SPORTING.
. .. MELBOURNE GRAND NATIONAL. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. , Press ■ Association— Telegraph— Copyright. Received July.ls, 5.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, July 15. , Tho Grand National Steeplechase result-ed:^-Rosebud (Jackson)' 1, Wallaby (Smith) 2, Hayseed (Mooney) 3. x Sixteen started.' '• ' ' - .- Betting— 9 to 2 against Mysore, .9 to 1 Chelsea, 33 to l'Rbsebudi' The race was 'a chapter of accidents, only ' six finishing; Euro-. made the running along the back; Mutiny piloted the way over the first fence in. tho straight, where Chelsea fell. Wal: hvby displaced Riverside, leading Rosebud* .Euro, Crusado, Mutiny and Mysore, who were strung along the back. At the second time.;. of passing, the sheds Crusado fell, Mysore ran off, Wallaby swept - into the straight clear of Rosebud, ' but the. latter gradually. bore down the leader in the run oihe, and won by four, lengths. Time, 6miri 39Jscc. ,-
SPORTING.
Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 15000, 16 July 1900, Page 3
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