AUSTRALIAN RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15412, 22 September 1913, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN RACING.

SUCCESS OF NEW ZEALAND ' %1 -^m '.•■'•■"";: HORSES. •■ - " " I ■• •'- -■'-■.■ i SOLTANO SCORES BRILLIANTtV - | By Telegraph— Association— | (Received September 21. 5.15 p. m "" '■ , - Stohet. September 20 The Rosehill Racing Club's Spring M«tij- f | was held to-day. A feature of the racing s was the success of New Zealand horses, th r S 1 victories going down to their credit' Tl- -? following were the results in the leaSai I events:— , uul ? ' THE HURDLE RACE, a handicap &$ I lOOsovs. Two miles. " a °aicap < ;? S | Whakaweira. by Pilgrim's Progress-:' 18 I Espanida (P. Flynn) ... „.„-:',.■"■ King Lucre .- ... , ' "•. Ip;- ; Dyor ... , ... .'" '" "213 : Fourteen started, including Beacon, who sf :' I the start was left half a furlong WW- - " $ weira won by four lengths. Time,"3 m 52 5 . T '',;f THE ROSEHILL GUINEAS. 600 guiatoS ! added. Seven furlongs. s«"ueaj a . Mr. B. H. Richards' br c Beau So U ] t '1 I by Soult—Our Lady ... ™ ?Mf Mr. I. Earnshaw's b c Radner "' i ■■■'§ I Messrs. H. and G. Main's ch c Tofua .'.'.' a ! ; I Ten started., including Cherabini, Ath»aic"' $ " Beau Soult whose nice smooth action »i, 4 ' much admired, came sway at the disW. 1 ' and won easily by two lengths from Kadnw -1 who in turn was four lengths in adwJ,- ; : -l of Tofua. Athenic was fifth, Cherubin: IS? tl I' Time, lm 28a. ™" S THE CAMELIA STAKES, a handican'"„V I lOOsovs. -Six furlongs. n3nt UcaD 0! M Valido (imp.), by Veles—Slaveaway "" V V ? Albeite ... * # — '■*■■■:£ | Golden Hop '." "" "'Vj -.'i [ Seventeen started. Yalido won by a letisM i I Time. a length separating second and tSfcj* ' ; Time, lm 14is. "^m THE SPRING STAKES of 400sovi. p OT &,'' - year-olds and upwards. Weight for - alf- -il with penalty and allowances. One utile? ■ a M & % % Lorry's b c Soltano, 3yrg I, >" I Soult-Mcmoquil, 7st 121 (Manning) ,f' T T I M oii. H Co^?' s br h Gigandra, 6yrs, M'' l « Sri 31b (A. Oliver) ' -; .' ,fl Mr. A. Wynne's b h Cider, 4yrs, 9st '(Kelly) Thirteen started, including -- : Duke Foote was scratched. ,''-"'■?;*.. ' Soltano dashed to the front before two 'hir." : 1 longs had been covered,. and the son of Sfeblt '"' 3 had a lead of two lengths at the end of fag - : ' : 9 furlongs, Bum, Modify, Gigandra. and CiAw-V----following in that order, and so they daahtd •'» into the straight. Gigandra challenged at ar ; '•' : distance, and as he drew alongside theJW P -~ 1 Zealand colt excitement ran high. Giganfin' ,:'• ' appeared to momentarily head the colt but - ; ! the latter came again, and in a great strurel* won on the post by the shortest of heads Sir**' lengths separating second -and third. -Em- ' perador was fifth, some distance back.' Time- ' lm me (a quarter of a second above thelS i hill record?. . fgfc Soltano showed great pace and gamenoss, ; and it was a-fine achievement to defeat aaMi'S opponent of such calibre as Gigandra, who is the Epsom Handicap favourite. :...,v;.'!" 3 , . SCLTANOS VICTORY..' <||S ' _ In view of Soltano claiming an engagemeai"'"'' in the Australian Jcckey Club's Derby- U*'victory of Mr. T. H. Lowry's colt in'the' ; Spring Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday--jausi?*i be accepted as a highly pleasing performan-e • for in Gigandra he defeated a horse thaiSnas?%-i| won a high place with the most noteworthy : sprinters of the Australian turf. The AM&msii Derby comes up for decision at Randwick Ira WM October 4, and now that Soltano has"si-. ;1 I nalised his debut in Australia by registerjn'» ' --* a brilliant victory, it goes, without saynw-''.•■'•■ that the keenest interest will be manifests!? '- -■ 1 in New Zealand in regard to the doings the Soult colt. "