TURF IN AUSTRALIA

Evening Star, Issue 22806, 15 November 1937, Page 4

TURF IN AUSTRALIA

JOHN WILKES WINS WILLIAMSTOWN CUP MELBOURNE, November 14. An ugly demonstration was made by the crowd when St. Fox came back to the enclosure after running last in the hurdle race at Williamstown on Saturday, resulting in the stewards opening an inquiry and adjourning it until Monday. •Principal results:— WILLIAMSTOWN OUP, £2,500. l}m. JOHN WILKES, 7.10. (W. Cook) ... 1 Old Rowley, 7.9 (Voitre) ... ... 2 Dictator, 6.12 (M'Laughlin) ... ... 3 All started. Young Crusader, after making the pace to the turn, finished last. Old Rowley hotly challenged John Wilkes in the run home, but the. latter triumphed by one length and three-quar-ters, with Dictator one length and a half away third, and Nightguard fourth. Then came Balkan Prince and Black Mac, with Floodtide eleventh. Time, 2min 31Jsec. ALTONA TRIAL HANDICAP, £3OO. Im. 3f. ELANA6E, 8.6 (Mornement) 1 Virtual, 8.3 (Smart) ... 2 Mascarades, 7.5 (Tocknell) ... ... 3 Twelve started. Won by a neck, with half a neck between second and third. Time, 2min 24Jsec. Royal Quex was unplaced in the Ozone High-weight Handicap, which was won by Thurles Lad in Imin 25sec, equalling the course record. ROSEHILL MEETING SYDNEY, November 14. At Rosehill the Clyde Handicap, 7f., resulted: — ARABIA, 8.0 (M'Menamin) 1 Brown Betty, 8.3 (Papworth) ... 2 Night of Love, 6.8 (Neale) ... ... 3 Nine started. Won by a length and a-half, with a

length between, second and third. Time, Imin 25isec. Nightingale was second in the first division of the Maiden High-weight Handicap, which was won' by Artsmun. Glenora Park was unplaced. We Three was unplaced ~:n NovicerHandicap, which was won by Heracles. Billy Boy, who won the November Handicap from Fair Warning and High, equalled the race record for 10 furlongs, 2mia ssee. QUEENSLAND GUP BRISBANE, November 14.' The Queensland Cup, 2m.. resulted DIRECT LADY, 7.10 (Spencer) ... 1! Princess Rivoli, 7.0 (Neilson) 2 Spear Chief, 7.11 (Conquest) ... 3 Fifteen started. Won by three lengths, with a length and a-half between second and third. Time, 3min 21$sec —equalling the raca and State record. TRAINER AND JOCKEY DISQUALIFIED PERTH, November 14. Racing circles were surprised by th® 12 months’ disqualification of the West* ern Australia leading trainer, J. J. Kelly, and leading ■ jockey, W. Dillon, owing to the unsatisfactory running or the gelding Hybla in the Belmont Stakes at the Belmont races on Saturday. Kelly trains for Mr Ernest Lee Steere, the owner of the gelding, who is chairman of the Western Australian Turf Club. The stewards announced that Mr Lee Steere was in n® way implicated in the inquiry.