VEDETTE IN AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11580, 16 May 1898, Page 7

VEDETTE IN AUSTRALIA.

In the Sydney Mai Vol April 23, “ Milroy ” writes of Ved ette’s running at the Australian Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting as follows: —“Vedette's Doncaster backers must have been' on anything but good terms with themselves when they saw him make that wonderful run at the finish of the Final Handicap on Saturday. In this race he proved the correctness of the estimate formed of him by his Maoriland admirers, and had he been worked up properly for tho Doncaster be would have given it a great shake. After he i;an in that race and the Flying Handicap his trainer moved him along between Monday and Saturday. He kept him right up to the collar, and even galloped him a fast mile on the morning of the race. This treatment agreed with and improved the son of Vanguard to such an' extent that he put in a run on Saturday remindful of Marvel and Carbine. In the Final Handicap he was ridden by M. Harris, who tells mo the horse was pulling him out of the saddle at tho turn, and he was only waiting until they turned for home before dashing up on the outside and smothering the opposition; but just as be was preparing for., .the.,., paralysing act Blanche Florence fell in front of him and interfered with him very much. The accident threw the horse out of his stride, and caused the postponement of the run until they got to the Leger stand. Meanwhile, The Chief had all the others silenced, and his rider, T. Johnson, thought it was all over, and steadied his horse just as Vedette challenged, and thereby the race was completely thrown away; but if Blanche Florence had kept her legs Johnson would not have any reason to be so.'crestfallen today.” , The following is taken from “ Terlinga’s ” rotes on the Australian Jockey Club’s Autumn meeting : —“ On the last day of the meeting the New Zealander Vedette won a race. Evidently he had profited by racing on Saturday and Monday, and then again the substitution of M. Harris for Pagan brought about a decided improvement in the matter of jockeyship. Vedette is just the sort of horse that would have been worth putting away for some sprint, such as the Newmarket Handicap, but having won over a mile and a quarter with Bst 111 b, he is now thoroughly exposed.”