THE TURF IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10479, 26 June 1897, Page 6

THE TURF IN ENGLAND.

NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING. From papers to hand iwe clio the following details bearing on the two principal events of the Newmarket Spring Meeting :—

The Two' Thousand Guineas Stakes of lOfeors ■each. • For three-year-olds. Rowley mile. Mr. J. Gubbi'ns's b c Galtee More, by KendalMoreaiwtte, Ost (C. Wood) l Lord Rosebery's Velasquez, 9st(J. Watts) .. 2 Duke of Devonshire's Minstrel, 9st (Madden) .. 3 Mr. P. LorilUrd's Berzak, 9st (Allsopp) .. 1 Duke of Westminsters Guernsey, Bat (M. Cannon) ... .. ' 0 Duke of Westminster's-Arkle, 9st (R. Moreton) 0 Sir U. Affleck's Wreath Or, OsHßickaby).. .. 0 Mr.* n." Bass's c by St. Novitiate, »st (Calder).. .:■ ... .. .. ■.. .. 0 Betting: sto 4 against Galtee More, 6to 4 against Velasquez,'2o to 1 against .Guernsey, 25 to 1 each against Wreith'Or and Berzak, 50 to 1 against Minstrel, and 100 to 1 each against the Novitiate colt and Arkle, . . . ' A- start' was rery quickly effected, Arkle first breaking .the Jine, with W/eatliOr next, the field coining on at a fast pace, which soon proved too much for'Guerasey. After going five furlongs Arkle was done with, and Velasquez and Minstrel, side by side, bye une the leaders, Ualtee More lying on the extreme right. ' Directly the dip was reached (ialteu More strode pist , the leaden with great ease, and ronipin;' un the hill, won by four lengths. Berzak finished strongly, and a he.id only separated second from third, and third from fourth. Wreath Or being fifth. Value of the stikea, £3700. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes of ioojovs ■ each; for three-year-old fillies. Rowley Mile, one mile eleven.yards.

Lord Rosebery's b f Chehndry, by Goldfinch— Illuminala (J. Watts) 1 Mr. R. .Walker's Galatia, Bst 121b, carries 9st (Colling) 2 Mr. I. de.Rothschild's Golettn, Sst 121b (Fagan) 3 Count <b Berteux's Florime, Bst lilb |C. Loates) 0 Lord Cadogan , * Lowly, Sst 121b (Calder) .. .. 0 Mr. E. Cissel's f Oalliard-Dueiina, Sst 121b (Bradford) 0 Lord Klleiraere's Fortalice, Sst 121b (Finlay) .. 0 Princa Soltykolfs Peroe Xeige, Bst 121b (Wood).. 0 Duke of Westminster's Bluowater, Sat. 121b (M. • Cannon).'. .. ■ 0

. Betting 13 to S against' Goletta, 0 to 4 aeainst Chelandry, 8 to 1 against the Duenna filly, 100 to 8 against Perce Neige, 100 to 7 against Lowly, 100 to 0 against Fortalice, aud '20 to 1 each acaiust Flomne, (ialatia, and Bluewater. Place betting: 6t02 on Goletta, 7 to 4 on Chelandry, 0 to 4 'asninst the Duenna, filly, 9 to 4 against Percu Neige, .1 to 2 again-t Lowly, 4 to 1 uacli against Fortalice, Galatiii, and Bluewater, anil 5 to 1 against Floriane. The Duenna fllly, on the right, mad* the running from Chelandry, with l.owly ami fortalice on the left, and Galatia and Perce Niege in the centre, while Goletta lay just behind Chelandry. In this order t ey ran until after passing the Bushes Hill, wheu the Duenna filly cave way, and soon afterwards Goletta was in trouble. Chelandry, who was going well within herself, shot out with a clear le»tl in the Abington Mile Bottom, followed by Galatia, and won in a canter by two lengths; a length and abalf between *ecoml and third. Tba Duenna flUy was fourth, Lowly fifth, Perce Neige sixth, Fortalice seventh, and Floriane last.