RACING IN MELBOURNE
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Receivud Suhd'ay) 7.15- p:m.' MELBOURNE, August 4. The wofst demohfitrktibn •' in Meluourne rucing for soine' time took place at- Cauliield when'tlfe favourite Solvent was beaten into 'third place by llrst Aid and Joculafity' in the Australian Hurdl'e Race/ The" stipendiary stewards took sonve ' evidence in ' the inquiry Liito Solvent 's runhing and adjourned the inquiry' un'til Monday. The winner ran Ihe distance, two miles, iive furlongs and' 65 yards, in record timo. The New Zealander Glenfern had his fourth- successive win in the Moondah Plate. The New Zealand jumper Gay Fort did well to get a - place in the Godfrey Watsoii Steeplechase. Results: — AUSTRALIAN IIURDLE RACE;2 miles, 5 furlongs and 65 yards. FIRST AID, 10.11 (Wilsoii) .. .. 1 Jocularity, 9.H (Hall) .. .. .. .. 2 Solvent, 11.10 (Smart) . .... .. 3 Twelve" started. Eiglit lengths; four lengths. Time, 4.54£. Af OONDA3T PLATE; 6 furlongs. ' . First.Piyisio'n. GLENFERN,. 7*.10 ;.(Richards) .... 1 Dual Gift, .7.9 '(Hutchinson) .... 2 Enthuse, 8.i (B.adger) ' . 1; . . ..... 3 Nineteen started. ' -Two ' and a half lengths; "half a length: Time, 3.144. GODFREY . , WATSON . STEEPLECHASE; .about 24 miles. QUTNOTIG, -30.11- (Hall) 1 Gay Fort,- 9.12' (Hawes) ' . .. .. 2 Accelerafe, 9.7 '(McC''oy> ; 3 Sev'enfeen started. Half a leugth; eighl lengllis. Tinie, "4.-64- (a course record)'. ' ' : - > ■ •
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 August 1946, Page 6
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