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Otago Witness, Issue 2284, 9 December 1897, Page 34

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Tuesday, October 26. Criterion Stakes, of 5865-..vs. For two-year-olds. Criterion Course (six furlongs). Duke of Westminster's br c Batt, byShe«n — Vampire, S.B (M. Cannon) 1 Sir J.-Blundell Maples's eh f Royal Footstep, 9.2 (Calder) 2 Mr E. Courage's eh c Intolerance, 8 S (O. Madden) 3 Airs and Grace?, 8.6 (T. Liates) 0 Canopus,Bl2 (Rickaby) 0 Betting : Evens on Batt, 6 to 4 agat Royal Footstep, 100 to 12 Ctnopus, and 100 to 8 any other. Intolerance cut out the work from Oanoputv. Airs and Graces, and Batt, with Royal Footstep in the rear to the red post. Here Batt took a, slight lead, aud wai challenged from' the distance by Royal Footstep, who failed to get up, and succumbed by a neck. Thursday, October 28.. Dewiiurst I'latb, of 300=ovs, added to a sweepstakes of 25iovs ; second 100sov«. For two-■\e.iv-olds Last seven furlongs of- RM. Mr J. Portfir's eh c Hawiincb, by Goldfinch — Chalk Hill Blue, 8.9 (S. Loates) j. Piince Soltykoft's bo Ninus, 8.13 (M. Cannon) 2 Duke of Devonshire's eh c liieudonne. 9.5 . (J. Watts) 3 Oiztl, 9 2 (Bradford) 0 St. la, Bl\ (T. Loates) 0 Royal Footstep, 8.11 (Calder) 0 B-tting : 11 1o 10 on Dieudonne and 20 to 1 ag3t Hawk finch. The running was made by St. la in the centre from Ninus and Orzil on the rit»ht, and Di*judonnc and Royal Footstep on the left, with Hawfinch outpaced in the rear. This order was maintained to the Bushes, where Ninus deprived Sfc. Ta of the command, and came on in advance of Dieudonue, and they entered the Abingdon Mile Bottom nearly side by side. In the meanwhile Hawfinch, who had gradually warmed to his work, began to dravy up on the whin hand, aud with the weight telling a tale Dieudonne gradually collapsed. Thereupon Hawfinch closed with Niuus inch by inch, and, amid a scene of excitement, upset the crack by a ueck; a length between second and third. Oiv.il was fourth, and Royal Footstep last. Time, Imin 33sec.