RACING IN ENGLAND.
THE ST IyEGER. United Press Association — By Eleetrio Telegraph— Copyright. (Received September 10, 8.42 a.m.) iLONDON, September 9. At iihe Donoaster September Meeting, the Sfc I/eger 'resulted as follows: — ST LEGER STAKES, of 25 soys each; second horse 300 soys Bind third horse 100 sovb from the ■stake. For three-year-olds. One mile, six furlongs and one hundred and thirty-too yards. Sir J. Millet's br o Rock Sand, by Sanfoin — Roquebrune, 9st 1 His Majesty's eh o Mead, by Persimmon — Meadow Ohat, 9st . . . . .2 Mr J. MusikeT's <sh c William Rufus, by Melton — Simenw, 9st 8 (By winning the St lyeg'er Rock Sand h*s added hia name to the list of winners of the " Triple Orown " — the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby ami St Leger. • He has now started in eleven races, of which, he has worn nine. His two failures consist of an, unlucky beating in tihe Mdiddlepaark Plate, in which he finished third to has stable companion Flotsam and i'h.9 Carbine colt Greattcrex, and an overwhelming defeat at the hands- of lAid Patrick and Sceptre in liha« year's Eojipse Stakes. Both Mead «nd William Rufus have good records, and 'some months ago the former was expected to run prominently in the St Leger.)
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7806, 10 September 1903, Page 3
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