THE TURF.
ADELAIDE CUP
WON BY MIDNIGHT SUN.
{■United Press Association—Copyright ) . l. " . ADELAIDE, May 12. -•Tho,-."race^for the.Adelaide ' Cup resulted ." - as ' rfololws:—Midnight Sun -■ ' 8.9 .'■ J, .' Mountain Princes- .. 9.0 -2, -Aurifer 8.6 3. Twentvthteo. started. Broadsword made most of. the early ; running. , Greek Fire led into -the .straight from Aurifer and Mountain Princess, but Midnight Sun moved- up" and rattled home. with a length and a half to'spare, third hor&». two .lengths away. Time, 2.50.
Midnight Sun, ,'winner of the Adelaide", Cup yesterday, "is a New Zealand horse, .being owned " by. the Hawke's -Bay; sportsmen", E.;J.'Watt, whose re- | p.resentatives do" npt seem to' be able ,to ,go wrong this year. Midnight Sun, with 8.9 up, ran the one mile five furlongs m.2niins. sQs"ecs., which compares more - than" /favourably"' with previous times. Tho record time for the Ade--laido.^Ciip..-is ,2.49. .which was put up I by Sport Royal, in 1904. when carrying Bst. lOlhs.: Dynamite-6.13, and Spinawav 7.2 -have each,done the distance -VI-i Q » P rocQrd<;d >y Midnight Sun. Midnight Sun won the New Zealand Cup m November List. Ho is rising five .year old, and, is by Multiform out I-of La Ndtte. .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 13 May 1913, Page 3
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189THE TURF. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 13 May 1913, Page 3
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