AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3575, 9 October 1916, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB.

SYDNEY, October 7. The weather was fine, and there was. an attendance of 35,000 for jthe second day of the Australian Jockey Club's spring meeting. Bee was favourite for [the .Metropolitan Handicap, but was I never prominent, though she finished | sixth in a record field of 35. New York set a great pace in; the Steeplechase, but lost a lot of ground through jumping sideways. When he fell his rider, R. McSeveney, was injured Busra, who also fell in the Steeplechase, succumbed to his injuries. The following are the details of the racing: Shorts Handicap.—Colugo 1, Rosedell 2, Panacrc 3. Won by a length. I Time, lmin 14Jsec. , ' Clibborn Stakes; for three-year-olds; one mile and a furlong— Stageland 1, Eastcouirt. 2, Colbert 3. Won by two lengths'. ' Time,. lmin; '55sec. . MiMIOPOLITAN HANDICAP, of 20 soys each, with 4000 spvs added; second horse 800 soys and third horse 400 soys from the stake. One mile and a-half. . Mr T. C. Trautweiri's b g Quinologist, by St. Frusquin—Catgut, 6st 101b (P. Maher) 1 ■Messrs J. W. and, F. A. MacarthurOnslow's b h Polycrates, by • Polymclus—M.'irmito, 6yrs, Bst 41b *... , ... (McConnell) 1 Mr G. Barnett's b h Cetigne, by Grafton-^-Pretty Nell, 4yrs, 9st 31b ■';.."; ..." (W.'Foulsham) 3 Polycrates was in front at the halfmile post, and led to the straight, but Quinologist overhauled him at the distance, winning by two lengths and a half, with Cetigne a neck away. Time, 2min 36sec. First Steeplechase; about two miles and a-half — : Louvre 1, Glenquirin 2, Briarberry 3. Won by two lengths. Time, smin 28Jsoc. Breeders' Plate; for two-year-olds; five furlongs.—Baltic Sea 1,. Modesto 2, Pah King 3. Won by a length and a-quarter. Time, lmin 2£sec. Squatters' Handicap; one mile and a-quarter.—Quarnlo 1, Silent Way 2, Clydesido 3.' Won by half a length. JTimc, 2min Q.|sec.'