RACING IN AUSTRALIA

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1536, 7 August 1901, Page 38

RACING IN AUSTRALIA

V.A.T.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.

MELBOURNE, August 3. The Grand National Meeting of tho Victoria Amateur Turf Club opened at Caulfield to-day. The principal event resulted as follows :-=?

Caulfield Grand National Hurdle Race, of 1150 sovs; second horse to receiv# 200 sovs, and the third 100 from the stake. Three miles and a half, less 92 yards. Mr R. G. Row’s br h Repeater by Mana —Design, syrs, lOst 71b (P. Regan) ••• I, Mr J. Leek’s ch g Lowland Chief, by , . Antaeus—Legado, 4yrs, list 51b (G Wheeler) % Mr S. F. Reynolds’s br g Rickshaw, by Lochiel-—Eackshaw, syrs, 9st 51b 3 Also started—Carbineer list lllb. Shoddy list 31b, Beloka lOst 101 b, Nan, sen lOst 71b, Beau Brummel lOst 61b,

Betting—s to 1 against Lowland Chief, 8 to 1 Repeater.' Half a. mile from home, Billy Manton looked a winner, but failed to stay it out. Lowland Chief and Repeater led into the straight, and the former was ahead at the last hurdle, but blundered, leaving Repeater an easy winner by two lengths.

As the winner was badly beaten last Wednesday at Epsom, the _ victory was received with mingled feelings. Time, 7min 2jsec.

Mana, sire of Repeater, was bred at Auckland by the New Zealand Stud Company. By Musket—L’Orient, he was a full brother to Francotte, a good performer in the South Island. Mana was a member of one of Mr E. Mitchelson’s Victorian teams, which included Tranter, Musk Rose and Escutcheon. They raced without success at the V.R.C. Auturiftn Meeting. Mana only sported silk on two occasions as a two year old, and was afterwards sold and went to the stud in Victoria.

Repeater met Lowland Chief on a stone better terms than in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdles. At that meeting the latter horse won the Maiden Hurdles in fast time, and the Doulta Galla Hurdle * Race, two miles and a quarter, carrying lOst 71b, in which Repeater, lOst 51b, ran second. Antaeus (sire of Lowland Chief) is a son of Sir Modred (Tradueer —Idalia) and was a successful performer in New South Wales.

Rickshaw was bred in New South Wales, in which State he raced until a couple of months back, but has since been trained by J. E. Brewer at Caulfield. His sire, Lochiel, carried Mr G. G. Stead’s yellcw jacket and black cap in all his races. The winners of the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdles (Shoddy) and the Caulfield Grand National Hurdles (Repeater) are both by sons of Musket. Trenton (sire of Shoddyis half brother to Niagara, who was last season represented by Aquarius (winner V.R.C. Grand Nartional Hurdles) and Beau Bfummel (second Caulfield Grand National Hurdles).