RACING IN AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 27

RACING IN AUSTRALIA.

V.R.C. SPRING MEETING. Melbourne, November 5. There was fine weather and a good attendance. Hurdles, two miles. Earlston, by Braemar 1 Iredale % The Hero „ _••• ~a Betting—3 to 1 agst Catspaw, sto 1 Lucid, 8 to 1 Carbonate and Earlston, 10 to 1 others. Time, 3min 48Jsec. Spring Handicap, one mile and a quarter. Cravat, by Castor Necklace, 7st lllb (deal) 1 Tire, 7st6lb (Keane) 2 Preston, 9st lib (Pearson) 3 Betting—s to 1 agst Survivor and Alabaculia, 7 to 1 Mischief, 8 to 1 St. David, 10 to 1 Homespun, 15 to 1 Cravat. Won by half a length. Time, 2min 9£sec. Flting Handicap, seven furlongs.

Hopscotch, by Grand Flaneur —Terara (Hayes) 1 Lieutenant (Delaney) 2 Bloodshot (Power) 3 Coil also ran. Betting—H to 4 agst Hopscotch, 9 to 4 Lieutenant, 4 to 1 Bloodshot, 6 to 1 Coil. Won easily by half a length. Time, lmin 28is^c. Oaks Stakes, one mile and a half. Thunder Queen, by Thunderbolt (Lewis) 1 Moonlyong (Power) 2 Princess of Wales (Anwin) 3 Betting—Even money Thunder Queen. Won easily. Time, 2min 40j£sec. Nursery Handicap, five furlongs. Syerla (late Areola), 7st Gib ... (Moran) 1 Patriot, Bst 101 b (Huxley) 2 Bohemian Girl, 7st 71b ... (Holmes) 3 Betting—s to 4 agst Patriot, 7to 1 Manfred, 8 to 1 Syerla and Metford, 10 to 1 The Elder. Won by half a head. Time, limn 3isec. a i. I* Veteran Stakes, one mile and a nair. O'Trigger, by Trenton, 7st 71b (Callman) 1 Pivot, 7st 101 b (Moore) 2 Disfigured, 9st 21b (Dawes) 3 Eight others ran. Betting—4 to 1 agst Disfigured, 5 to 1 Dreamland and Destiny, 8 to 1 btraightfire and Mischief, 10 to 1 O'Trigger. The latter won by a head, Disfigured being a neck behind Pivot. Time, 2min 38sec.

Melbourne, November 7. Spring Stakes, one mile and a quarter. Messrs Bailey and Cooper's Newhaven, byNewminster —Ot<.-ana ... (Gardiner) 1 LeVar,byLochiel (Luckman) 2 The only starters. Betting- Btol on .Newhaven. Won in a canter by five lengths. Time, 2min 19;|;sec. Flemington Stakes, four furlongs and 82 yards. Mr W. R. Wilson's Aurum, by TrentonAura, Bst (Callinan) 1 Keera, 9st 7lb T ( r H f yes > I Hypnotist, 9st 41b (Holmes) 3 Ten others started. Betting-4 to 1 agst Keera, 6 to 1 Patriot and Hymettus, 7 to 1 Aurum, 10 to 1 Hypnotist and others. Won easily by a length and a half, same distance between second and third. Time. 57sec. T.R.C. Handicap, one mile and three-quartei s. Mr S. G. Cook's The Merry Boy, by Trenton—Mara, 7st 121 b ... (Holmes) 1 Coil, 7st 121 b (Luckman) 2 Destiny, 7st 51b (Gardiner 3 Five others ran. Betting—4 to 1 agst O'Trigger, 5 to 1 Reka and Pivot, 7 to 1 Merry Boy, 8 to 1 Coil, 10 to 1 others. Won by three-quarters of a length, almost the Bame between second and third. Time, 3mm 7isec. Steeplechase, about three miles. Mr W. Keating'* Campaspe, by Albury— Wild Rose, lOst 111 b ... (Williams) 1 Tarracom, 10st 61b (Edge) 2 Trumpeter, lOst 71b (Douglas) 3 Six others started. Betting—3 to 1 agst Lariikin, 9 to 2 Claret, 7 to 1 Trumpeter and Vigil, Bto 1 Campaspe. The placed horses were the only ones to stand up, and Campaspe won by 200yds. Time, 6min 48.|sec. Fisher Plate, two miles. Mr Harvey's Bloodshot, by Maxim—lris (Power) 1 Tire ... ••• ••• ••• (Redfearn) 2 Hopscotch" ... (Hayes) 3 These were the only starters. Betting —6 to 4 agst Bloodshot, 2 to 1 the other pair. Won by two lengths. Time, 3min 35.xsec. Final Handicap, one mile and a quarter. Mr Mat O'Shannasy's Homospun, by Lowland Chief—Meedle ... (Callinan) 1 Paul Pry (McNamara) 2 Keka , (Cook) 3 Twelve others ran. Betting—4 to 1 agst Alabaculia, 7 to 1 Homespun, Chevalier and Thunder Queen, 10 to 1 the others. Won easily by two lengths. Time, 2min 9-isec. Rain began to' fall before the Steeplechaso started.