TURF.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10737, 7 November 1928, Page 6

TURF.

MELBOURNE OUP ' WON BY FOUR LENGTHS VICTORY. ! ONLY THREE-QUARTERS OF SEC-, OND. OUTSIDE R ACE RECORD. United Press-Assn. by El. Tel. Oopyrieb* lAnutralian Press Association.) . (Received INlpv, G, 5.5 p.m.) •V MELBOURNE, Nov, 6. The weather was delightfully fine, for tho races. There was an enormous .attendance, including tho Gov-ernpr-General and State Governors. • Migrant was fifth early in tho Cup Hurdles, but led at the last jiihip,. and won easily. He was also Successful at Moonee Valley recently, He was ridden by E. Ramage. Switzerland' on tho outer rail was prominent throughout the_ High-Weight-Handicap and won nicely. ,Lady Demob led early in the Nursery Handicap, but Moirawa finished ;fasb. It was her first success. . : New Hope was. some distance back early in the Yan Yean Stakes, but led, in to the straight, beating the fast-finisjhing pair Prince Viol and Cairneross. Tho winner is trained by the’ formcr New Zealander Stan Reid and l was -ridden .by J.. O’Brien. • Extortion was always prominent, and’ won" the Steeples easily. He made a very promising • showing, and also scored at Moonee Valley recently. He '• is ' owned and trained _by tho amateur rider, Claude Grice, arid was ridden by R. Ink son. / Details are as follow: 'Cup Hurdles. —Migrant 10.9, 1; Fred Brown 10.5, 2; Idlo Time 9.12 3. .Won by half- a length, same between 'second and . third. Nine starters!. Blast was fourth. Time, 3.3 J. "Railway Highweighb Handicap.— Syritzerland 9.6, 1: Coromandel 8.2, 2/ ; Sonth Austra 9.3. 3. Won by threequarters of a' length, a neck sftcond and’ third. Red Sea was fourth. Time, 1.13}. Twenty-six starters.

November Nursery Handicap.— Miorawa 8.0. 1; Glaive 7.3, 2; Ellesdee‘B.o, 3. Won bv half a length and three lengths. Ueen Cello was fourth. Nineteen starters. Time, 1.3$ ; Nineteen starters. ■ ;Yan Yean Stakes.— New Hope 7 .It), 1; 'Prince Viol G. 7,2; Cairn- , cross 7..5,-. 3/ •.•Fourteen starters. Won by a neck and half a length.. Time, 1.’40i. 1 Durability was fourth. ; Cup Steeples.—Extortion 10.5, 1; Oral Treaty 9.7, 2; Orange Park 9.2 3." Eight. started. Won by four lengths, and one length. Valbrov was; fourth.’" Ancient Mariner fell and ÜBushlaW and Sir Frewin pulled up:: Time; 4.7--,i THE RACE FOR THE CUP 1 7 The Cup scratcliingg were: Textile 12.35 p.m., . Bacchus 11.37 a.m., Hamulus' 11,40 a.m., Kavalli 11.55 a:m. ■ The first prize in the Cup is £9533. .. i! When tha field settled down. The Happy,!Warrior led and showed the < way past the stand from Dion, Strophon,. Balmerino, Epilogue, Alfred tho Great,-Oatendalo, Allecrat, Statesman,. with Canning Queen and IDemost last. At tho miio Strephon was only’ a length behind tho Happy Warrior.. . Others prominent. were Dion, .Balmerino, Oatondalo, Modigate and' Epilogue, while Statesman was moving tip, Strephon took tho lead at six furlongs, and at tho half mile' was just in front of BatMerino; then came Alfred tho Gt-eat, ’ Attaman and Statesman, with Demost stilli a long way back. Strephon;led xminc! the turn, and was first-into the straight from Statesman and! Balmerino. Statesman took-charge below the distance arid ridden right out, won by' four lengths, third horse three lengths Way. Thenicamo Balmerino, Winalot. Canning Queen, Epilogue, Oaitendale, Allecrat , Dion, and Mondiago. The last, two were The Happy Warrior arid The Banker. Time, 3.23 J. was in the middle of the. the, field in tho Cup, hut won easily,-, It. was the smallest field for fifty years. .. The rider-, of tho winner, Munro, who fyas previously scored on. Windbag, was given a great ovation on "" returning to scale. The.winner was one of the first horses backed in the race, and was a bad horse-for the bookmakers, be- ■" ing extensively coupled with Maple for - the double. He is bred, owned and trained bv W. Kolso. He ran sixth in' .the Gup last year. ■ Mnnro’ stated ha had a clear run on the inside, and went outside only ■two, horses. Howes, rider of Stroph.ori, the second horse, stated that h’e.pulled' hard early in tho race. Tho winner was far, too good, Mcdhurst, rjder of.‘Demost, was a long way back early,-, had no interference, and came home strongly. •I Sectional times are as follows: - First-four furlongs, 53sec, next four furlongs, 505e0., succeeding four 49jsec. -and final four, oOlsce, last six 1.153, final mile 1.40. Tlie tinic is’threequarters of a second outside the,race record. ' . MELBOURNE OUP - ■ ..Statesman 8.0 (J. Mnnro)... 1 Strephon 7.6 ' (R, Howes)... 2 ; Demost, 6.12 (R. Mcdhurst)... 3 " Seventeen started. Won by four '1 lengths; three lengths second and third.' Balmerino was fourth. Time, 3.23 J. ‘ : PREVIOUS WINNERS

nO’wANTiC 1113x011 Y, S'J’RF.l'ilON’S RISE TO FAME. Strephon, the winner of the Victorian Derby last Saturday and second in the Melbourne Crip yesterday, has had a romantic life. His has not been the enre-froe existence of the average thoroughbred, though since Lis yearling days he has f>ecn well eared for, and that is standing to him now in his greatest test. When Strephon was four or five months old he lost his mother,, the mare being shot by her owner owing to a habit of wind sucking she had contracted. There is a story attached to that. Soldier’s Love, the dam of Strephon, was selected in New Zealand by George, Price the Randwiek trainer, for Mr. Percy .Miller, the Scone stud-master. She was a particularly well bred mare, being by Martian from Lichen by Cock a Loop from Heaps of Grace. Tho mare must have contracted the habit of wind sticking on the steamer when making the journey to Sydney, Soldier’s Jove was mated with Xaltash at Scone, hut, so bad did the habit become that Mr. Miller decided not to keep her on the stud farm, and he sold her to Mr. Percy Drown, of Singleton, for 171 guineas. That was two months before she produced Strephon. When Strephon was a few months old he was weaned, and the mare was destroyed. Strephon was well eared for by Air. Brown, and when offered for sale by auction at the Sydney yearling sales lie was purchased by Mr. Sol Green for 525 guineas. ONLY SEVEN STARTS It was a good bargain for Mr. Brown to pay less than £2O for Soldier’s J.ove. The marc had only two foals, the other being Lover’s Land, by Magpie. She was not trained for the turf, and is being used as a brood mare in Now South Wales.

Tho thing that should stick to Strephon in his turf career is that he has not been hurried in bis preparation. As a two-year-old, 'be did not show much, and was given only one race. That was late in the season, and ho did not show up at any stage of tho race. Then followed Strcphon’s meteoric rise to lame, lie won a three-venr-old handicap at Aspondalc, and immediately was claimed as a likely Derby colt. That opinion was endorsed when Strephon won the Stand Handicap at Flemington in the stylo of a true stayer. In Inch, in all his races tho Saltash colt has given indication that ho possesses stamina. Then came his startling success -of the past few 1 days. Strephon has had only seven races, an(l for a colt of so little experience to have performed so well in tho Derby and Cup borders on the sensational.

•y ear' .Horse IVeig ;ht. Time. 1863 Blinker 5 4 3 44 1864 Lantern 6 8 3 52 1866 Toryboy , 7 0 3 44 .1866, Tho Barb 6 11 3 43 ,1867 Tim. Whiffler 8 11 3 39 1868. Glencoo 9 1 3 42 1869' Warrior8 10 3 40 1870 Nimbleioot 6 3 3 37 1871 ; The Pearl " 7 3 3 39 1872 The 'Quack 7 10 3 39 1873 Don junn 6 12 3 36 1874 Haricot 6 7 3 37J 1878 Woo'llamai 7 8 3 38 1876 Briseis 6 '4 3 36J 1877 Chester 6 12 3 334 1878 Calamia 8 2 3 354 •1879 Darriwell 7 4 3 302 1880 Grirnd ■ Pvaneur 6 10 3 343 1881 .Zulu 5 10. 3 324 1882 The Assyrian 7 13 3 40 1883' MartiniJtienry 7 5 3 304 1884 ■ Mrilua 9 9 3 312 1885 Sheet Anchor 7 11 3 294 1886 'Arsenal. 7 5 3 31 1887' Dunlop 8 33 284 1888 Meritor 8 3 3 304 1889 Bravo 8 7 3 324 1896 Carbine 10 5 3 284 1881 Malvolio 8 4 3,294 1892 Glenloth 7 13 3 364 1893 Tarcoola ' 8 4 3 304 1894' Patron ( 9 3 3 31 1895 Aura’ria 7 4 3 29 1896 New haven 7 13 3 284 1897 Gauliis' 7 8 3 31 1898 The Grafter 9 2 3 29 1899Merriwee 7 6 3 364 1900 Clean Sweep 7 0 3 29 1901 Revenue 7 10 3 301 1902 The’ Victory S 12 3 29 1903 Lord Cardigan 6 S 3 294 1904 Acrasia ■ 7 6 3 281 1905 Blue Spec 8 0 3 274 1906 Poseidon "7 6 3 31-1 1907 Apologue 7 9 3 274 1908' Lord Nolan 6 9 3 282 1909 Prince Foote 7 8 3 284 1910 : Comedy King 7 11 3 272 1911 The Parisian 8 9 3 272 1912 Piastre' 7 9 3 272 1913 Posinatus 7 7 3 31 1914 Kingsburgh 6 12 3 26 1915 Patroba 7 6 3 28-4 ,19.16 Sasanof 6 12 3 271 1917 Westcourt 6 12 3 272 1918 Nightwatch 6 9 3 252 1919 Artilleryman 7 C 3 244 1920 Poitrel 10 0 3 252 1921 . Sister Olivo 6 9 3 272 1922 1923 King Ingoda Bitalli 7 1 0 3 281 3 241 1924 Baekwood 8 2 3 264 1925 Windbag 8 o 3 222 1926 Spearfelb 9 3 '3 223 1927 Trivalve 7 6 3 24 1928 Statesman 8 0 3 234