AUSTRALIAN CUP.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 87, 11 March 1935, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN CUP.

SYLVANDALE SUCCESSFUL. VOITRE WINS ON COUNT ITO. MELBOURNE, March 10. Tho weather was warm and there was a large attendance for the third day of tlie Victoria Racing Club’s meeting at Flemington. , Menolik appreciated tho longer journey and improved on his Pines Hurdle form, to win the Autumn Hurdle Race. He is raced by Phar Lap’s owner and is trained by H. Telford. Bayntun was very distressed after the race, and his connections held a suspicion that the gelding had been doped. Swabs wore taken and an inquiry was held later in tho afternoon.

Despite tho fact that she steered on errotin course over the final stages, Bimilla outclassed her rivals in tire Ascot Vale Stakos and directed attention to the unfortunate oversight in not nominating her sire Excitement for the Sires’ Preduce Stakes, thus making the filly ' ineligible for that event. She will probably prove the outstanding juvenile of tho season. K. Yoitre’s vigorous horsemanship was the chief factor in Count Ito’s victory in the CYM. Lloyd Stakes; Voitro was loudly cheered. Count Ito has now hud four wins in succession. Yesterday’s was the last race run under the ownership of Mr P. B. Quinlan. Sylvandalo was always well placed and had no trouble, withstanding La Trobe s challenge, in winning the Australian Cup. Flail finished well and boat Topical for third place. King March was a possibility at the entrance to the straight, but tired. God Trail was never dangerous. The timo was only half a second outside Nadoon’s Flemington rocord. Sylvandale is owned by “Miss Lorna Doolie,’ and she is the first lady owner of a winner of the race.

Lascala displayed improved stamina m the Bourke Handicap. His sire is Manfred and his dam Frances Trcssady, who both won the Victoria Derby. The sectional times in tho Australia Cup wore : First six furlongs, 1.21; next four, 49,,; the subsequently four, 51; the last four, 48$; and the last six, 1.135. Whittington, trained by the former New Zealander, George Price, had a comfortable win in the Farewell' Handicap. He lias had two wins, two seconds, and a third in five starts at the Caulfield and Flemington autumn meetings. Results :

AUTUMN HURDLE RACE, of £6OO. Two miles and a half. MENELIIv, 9.0 (F. Douglas) RAS KASSA. 10.6 (Healey)

ORTA LAN, 10.8 (Lynch) 3 Seven started. Bayntu'i was pulled up. A length and three-quarters. Time, 4.355. ASCOT YALE STAKES, of £2OOO. Six

furlongs. BIMILLA, 9.3 (H. Badger)

CARNARVON, 8.10 (Voitro) 2 THE TRUMP, 8.10 (Cox) 3 Fifteen started. Strathardale was fourth, and Lady Primrose last. Time. 1.11 3-4. C. M. LLOYD STAKES,- of £750; weightforage. One mile. COUNT ITO, 8.0 (K. Voitre) 1 PRESS GANG, 8.1 (Skidmore) * BREAKUP, 8.0 (Knox) 3

Seven started. A head; two lengths. Cnpris was fourth. Time, 1.37. The last four furlongs took 47$sec.

AUSTRALIAN CUP, of £3OOO and trophy

value £IOO. Two miles and a quarter. SYLVANDALE, 8.3 (J. Pratt) 1 LA TROBE, 7.9 (W. Cox) 2 FLAIL, 8.8 (T. Lewis) 3 Fifteen started. Dark Chief made most of tho running, with Sylvandalo fourth, King March fifth and Gold Trail seventh. The last-named dropped back at the seven furlongs, where King March was second, only to tire in tho straight. Sylvanda.e dashed to tho front in tne straight, safely withstood a challenge from La Trobe, and won by one length and a half, with Flail finishing well two lengths away. Then came Topical. Dark Chief, Contact, King March, Nuit d’Or, and Gold Trail. Time, 3 51 BOURKE HANDICAP, of £IOO. Seven furlongs. LA SCALA, 8.5 (H. Morris) 1 THE MARNE. 8.11 (A. Knox) 2 COLLINGWOOD, 7.11 (W. Cox) 3 Sixteen started. A length and a half. Time, 1.255. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of £SOO. One mile and one furlong.

WIIITTINGHAM, 9.4 (J. Pratt) 1 PETIT FILS, 7.12 (Knox) ' ••• 2 BLACK ALEX, (Morris) 3 Fourteen started. Three-quarters of a length. Timo, 1.501/ equals the course record.