AUSTRALIAN RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17212, 14 July 1919, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN RACING.

V.B.C. GRAND NATIONAL. i. *nd N.Z. MELBOURNE. July 12. The. Victoria Racing Club's Grand National neeting was brought to a conclusion at Remington to-day. The following was the result of the leading event: — riTE V.R.C. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, a sweepstake of .£2O each with £2000 added. About three miles and a furlong. L. Stuart's b g Sir Prim, aged, by Sir Tristram—Primrose. 11 'Moon) . . 1 H. Connelly's sr g Cobram. aged, by Bundook—White Rose. lOst 10lb (Connolly) 2 A. P. Bowman's • '■• g Murrangong, aged, by Maltster—Coal Queen. lOst 111b (McCabe) 3 The raoe was a chapter of accidents. Of thirteen starters only four finished. Murrangong led the field, which gradually thinner! by fails for most of the way. Gla-dful ami several others came down at the sod wall in the second round. Six Prim then took charge, and, stalling off a hot challenge by Cobram. won by three-quarters of a length. Jack Rice was fourth. Time. 5m 325. WINNERS OP THE V.K.C. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. (Since 1390.) Time, m. s. 1890— S. Edge's Fearless 11.. 9.9 .. 7 0 1831— W. T. Jones's May Be. 10.0 .. 7 15 189-2— S. Miller's Redleap. 15.5 .. 6 431 1893—J W. Edge's Trojan. 11.9 .. 7 4j Gibson Bros.' Daimio. ii.3 .. 7 0, 1895Gibson Bros.' Daimir,. 11.10 .. 0 45 1896 J. C. and. E. Manifold's Dungan. 12.9 .. .. 6 58J 1897— Miller's Havseed. 10.0 .. 3 414 1898—A. W. Beazlev's Floater. 12.7 6 451 1899— J. C. and E. Manifold's Mysore. 9.0 (carried 9.1) 6 42 1900 A. James's Rosebud. 9.0 ..6 59} 1901— S. Lazarus's Freedom. Ml . . 652 1902—5. M. Wilson's Bay Eagle. 10.7 6 531, 1905— T. Blunt's Grafnell. 10.4 .. 6 514 1904— E. A. Connolly's The General, 10.10 ..' .. ..6 43 1905— and M. H. White's Bellis. 10.12 B 34 1906— E. Finn's Decoration. 11.2 .. 6 31 —G. Hodgkinson's Divham. 10.5 6 565 1903— Miller's Cardinal. 11.2 .. — 1909— J. Price's Bribery. 12Jtl .. 6 37i 1910— P. Cox's Grain*.*, 11.12 .. 635 1911— T. Godby's Confide. 10.2 .. 6 41* —P. E. Kearns's Guncap. 10.4 .. R 252 1915— W. Hill's Leah Klfishna. 11.3 6 242 1914— J. Farrell's Zephuron, 30.1 6 23 1915 H. A. Currie and H. Miller's Flash Jack, 10.5 .. .. 639 1916— E. Manifold's CoradjiU, 11.0 . 6 24' 1917— H. Raiah of Pudufcota's Oid Mungindi, 11.0 , 6 19? 1918— H. Connelly's Cobram. 9.9 ~6 32i 1919—L. Stuart's Sir Prim, 11.0 .. 532 BACEHORSES AUCTIONED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN. Saturday. At a sale of Mr. Elmslie's racehorses at Invercargill, Buzxagong was lought at 510 guineas by Mr.' W. Smale. of Limehills. Kilmeedy fetched 338 guineas, Mrs. W. D. Cowie, of Winton, being the buyer. StaffOfficer was sold wt 100 guineas to Mr. L. Cunningham. of Wintcn, and Gunrest brought 86 guineas. Mr. C. Tullock. of Bluff, being the purchaser.