VICTORIA RACING CLUB.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5409, 9 November 1895, Page 6

VICTORIA RACING CLUB.

THIRD DAT. MELBOURNE, Nov. 7. The weather was glorious for the thiid day of the Victoria Eacing Club's Spring Meeting. The following ate details of the racing :— • THE SECOND HANDICAP HUBDLE BAGS, of 150 soy the second horse 30 soys from the stake. About two miles. . Messrs Ritchie and Gill's b h Figaro, by Paris — Fun, 6yrs, 12st 51b (Fergusson) 1 Mr J. Helfernnn's b p Borderer, 6yrs, list 71b 2 MrH. Bitchie's eh g Cornrake, aged, lost 51b (Guicano) 3 Blorago, Gratiano, "Woorayl, Geometry, Lottie, Bardssaand Kipple also started. Betting : sto 2 agst Woorayl, 6 to 1 Figaro, 7 to 1 Morago, 8 to 1 each Gratiano, Corncrake 'and Borderer, 10 to 1 each Geometry and Baroaea. Geometry led for a mile and & half, when Barosaa assumed command, but at the distance Figaro ran. up and won easily by two lengths ; a similar distance separating the second and third horses, with Lottie fourth, Barossa fiEth and Morago and Geometry laßh Time— -3cEua 50$aec. THE OAKS STAKES, of 12 soys each, 3 ft, with 301) soys added;' the;eecond horse 60 soys and the third horse 30 soys from the stake. For threeyear.o!d fillies, Bst 101 b each. One mile and a half. Mr D. James's br f Auraria, by Trenton— Aura, SstlOlb (J.Stevenson) 1 Mr H. C. Wliite's eh f Ge.oi.-gic, by Clan Stuart— Mirzapbre, Sst 101 b (Huxley) 2 Mx S. G. Cook's b f The Parisienne, by Trenton —Marie Loiiise, Bst 101 b .., ... (Holmes) 3 Maie Bst 101 b (Darby) $lso started. Betting : 5 to 2 ori s 'Auraria, sto 1 agat The Parisienno, 7 to 1 Georgic, .20 to 1 Maie. ■ ; . ... At the poab The Parisienne was a little fractious, but an excellent start waa effected, and Stevenson, 1 aaeitig that the remainder of the field showed a disposition to hang back, took the favourite to the front, and Auraria soon had a lead of a couple of lengths from The Parisienne, which she increased to four as they raced along the river straight. Auraria continued in front, but at the abattoirs Tho Parisienne was within a couple of lengths of tho favourite, who seemed inclined to loaf. At the top turn, however, Sfcevenaon administered three or four cuts with the whip, when she wofce up and cantered home the easiest of winners by two lengths and a half from Georgic, who was two lengths in front of The Parisienne, Maie a bad fourth. Tim.e— 2min 48-Jsoc. THE FLYING STAKES^ of 5 soys each, with 200 soys added ; the Eecond horse 30 soys from the state, For two-ye&r-blds and upwards. "Weight forage. Seven furlongs. Mr A. Daviea'bi* h Hova, by Ingomar — Happy I/and, syr 3, 9st 21b (J.Hayes) 1 IrW. B. Wilson's chc. Wallace, by Carbine— Melodious, 3yrs,-Bst ... ... (C. Parker) 2 Mr E. Barr-Sniith's eh h Mostyn (imp.), by Clairvaux— Miss Mostyn, 6yrs, 9st 21b (Holmes) 3 Hopscotch Bst'lllb, Erl King Sst 111 b, The Officer 6st.2lb and Thunder Queen sst Ulb also started. Betting : 6to 4 agst Hova, 5 to 1 Hopecotcb, 7 to 1 each Wallace and The Officer, 8 to 1 Mostyn, 10 to 1 Erl King. The Officer jrimped away in front, the others, of whom the favourite was last, moving away leisurely. The pace improved at the six-furlong posb, but The Officer still held command until turning into the straight, where he ran wide. Hova drew up on the rails, while Wallace came with a great run on the outside. Inside the distance Hova had a decided lead from Wallace, who, after struggling on gamely for half a furlong, collapsed, and Hova won by a length. Three lengths separated the second and third horses. The Officer was fourth, Erl King fifth, and Hopscotch sixth. Time— lmin 27f sec. Hova covered the laßt six furlongs in lmin 13sec. THE SPRING HANDICAP, of 200 soya ; the second horse SO soys from the stake. One mile and a quarter. Mr J. k B. Pearsou'sb m Mischief, by Commotion —Lady Teazle, 4yrs (W. Pearson) Jl Mr S. Hordern'a eh g Toreador, by Chester or Abercorn— Copra, 3yrs (P.Harris) f Mr J. B Clark's br h Eeconstruotion, by Grand Flaneur— Eutopia (Luckman) t Eiridsforde, Monastery, Merman, Damien and Eedcourt also started. Betting-: 2 to 1 against Toreador, 5 to 1 Reconstruction, 7 to 1 eaoh Mischief and Monastery, 8 to 1 Eiridsforde, 19 to 1 Damien. Mischief jumped away in front, and, after leading throughout, just lasted long enough to win by a neck from the dead heaters, with Bedcourb fourth, Merman fifth, Monastery eixfcb, and Damien last. Time— 2min ll^sec. THE SECOND NUESEBY HANDICAP, of 150 soys ; the second horse 20 soys from the stake. For two-year-olds. Five furlongs. Mr W. Bailey's eh c Coil, by Abercorn— Copra, 9stßlb (Huxley) 1 Mr J. M'Sweeney's. eh g Archie, by Gang Forward— Haidee, Sst 31b 2 Mr S. Miller's b g- Skyla, by Boolka— Shelter, 6stßlb ... 3 Sixteen other horses started. Betting : 7to 2 agat Kobold, 6to 1 Coil, 8 to 1 Kangulandai. Won by a length, a similar distance between the second and, third horses. Time — lmin 3§3ec. ■•...... THE VETERAN STAKES HANDICAP, of 200 soys; the second horse SO soys from the stake. One mile and a half. Mr F. W. Purches's br h Palo Alto, by Eobinson Crusoe— Maid of Avenel, 6yrs ... ... ... 1 Mr J. Wilson,- jun.'s b m Quiver, by TrentonTremulous, 4yrs 2 Mr S. Miller's br h Preston, by Eobinson Crusoe —Blue Eyes, 4yrs 3 Twelve other horsea started. Betting: 4 to 1 agat Quiver, 7 to 1 Preston, 15 to 1 Palo Alto. ' Won easily by a length. THE MELBOURNE CUP. Dawes, the rider of Quiver on the Melbourne Cup, claims that the mare was put out of the race at a critical time when holding a good inside position, through being accidentally and heavily bumpad by Valiant. He declares she lost the race through hard luck. The attendance on the Cup day is estimated at between ninety and one hundred thousand, which is the largest for seven years. The receipts were £1000 above those of last year. The Argus states that the betting was heavier than for the lasb four years, and the same paper avers that the. moral to be learnt from the Cup is that the Derby. was; not a true run race, and should have -gone to. Auraria, with Waterfall. second. A brewer named Lindsay was found' drowned in a vat of beer in a metropolitan biewery, jußt after he had witnessed the Cup race. Ib is supposed that he committed suicide. Nov. 8. Grave comment ie being made on the action of the stewards in dismissing Clark's protest against Mischief in the Spring Handicap, it being palpable that Pearson

struck Reconstruction several times over j the head in the straight, the colt's nostrils < bearing distinct marks after the race. The ! Age maintains that there was no necessity t for a prolonged inquiry, and still less for j the decision arrived at. In fact, the de- ! cieion was a distinct injustice to the owner of Reconstruction. Coming down to the home turn in the Veteran Stakes Eoyal Master, The Trier, Havoc and Chesterman fell. The firstnamed broke a shoulder and bad to ba i destroyed. Quiver flat and Preßton Ssfc 111 b ran a dead heat for second placo in tho race. Palo Alto, the winner, carried 7sb 51b; and" started at 10 to 1. Sixteen started,, and the diatance was covered : in 2min 37^r3ec. ■ . • ' Tho ■ representatives of a Sydney sportsman offered ". £4000 for Auraria, but the owner declines toeell at that figure. :