MARIBYRNONG RACES

Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 29 January 1902, Page 47

MARIBYRNONG RACES

Tlie stewards at the Maribyrnong racecourse are amongst the most vigilant of those acting in Melbourne. They liad their eyes skinned all the time et the meeting hold last Saturday, and the result was that Kola (by Malua), the owner (T. Conway), suad rider (J. Raniadge) were disqualified for 12 months for suspicious practices in the Jiiveraide Purse and Seclusion's owner (R. Towwsou) And jockey (J. Coogau) set^rely cautioned in the same race. In the Jumpers' Flat Race the running of R*veJla was inquired into and the explanation 61 the rider accepted. Tlie feature of the .racing -was the dual victory of Perquisite, a five-year-old maxe by imported Harmonist, trained at CuuJfield' by -C. Wheeler. She first won the Trial Handicap in a field of 20 with 7.7 up, going out at 6 to 4, and winning very easily, and then enmr out in the Ravprside Puree and with 8.6 up. including a 7ib penalty, won by « head from Torment. Perquisite belongs to a lieavy batting crowd, and -was a strong favourite each time. An outeider in The Rush 9.2. ridden by J. Barbour, got liome in the Hurdle Race, with the favourite, the New Zealand-bred Pull Clmrge 9.12, in serond nlace. Backers have been waiting for Pull Charge ever since the Williauistawn meeting. They followed the money at Maribyrnong, but Pull Charge had to nut up -with second place. Captain Towae 6.7 (by Metal) took the Riverside Pate, in which the favourite Rose Queen 7.3 wa* absolutely last. Captain Towse was probably lucky, as this was the race iv which the running of Seclusion and Kola wns called into question. Sapir, a close relative of tlie dual Caulfielel Cup ▼/inner, Paris, was successful in the Jumpers' Plat Ruce, while the Mnrlbyrnong Handicap, one mile, was -won by Pauline Louiße, who was the outsider of the three starters. She i" by Nscknrsgat, •from Tarpeia. and thouph five years olfl, thus was her maiden wiu. R. the sucoessful Caumeld light-wei«ht, was on lier,, -and -he also liad the mount on Captain Towse in the Riverside Plate.