CAULFIELD CUP

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23175, 22 October 1938, Page 11

CAULFIELD CUP

BUZALONG'S VICTORY FUTURE OF ST. CONSTANT BEAU MARI A SMART COLT [from our cwn correspondent] I SYDNEY, Oct. 18 j This year's Caulfiekl Cup was a re-j corrl in several ways. The attendance j of 65.000 was 2000 better than the! previous best, and the totalizator handled £93,172, an increase of j £27,746. Buzalong's victory was unusual, for j he went to-the front half a mile from ! home, possibly being lucky to beat i St. Constant, who came from nearly last at the turn, where he was cheeked ! by last year's winner, The Trump, falling back. As Buzalong cost only 1 HOgns. as a yearling, and St. Constant was sold at one stage for £l, it was a bargain sale rcsuTt. Prior to going to the post, Buzalong looked better than at any other stage of his career and when left in front at the four-furlong post, he was able to hold on to premier position. Melbourne Cup Prospect St. Constant's second suggests that ho will beat all the Caulficld Cup runners in the Melbourne Cup. Buzalong is not engaged and St. Constant has only 7.8, or lib. more than the favourite, the three-year-old Nuffield. For once, there was not one New Zealand horse in the field, but Footmark, who ran a creditable race to finish fourth, is a four-year-old, by Defoe from Bachelor's Picture.

Mr. W. S. Glenn has yet to see one of his horses run in Australia. Beau Mari, but for being badly checked at the start of the Gwyn Nursery, probably would have won. Mr. Glenn has won 20 races in the Commonwealth but on each occasion he has been an absentee.

Beau Mari is a very smart colt and, although J, T. Jamieson has nijt had a great deal of luck with his two-year-olds, there is hope for him. Romford, who defeated tho Beau Pore colt, ft very useful, but 110 is not likely to win tho next time tho pair meet. Amigo and Crojick were disputants for favouritism in the first division of tho Burwood Handicap at Caulfield, but Amigo, who was sore, was not able to show to advantage. Ho had injured both heels. Crojick, who is by Siegfried from Top Flier, had eVery chance. Tho winner, Tregenna, by Veilmond, finished on very stoutly. South Australian Colt

Tempest, the crack South Australian colt, led all the way in the second division of the Eur wood Handicap. This was his eighth successive win and ho showed real courage when tackled in the straight. Larissa's success in the Windsor Handicap at Caulfield had a sequel, for the owner, Mr. J. J. Kitson, took the horse away from the trainer, F. Godbv, in the birdcage immediately after the race. He led the colt away himself, and J. Fryer is the now trainer. Pamelus ran a good race hut missed a place with 0.10 tip. Apparently the new gaming legislation has led to the effect of increasing the attendances at racecourses in New South Wales. Last Saturday at Randwick tho attendance for City Tatiersall's meeting increased from 21,000 last year to 85,000. The totalisator increase was oven more marked, going from £25,277 to £'.'iß,oßl.

RIDERS AT GORE [BY TELKGKAPH OWN CORBKS PON lIE NT ] INVERCARGILL, Friday Riding engagements for the first day of the Gore meeting luivo been announced as under:— W. F. Ellis, Peony Pose, Vanitv Queen. Mona's Song, Made Money; ii. Baker, King's Chorus, Foxlove; P. Spratt, Ardehoille; C. Ward, Fairy Yaina; l{. Jenkins, Gold Course; H. Phillips, Ocean Singer; L. T. Clutterbuck, Silver Choir, Recall, Triple Cone; \V. Jenkins, Moonraider, Last Refrain, Modeur; C. G. Humphries, Colonel French. Viking; F. Voight, Bow Street; L. Strathern, Astral Flash, Spendthrift, Lady of Spain; R. Humphries, Milford, Cintilla; G. Barclay, Boswell, Doubleack, Night Wings.