SPORTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14340, 9 July 1914, Page 6

SPORTING.

VICTORIA PARK RX. MEETING

.BOYCOTTED BY OWNERS AND TRAINERS. Press Association —TeU^raph—Copyright. SYDNEY, July 8. Victoria Park 14,1 Handicap; Derg 1, First Toy 2, Calipha, 3. Seven starters. Won by a length in 1.11-). The ex-New Zealander Berg (Signalman—Cartouch) lowered the hack record for 51 furlongs by ]£ seconds. Tamworth Flying Handicap.—Lucille 1, Plantain 2, Yoladri 3. Five starters. Time, 1.131. Many owners, trainers and jockeys boycotted the meeting, demanding that nrize' money be increased to a minimum of JHOl) for each race/ Mounted troopers guarded the course. BY “ACHILLES.” His Majesty’s colt Brakeapcar, as a two-ycar-old, won the Chesterfield Stakes, live fiirlong-s, at Newmarket, and Goodwood Prince of Wales's Stakes, ran .third in Newmarket Boscawen Stakes, and nowhere in Middle Park’ Plate, which Corcyra won. This season he has been a consistent performer, but unlucky placegetter. He finished second in the Nowmarket Stakes, to Corcyra, who finished second in the Two Thousand Guineas, to Kennymore. His Majesty’s colours, have been carried to the fore this season by the two-year-olds Friar. Marcus (Cicero — Prim Nun) winner of the Maiden Two-year-old Plate, Newmarket, and Great Surrey Foal Stakes, and Symbolism (Symington—Amphora), who won the, Wilbraham Plate, five furlongs, at Newmarket, on Two Thousand Guineas Day, 29th April.