UNGAR AT FLEMINGTON
MELBOURNE, April 17 (Recd. 7.40 pm).—The three-year-old Ungar defeated the best Melbourne sprinters in ■ the £3OOO Victoria Handicap at Flemington yesterday. He raced through ;cn the inside alter entering the straight to defeat the South Australian Beau Gem, with the unlucky New Zealander Ellerslie a close third. Ellerslie was boxed soon after the start and forced back to near the last. He was checked again at the top o2 the straight and after-cards his saddle was found to have slipped. Results:— Easter Handicap.—New Cashmere 8.9 (Bougoure) 1, Royal Title 7.13 (Eames) 2, Chatspa 8.9 (Phillips) 3. Thirteen started. Half-head; halflength. Time, 2.8. Victoria Handicap. —Ungar 8.9 (Barclay) 1, Beau Gem 8.11 (Heather) 2. Ellerslie 8.8 (Bougoure) 3. Eighteen started. Neck; half-neck. Time, 1.24?.
Westall Trial Stakes. —Vrondi 8.5 (Smith) 1. Hoyle 8.7 (Fitzgerald) 2, Lynette 7.10 (Powell) 3. Eighteen started. Half-head; li lengths. Time, 2.34.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 18 April 1949, Page 6
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