SPORTING NEWS.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GRAVEN PLATE.
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS.
Press Association. Electric Telegraph
Copyright. Sydney, September 17. The Herald says:—" The battle for the Craven Plate was a great one. Wakeful did not have a smooth passage, and was beaten inside the distance, but had Cruciform come on from the home turn, instead of waiting for the favorite, it is more than probable she would have turned the tables on Ibex. The race was run at a clipping pace all the way." The Telograph says: ■— " Unfortunately Wakeful was the victim of some interference after passing the six-furlong post. It appeared that in attempting to improve her position at that point she dropped back last, and was never able to recover the lost ground, so the suspicion may linger that she is not fairly beaten. Cruciform was giving Ibex perhaps a twolengths' start when the last furlong was entered. When called upon at point Wakeful conld make no impression, but Cruciform stuck to the task with such grim determination that she gradually overhauled Ibex, and only failed by a short head."
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 222, 19 September 1903, Page 4
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181SPORTING NEWS. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 222, 19 September 1903, Page 4
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