TURF IN AUSTRALIA

Evening Star, Issue 22988, 20 June 1938, Page 3

TURF IN AUSTRALIA

V.A.T.C. MEETING ANOTHER WIN FOR DESERT CHIEF MELBOURNE, June 19. Principal results at the Victoria Amateur Turf Club’s Meeting;— TOOLAMBOOL HURDLE HANDICAP, £SOO. Two miles one furlong and 65yds. GIANT KILLER, 9.0 (Dummett) ... 1 Wallace Drake, 9.8 (M‘Kee) 2 Laveur, 9.2 (Driscoll) 3 Seventeen started, including Whernside. Won by a neck, with two lengths and a-half between second and third. Time, 3min 54Jsec. WANDA STEEPLECHASE, £SOO. About two miles and three furlongs. SARNO, Messrs Priest and Chatfield's b g, by Cardis—St. Mawes, 10.7, aged (M‘Rae) ... 1 Elegance, 10.0 (Driscoll) 2 Martext, 9.3 (M‘Mahon) 3 Sixteen started, including Barmim. Won by one length and a-half, with four lengths between second anil third. Time, 4min 33Jsec. RICHMOND HANDICAP. £6OO. One mile and a-quarter. DESERT CHIEF, Mr G. J. Barton’s ch g, by Chief Ruler—Pure Gold, 4yrs, 8.2 (Skidmore) 1 Demagogue, 7.8 (Badger) 2 Aitchengee, 8.11 (Munro) ... ... 3 Thirteen started. Won by a length, with two lengths between second and third. Time. 2min 7sec, CAMBRIA WELTER. £SOO. One mile. FLYING CHIEF, 8.8 (Creighton) 1 Pine Peak, 7.10 (Voitre) 2 Conchita, 8.9 (Skidmore) 3 Seventeen started, including Only One. Won by a neck, with two lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 39sec.

ROSEHILL MEETING SYDNEY, June 19. At the Rosehill races, the Three-year-old Handicap, £175, seven furlongs, resulted;— NORMANDY, 8.3 (Lappin) 1 Grey Derby, 8.4 (Farrell) 2 Baffler, 7.7 (O’Sullivan) 3 Eleven started. Won by a length, with one length and a-half between second and third. Time, Imin 26,)sec. Deputy Ruler ran third to Flamnri and Jan in the Parramatta Mile, in which Golden Chance, Red Rosebud, and Linklet were unplaced. Chasseur was unplaced in the Maiden Juvenile Stakes, Stalin was unplaced in the Dundas Handicap, and Country Party was unplaced in the Rosehill June Handicap.