SPORTING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 October 1917, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS

AUSTRALIAN RACING. DERBY WON BY BIPLANE. SYDNEY, September 29. The weather was line and ilie going good for the first day's racing. The attendance was large, and the totalisator was used for the first time. .Results:—

HURDLES.— Dunacles 1, Mulgawilhih 2, Bundong 3. Sixteen starters. Won bv li v e lengths. Time 3.44 3-4. TRIAL STAKES, Ij, miles—Percolater 1, True Blue 2, Girilah 3. Ten starters. Won by three lengths. Time 2.9'. DERBY. V z miles.—Biplane (Deeley) 1, Bronzetti 2, Thrice 3. Nine started. Biplane early took command and was never afterwards headed, winning easily by two lengths and a half, with a neck separating second and third. Time 2.34 3-4.

EPSOM HANDICAP, one mile— Satin Bird 1, Wedge 2, Mehi Kin 3. Nineteen others started. Won by hall a nock, with a length between second and third. Time 1.38 A.

SPRING STAKES, V 2 miles—Wallace Isinglass 1, Cagou 2, Fortune Hunter 3. Fifteen starters. Won by a. length. Time 2.35. KENSINGTON HANDICAP, 7 furlongs.—Anotto 1, Some Boy 2, Bonnie, Plume 3. Thirty-three starters. Won by a length. Time ' Received this day at 12.20 a.m. SYDNEY, This Day. Tlic weather is line and the prospect for the races excellent. A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE. [Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.] SYDNEY, This Day. Biplane's time for the Derby was only beaten by Noctuiform's record in 1895. The "performance is all the more remarkable owing t<v the fact that in the early stages Deeloy had the greatest difficulty in holding Biplane, who fou(ght for his head to such an extent that his supporters feared that be would beat himself, but from the moment be went to the front the issue was never in doubt.

N.Z. CUP SCRATCHING

OTIRTSTOnTTR.cn This Day. The Toff was scratched for the New Zealand Cup at 10.15 a.m. to-day.