AUSTRALIAN TURF.
McCARTEN PREMIER JOCKEY. G. PRICE LEADS TRAINERS. SYDNEY, July 30. The Sydney jockeys' premiership resulted in ;i win for the former New Zealander, M. McCartcn, with 87 wins unci | two dead-heats. \V. Lappin was second with 85 wins and four dead-heats, and E. McMenamin was third with 84 wins ami j three dead-heats. Then came D. Mtinro. 74 wins two dciid-hoats; E. Battle, 66 win<, throe dead-heats. McCartcn and Lappin were equal till the last race at Moorefield, in which McCartcn rode the winner. Lappin had no mount. For years McCartcn has been among- the leaders at the end of the season, hut thi> is his fust win in nineteen seasons in Australia. He is al-o the first jockey to have been the leading rider in both New Zealand and Australia. G. Price, a former New Zeulnnder, heads the list of trainers with 29 firsts,
then follow I!. Payton, 26 firsts, one deadbeat • C. Russell, 25 firsts, one dead-beat; F. Cush, 22 firsts, two dead-heats. J. T. Jamieson, with 14 firsts and one deadheat, was eleventh. MOONEK VALLEY RESULTS. WIN FOR ARANUL MELBOURNE, July 30. At the Moonee Valley -races the following was the result of the : ABERFELDIE HURDLE. Two miles and a furlong. WHKRNSIDE, 9.7 (Oakcvl 1 GLENLONAN, 10.1 (Jennings) 2 WONG A WILL, 9.0. (McMahon) 3 Eight started. Kour lengths; threequarters of a length. Time, 3.52 j. UOOEE HANDICAP. For two-year-olds. Six furlongs. Second Division. ARANUI, 8.1 (Skidmore) 1 CAIRNSMORE. 8.7 (Purtcll) 2 MALL'S. 7.6 (Olson! 3 lon started. Half n length; three lengths and n-half. Time, 1.15 J. A. V. lIISKINS STEEPLECHASE. About, two miles, three furlongs and a-half. LAST END. 10.11 (Green) l GIANT KILLER, 11.10 (Watts) ... 2 DECKARI), 12.4 (Johnson) 3 Thirteen start or). A length; half a length. Time, 4.34 J. BRISBANE JULY HANDICAP. BRISBANE, July 30. At the Queensland Turf Club races the following was the result "of the: JULY HANDICAP. One mile and a quarter. LTMOUX, 7.7 (Stone) 1 SCULPTOR, 8.7 (Sclwood) 2 nONARIUM. 8.7 (Hill) 3 Nine started. A head each way. Time. 2.6 i. THE ROCKDALE MILE. SYDNEY, July 30. At (lie Moorefield races on Saturday the j following was the result of the: ROCKDALE MILE. ! LIGHT DRAGOON. 7.5 (Lappin) ... 1 j KOOBA, 7.4 (Thompson) 2 | -MORNING GIFT, 8.0 (W. Cook) ... 5 j Eight started. Two lengths; three- I quarters of a length. Time, 1.42.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 6
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