SECOND DAY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 April 1922, Page 6

SECOND DAY.

PEtNCE CHARLES WINS CUP,

SYDNEY, April 17.

The second day of ike Australian Jockey Club's autumn meeting was lield to-day. The weather .was fine and ■warm, and the course in .excellent condition. The attendance was 80,000.

The programme proved intensely interesting, possibly due to the extra elusiveness on the part of most of the ■winners. Prince Charles' Cup victory surprised the visitors, who failed to give the winner the customary <cheer when returning to scale. Stern countenances to-day formed a marked contrast to Saturday's jubilant note, indicating clearly the tuna of Fortune !s wheel against the spectators. .New Zealand's lonely representative, Solfanello, wa3 a non-starter in .the Flying. Details of the racing .are.: Flying Handicap—Dunwil 1, LisnaTaue 2, Etive 3. Eighteen .starters. Braehead took charge early in the jaee, bait Dunwil, going to the ±ront at the half distance, won by a Hang hsad. 1.13£.

-Champagne Stakes—Bosina 1, Sir Andrew 2, Belambi 3. JSTine .starters. Salrak was first away and led into the straight. The race was y,e.ry open at the distance, and was <xron by a Ite^d. Time, 1.13f.

SYDNEY CUP; a handicap sm^epstak* ..p.f 30 soys each, witk 600.0 soys .added, and a gold cup y.alued at 200 soys. Two miles. X-'J3aron's" b g Prince Gkarles, Priflce Foote—Truss Cross, 4-yrs, 7.11-Pl*nro) 1 "W.M. B^rthwick and J. Laye^&% b .g ... E. Eccles'.b .c Stare

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Scratched;: Furious and Eve&song, iFrom an esculent start Julia Grey was first out, and led into the straight, being joined by Nautical -when leading -the straight. Eoyal Alwyne went to the front .at ; nijie furlongs, and main* tamed this position till the half-mile, -where Sister Olive .moved to the front, looking dangerous down the straight. Eashmir .then .carn_e through on the outside and seemed .-.assured of victory at the jfurloug post,;-but Prince Charles, "with a late run on tlte rails, snatched victory in <£he last f q?f yards and won hy thr6.e-quar.ters of a length, with half a length between second and third. Time, 3.26£ First Steeplechase—'Bill Bluster 1, Spethoge -2, WarAoek 3. '.Fifteen starters. It was a fine display ,of jumping, only ,one spiJL Wop. by two lengths. Time, 4.41£. First Nursery Handicap—rFj^st division: Cugo %, &ady Popinjay -2, Pardex 3. Sixteen starters. Won by Jialf a meek. Time, l.lof. Second division: Bivoli 1, Little Flower 2, Eupater 3. I Fifteen starters.. Won by three-qjiar-ters of a length, a length between gf.ond and third. Time, 1.15 J. High-Weight Handicap-^Gilray £, Mountaineer 2, Master Cagou 3. Twen-ty-two starters. Won by a length, and a. half. Time, 1.40£.