AUSTRALIAN RACING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 11

AUSTRALIAN RACING

AJAX AGAIN SUCCESSFUL | SIXTEENTH CONSECUTIVE WIN iU P A B.v lilectric Telegraph-Copyright I MELBOURNE. 26th February. | Continuous rain marred the Futurity Stakes to-day of the V.A.T.C. meeting at Caulfield. Ajax made a remarkable effort to register lmin 28 J sec for seven furlongs on i such a sodden track, and has now won j his sixteenth race in succession. Only i Gloaming and Desert Gold, with- nine- • teen wins each, are ahead in regard to ! successive victories. j Ajax has now won £27,475 in stakes I High Caste, who had an effortless win jin the second division of the Alma i Stakes, cost his present owner. Mr H. E. Tailored. 7.000 guineas.

j The New Zealand-bred Wilson imi pressed by winning the first division ol : the same event. I The New Zealand-bred National. ! owned by Mr W. R. Kemball. won the | St. Clair Trial Handicap, but lost on I a protest to Laidiaw. O. Phillips, the rider of National, was disqualified for ! six months for foul riding, j Disdain made his best Australian effort and led practically all the way in the Hawksburn Handicap. Results:St. Clair Trial Handicap— Landlaw. 7.11 (Breaslev). 1; National. 8.7 (Phil-' lips*. 2; Trendcl. 7.4 (Preston). 3. Twenty-one started. National was first past the post, but a protest was upheld and the judge’s placings altered. Time. 1.41 f. Almo Stakes, first division—Wilson. 8.9 (Bailey), 1: Pure Gold. 7.6 (Morris) I 2; Hiawatha. 8.0 (Bartle). 3. Sixteen! started. Won by half a neck, with j three-quarters of a length between se-j sond and third. Time. 1.153. Almo Stakes, second division High j Caste, 9.3 (Bartle). 1: Meteorical. 7.9 (Morenmcnt). 2: Mitosis. 7.6 (Bailey). 3. j Sixteen started. Won by three lengths, with two lengths between second and third. Time. 1 17. Woodcliff Handicap—Spear Chief. 9 4 (McCarten) 1: Tempest. 7.12 (Badger) 2; Pageant. 7.12 (Reed) aid Ortelle’s Star. (Breasley). dead heat. 3. Twelve started Won by half a head, with three lengths between second and third. Time, 2.25], Futurity Stakes. -Ajax, 10.6 (Badger) j 1; Pamelus, 9.8 (Shean), 2; Elgolea, 9.7 I (Creighton), 3. Also started: Amiable. Stretto, Gay Prince, Carpentier. Stretto led till the field entered the straight, then Ajax went away and won untroub- ! led by three lengths, with Elgolea half ja head away, third. Time. 1.28}. ! Hawksburn Handicap.--Disdain, 8.2 ! (Ellis), 1: Lady Montague. 7.10 (Demp- | sey), 2; The Trump, 9.2 (Reed), 3. Fifteen started, including Silver Reign. I Won by two and a half lengths, with I naIL a length between second and third. I Time, 1.15 J. j KENSINGTON MEETING SYDNEY, 25th February, j ' i Results at Kensington included:— j Juvenile Handicap, about five fur- . i longs—Waireka, 9.0 (Davidson(, 1; Pro- j ■ gross. 7.9 (Knox), 2; Wikiwiki. 7.0 (Dun- j • can), 3. Seven started. Won by four! ’ lengths; neck Time, 1.8. a race record, j i Silver Coat ran second to St. Robert ; I in the Jumpers’ Flat, one mile. Edible! I 1 was second to Hedonic in the Kensing- : I ton Handicap, of one mile and a quar- j j ter, in which Golden Treasure was un- j ’ j placed. Fan Tan was unplaced in the; j Progressive Handicap. AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY ' DISQUALIFIED " ! ißeceived 27th February, 11.25 a.m.) I MELBOURNE, This Day. I Jockey Phillips, who was disqualified 1 for six months at Caulfield on Saturday, ' is alleged to have struck Landlaw ; across the head with his whip.