CAULFIELD CARNIVAL OPENS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 October 1922, Page 3

CAULFIELD CARNIVAL OPENS

THE STAKES WON BY EURYTHMIC.

ar cable—peess association—copvai-uia MELBOURNE, Oct. 14. The weather was fine and bright and there was a big attendance for the opening of the V.A.T.C. spring meeting. The going was good. There was some delay at the barrier in the Debutant Stakes. King Carnival, carrying a. 101b penalty, led from below the distance and won brilliantly. He cost £650 as a yearling. Tne favourite, Lady Reynard, took the turn wide. H. Cairns rode the winner.

Eurythmic was the popular favourite in the Caulfield Stakes. Violoncello 1 led into the straight. Eurythmic, who was sixth in the early stages, was third at the turn, and came out. from inside the distance and won decisively, amidst great cheering, from his stable mate, Tangalooma. These horses have run first and, second in this race for the last three years. Eurythmic has now won £35,166 in stakes. The time is a record for. the race, but threequarters of a second outside Desert Gold's course record.

In the Guineas Soorak was always well."up and won brilliantly. The time equals the race record. The first four furlongs took 51_sec, the last four 48_ sec, and the last six lmin. 14_sec. An, outsider in The Tyrant won the Toorak Handicap in great style. The favourite, Fleuriste, ran ninth. Mermin was fifth in the early stages and finished eighth. R. Bradfield trains the winner.

The principal results are:— Debutant Stakes—King Carnival 8.10 1, Northcliff 8.0 2, Threefold 8.0 3. Nineteen started. Won by threequarters of a length, a head between second and third. Time 0.50£. Caulfield Stakes—Eurythmic 9.4 1, TangaTboma 9.1 2, Harvest King 9.0 3. Thirteen started. Won by a length, a neck between second and third. Time, 1.53*.

Guineas—Soorak 8.7 (J. Pike) I, Whittier (C._Boyd) 2, Prince Tressady (W. Duncan) 3. Eleven started. Soorak led for a furlong. ClifMale was then in front to the distance, where Soorak took_eharge and won by two and a half lengths, the third horse a length away. Time, 1.41. Toorak Handicap—The Tyrant 7.6 1, Momentum 6.11" 2, Gilray 9.3 3. Eighteen started. Easingwold led into the straight, but The Tyrant went to the front at, the half distance afltd won by three-quarters of a length. Four lengths separated second and third. Time 1.414.

SYDNEY, Oct. 15

The City Tattersalls Handicap resulted: Orahian 1, Teremakau 2, Fair Rosaleen 3. Time, '-2.5£.