CALCUTTA. Monday, December 27.

Otago Witness, Issue 2294, 17 February 1898, Page 33

CALCUTTA. Monday, December 27.

Viceroy's Our, a Cup value J2JOO, preceni»»d by the Viceroy, and B,', 15.C00 from the fund, out of which thp second borse received Ho St'Of? ard tbe third Rs 1000. One mile aud threequarters Lieut. -col ouel Desaiaj-Urs's eh g Leoniclas, by Gibraltar- -Laiiy Spec, 8.13 (Gtbbs) 1 Mr Ward Jackson's b g Torn, 9.0 (R*rnsh<vw) 2S Mr Gal's b g Conrallie, 9.0 ... .. (Southall) 3 H. H. Mah. of Patiila's br m Virago, 9.0 (Forsfcer) 0 H. H. Mah. of PatialVs b g Sprightly, 9.0 r (Robinson) O Ms NewpU's eh h Idolater, 9 3 (Mr E hvjrd) 0 Mr E. I/. F. Da SoyaVs eh g Jack-o'-Lantern. 9.0 " (Trahaa) 0 Mr Apcvii's b or br g Donegal, 8.11 (Vir.ail) --O Mr 4fH-jr'<;ehh Vatersay, 8.7 ... (O'Neill) 0 Betiing : 5 to 2 on Sprightly, 7 to 1 agst LeoniJas, 7 to 1 Virago, 20 to 1 Torn, Jack-'o-Tjau-tern, uud Idolater, 30 to 1 Conrallie, 50 to 1 Vatersay. Place betting : No price the favcurite, E to 4 ort Virago, 5 to 4 asst Leonidas, 2 ro 1 Tack o'» Lantern, ?i to 1 Tom, 4 to 1 Idolater, Coarfllie, and Donegal, 5 to 1 Vatersay. They left the post in a compact body, Donegal, Vingr*, and Vatersay leading past the stand, with Sprightly, Jack-o*-Lantern, Courallie, Lecnidas, and Tom next, Idolater whipping iv. Virago wa» almost immediately taken to the frout, and Sprightly lav close to her, with Donegal alongside him, Jack-o'-Lantern, Tom, and Cou'-allie next, Laouidaa with them, and Idolater last. They ran on to Ihe mile post without any appreciable alteration, but at the tree Leonidas moved ur> *. place and Donegal dropped back; Tom 7. as going fourth, Courallie fifth. At the six-furlong-post Leonidas had moved up second, and was half a length behind Virago, Sprightly losing ground every y^rd, a.id being practically bf a*,en betcre the fU'e-furloEg post. From the old stand Leonid.is drew even with Virago, and at the hilf mile was leading her, with Torn and C&urallie closing on her. At the threa- furlong post Leqnidas had a clear lead of his field, and was going well, and as ~thcy swung into the straight turn there was only one other horse looking at all dangerous, and that was Tom. Half way up the straight Tom made a desperate effort to get on terms, but it was fruitless, as Lconidas was full of running, and, going on, vvou without having ever been seriously challenged by thres :>nd aquarter lengths; three leng:hs between sec.-nd and third ; two aud a-hslf lengths between third and fourth. Time, 3vnin 7sec. On recurning to the paddock it was found that the favourite had a split hoof.