A SENSATIONAL VICTORY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 50

A SENSATIONAL VICTORY.

In relating some interpsting reminiscences connected with the Newmarket Handicap, - Milcoy," of the Sydney Mail, sayß-.— Sedition's Newmarket Handicap was a memorable one from the betting that took place on it and the quality of the field*, though probably the wagering was heavier when that king among sprinters; th» giant, Cranbrook, won the previous yea* with Bab' 121b on his three-year-old back, beating- 27. others. In Sedition's year the entry vratllargc, but the talent were not slow in making a favourite of Carbine— then a three-year-old — who wbb weighed at Bsfc 121b; There were some very biy books on that year's sprint. Mr Humphrey Oxenhara opened a £20,000 volume, and 'die l»t«t Mortis Jacobs had a book, similarly large, while his nephew, John Cohen, also worked a very extensive book, which represented at least £10,000. The night before the race there wacr some tremendou* wagering in the Victorian dub. Mr Oxenham put in a- nice- little' wager of £10,000 to £4000 against Carbine" «md 6ome equally ne«*T shots against the others. With sues famous racehorses a« Lochiel, Cranbrook*

Tradition, .Plutarch, Haz, Pakeha, and I«ady Betty, Ijeaides numerous other sprinters of lesser note, to oppose him, Carbine -was up against it bard. His followers, however, would not hear of defeat, hence the abort price. Sedition, who was owned by Morris Jacobs, was -well backed -when -the weights came out, .and at one time figured -at 100 to 7, but she was beaten in two trials by her stablemates, Gladstone -and Epicurean, and receded -to forlorn -odds. In fact, she would not nave started -at «1' -but ior her owner's im(petttosity and intense -dislike for a certain individual from Sydney. This -who had a most objectionable of 'airing his knowledge, bad an idea that Sedition was not going -to -run, -and at last he roared: - "I'lTtake £1000 to £30 Sedition--with a start." 'Sbort=teinpered Jacobs' pinned him : like. a bulldog 1 -with, " Itk a bet," and to win his enenry^s JB3O Mortis started Sedition, and -though she ib; quoted in tbe turf register at 100 to 3, 100' to 1 .was reaSy .going, but the public would , not Jiave .her -at "any .price. After Carbine , and iLachiel looked like haviqjj the finish all to themselves Sedition suddenly appeared on the extreme right, rand ran over the pah* of xhem, to ihe intense disgust of the public, and I fancy that had .Morris .Jacobs been ' invested with the -powers of a dhafc be would have ordered the immediate- execution, of tbe Sydney ■who won that 3>looo from .him, and didn't forget to Jet -flic world at large know it. . i i