THE EPPING THOUSAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 239, 9 October 1928, Page 15

THE EPPING THOUSAND.

BANKHEAD'S DEFEAT. ■ (Sydney papers to hand fey tody's show that the New Zealando\vned pq,cer, Bankhegd, did not reach the final of the Epping Thousand, but wag: parrqwly beaten in the first of the tljree divisions. Bain fe|l throughout the afternoon, and Bankhead wap drawn in the first diyjsion, in - which there were elpven starters. Marie Diljon, wjio won the Sydney Thousand last sea-'* sqp, was selected as the mo;t likely to wjn, apfl she wag ipade 4 ppint better favouKfte Bankhead. The pair fopght out tfre finish, Mafie Dillon tjcojinp by a short head, with Doq Dourlm S lepgtft and ftV|ialf away. Mafie D}l?PP ? § tipie 3.88. ' v;vi'": > . The second division saw Walla Walla pq opt a hot favourite, but lje failed to pet ft.place, the winner turping up in thp qutsidpr Talisman, wfis followed hqme by pock Huon's £ast and All Steel. Talisman won in 3.ss or thfee seconds slower tpfm Marie Billon. In th# third diviaipn Graceful Derby w§s at g, short priced and she won very easily by nearly two froin Llpka Derby and Lonelywopd. Graceful Derby went 3.24 2-5, whfch was eapily the fastest of the three divisions. In the run off between Graceful Derby, TafiiiTnan'''anH' M ' MiHe.'fififton; r firslnamed Wftßap «dd?-BP: propqsitjop, gad , she Wftn by a length in 3.20. The wfn? ner was driven by J. D. Watt?, jg fey Glebe Derby—Biekaway. ;- v ;