SECOND DAY.

Otago Witness, Volume 02, Issue 2420, 2 August 1900, Page 42

SECOND DAY.

The meeting was continued or. "Wednesday, ; July 11, when tho programme was of ordinary ; intere-st only. The Keilor Hurdle Race, run ; over two miles, went to the favourite, Welfare 12.0, by Farewell. This was the first Tace won ' iby Welfare in Mr S. Miller's colours. He j ■bought the gelding from the Sydney trainer j IW. Kelso, the price paid, I believe, being £300 | and £75 out of his first win at Caulfield or A Flemington. I think Welfare is the best . hurdler in Australia over two miles at present. - He is no good, it now appears, when the dis- i tance is longer, and that is xhe reason, he went 1 •out of the Grand National Hurdle Race, i Beau Brummel 10.7 ran second, and finished , much gamer than usual. He was, however, ] taking on a big contract in trying to beat Welfare at a difference of 211b. The exQueenslander Dumb Bell 8.4, by Iron Horse, - was the medium of a plunge for the Welter Handicap. In a field of 21 he was backed down to 7to 2. The only other backed for money •was Benedict 9.3, in Phil Heywood's stable. ;They ran first and second, Dumb Bell finishing rather slovenly, and winning by half a length, with Glen Albyn 9.5 third. There were only five starters for the Maiden Steeplechase, but two of them, Wallaby and Fairyhonse, are pretty fair. They finished m that order, Wallaby winning easily. He is tby Kangaroo, a Tasmanian jumper, on whom *he late Tom Corrigan won races in Victoria. ■The Steeplechasers' Flat Race came next. *OBoth owners and the public seem to like this class of event, but it is hardly an inspiriting 'sight to see a lot of old jumpers racing on the flat. „ These events, as a rule, are no good as a line to jumping events. They are only ) ;jiseful as training for the horses. The winner^ j .Steersman 10.3. is by Irish Home Hule, was i ibred in the Wagga district of New South .Wales, and started a strong favourite. He ■won comfortably, Mutiny 9.7, Mysore 10.7, and Chelsea 11.0 following him home. Chit Chat, '■with 8.5 up, won the - Braybrook Handicap, i one mile and a-half, veiy easily, and Seobie ;

must regret that he did not enter him. for the i CauJfield Cup, as he would only have got » flight weight for that event. This ended a 'disastrous day fox the bookmakers, every winner being a favourite. THIRD DAY. The V.R.C. meeting was concluded on Saturflay last. The weather was again fine, and the ■

club will make a. fair profit over the three days. IA.B you have no doubt learnt by cable, the National Steeplechase went to_ Rosebud, who was just as much an outsider as lAqtiarrus was for the Grand National fTivrdle Ba.ce. Any man who had suggested before the Sueoting that the double would have been pulled . ofi, by two such horses would have been voted «, lunatic. And yet, if these outsiders did nob Sop up occasionally, the poor bookmakers would )iot be able to take their periodical trip to Europe, would not be able to pine on chicken and champagne fiaily, would not be able to wear loud clothes md sport big diamonds, and drive fast trotters. LTiis would almost be a national calamity, so for the bookies' sake we must try and look )leased when the despised outsiders come to the front. Rosebud is not in a fashionable stable, and she has not a fashionable pedigree. She Jias neither a fashionable trainer nor a fashionable owner. Even her jockey, E. Jackson, is » |recr,uit from the unregistered meetings. iWhen backers saw her coming home alone, they were inclined to blast fashionable owners and jashionable everything else, not forgetting fashionable tips. She is trained at Caulfield, »nd it is said her owner had a few pounds on, 4ut nobody else seems to have got anything out pf her except the books. She was in at the minimum weight, and Wallaby, the second Jiorse, only had 7lb over the minimum, including 41b overweight. The only horses oi those

well-backed that stood up were Hayseed, th ird, and Honeydew 11, fourth, and they were the proverbial .street away at the finish. It was a most disastrous steeplechase, only six of the 16 starters finishing. Chelsea came down at the third fence, and the ex-New Zealander, Ciusado, at the second last fence — the latter causing Mysore, the favourite, to run off. Neither had a chance of beating Rosebud at the time, though both may have got places. Mysore ran unkindly, more than once previously tr3'ing to get off at a fence.

Apart fiom the Steeplechase, there were other events of considerable interest. The Doutta Galla Hurdle Race, worth £500, went to Insult 11.13, with Bordeier 11.0 only beaten half a head. The -uiimer, as I have stated, fell at the last hurdle in the Grand National Hurdle, and it was some compensation to his owner for his bad luck in that race. The Sydney jockey, P. Regan, was on the winner,, and M. Mooney, of Melbourne, on Borderer. They are the crack cioss-country riders of Australia, and their riding was greatly appreciated. Mooney lords it over all tho Victorian jockeys, and he did not like the Sydney man beating him. He entered a piotest alleging that Kegan had 'struck Borderer over the face with his whip. The stewards could see no marks, and promptly dismissed the protest. Going out of the straight in this race Chorister leil and Valdis (the favourite), Cintra, Altairs, and Rackstraw came down over 1. m. Williams, rider ci Valdis, had his arm. broken in two places, and had to give up his mount on Chelsea in the Giand National Steeplechase to an amateur, Mr E. Hcriot. The rider of Chorister charged T. O'Brien, the rider oi RoseiaorA, with having caused the accident, but the stewards dismissed the complaint. A 'big field contested the Lawn Handicap, six furlongs. The winner was Eugene CIO, by Neckersgat — Josephine, trained at Caulfield by Carslake. He only beat Flint 7.9, another Caulfield-trained one, in the last lew strides. The favourite, Rona 6.10, who is still trained at St.. Albans, ran moderately. There was another good field for tho July Handicap, one mile, and the places were filled by three hoises engaged in the two Cups — Cornquist 8.3, Carlos 7.5, and Terlinga 8.4. Cornquist was a red-hot favourite, and he only beat Carlos in the last stride or two. He has incurred a 31b penalty in the Caulfield Cup and 51b penalty in the Melbourne Cup. He is trained at Caulfield by J. Hewton, and is owned by Mr J. M. "Roberts" (J. Murphy), who purchased the *on of Abercorn after the last V.TR..C. Atitumn meeting. Cornquist was formerly in Earnshaw's stable at Randwick. Chit Chat and Sedge fell at the home turn. Sedge, who vras by Segenhoe, was killed, and his jockey, Vv r . Daniels, badly injured.

The meeting concluded with the Footscray Steeplechase, vvhich Mr Albert Miller took with Hostile 11.7, by Glorious. He was favourite. Mooney rode a fine race on him, otherwise Blue Peter would have beaten him. Wooral fell and gave D. Allan, a nasty shaking.