCOURAGE HANDICAP. —Second Division.— PADDING QUEEN, 8.6 (Walsh) ... 1 Jubilee Singer, 8.2 (M'Manamm) I Prendergast, 8.5 (Williams) o Fourteen started. Won by two lengths, with a length and a-half between second and third. Time, Imm 40sec. MOONEE VALLEY MEETING MELBOURNE, February 17Principal result at the Moonee Valley Meeting;— MORELAND HANDICAP, £250. Im. PRINCE SION, 8.3 (Martin) ... 1 improvement. 7.3 (Preston) * I> Huon, 6.13 (Flannery) 3 Thirteen started, including Link Divine and Wherenside. Won by a length and a-quarter; hah a neck. * Time, Imin 39sec. Upoko Ariki was third in the Bulla Handicap Colossical was unplaced in the Mandate Handicap. L. J. ELLIS IN HOSPITAL Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, February 17. The New Zealand jockey, L. J. Ellis, is a patient in a private hospital. As the result of a fall and head injuries, the sight of one eye has failed. Thus Cuddle so far has no rider for the Futurity Stakes. Lynch Law has been jelieved of nil autumn engagements and turned out for a spell at Mentone in order to get the benefit of "the salt water.