Columnist Beats Hiraji At Sydney
(N.Z.P.A,
—Reutef.
, Comiright)
Received Sunday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, March 14. Columnist reached his "best foxm -in . , • . wiijuiing, , the Rawson. . •, Stakes-, in a • canter, at Rosehill, while i Hiraji cQuld Hot do, betten .thajtt third.., , Golunjnist; .« rau nine furlongs ijp, 1.51, only half a, i second slpwey than .jbhe track repord,ihuf was ohvipusly npt driven put in • ;the,last furlong. , j Hiraji was .forced to 0make, the paco itn-tjie earlier stages which. leffc hiin- at ' d disadvantage to Columnist and Cr.uAader:at the finish. . , , .■ , • , beating Victory Lad and Beau Robert 1 iat ;th,e, Railway Qualitv, Handicap, aHe hgs -'had. five wins. a,nd, a second. in. hisi last six.; sfarts:: . : .'. v. , ' * Results; — . Mic'ARTSlJR Q'GAUITY IIANDICAP".. ' ROYAL ANDREW; 8.0 , (Mullpy) .. . ,'.,t ^agalpipud^ 7.6 (Po^m,ore) i. ... ,2, Silverfel, 8.7 (VVard) 3. : Fifteen(,started. Thx;ce-qua,rters of' a length;' head, . Time, 1,131., , . • ! ' w RAILWAY: HANDIClP. HER'OX.Q. SQVEREIGN, 7,i0', (Thomp-. Victory 2 Beau Robert, 7.8 (Cracknell) .... 3 Seventeen started. Half a length; neck. Time, 1.25. RAWSON STAKES. COLUMNIST, 9.2 (Ward) 1 Crusader, 8.13 (Briscoe) 2 Hiraji, 8.11 (Swinton) 3 .Five started. Length and a half each way. Time, 1.51. ROSEHILL HANDICAP. DARK MARNE, 8.7 (Thompson) . . 1 Silexit, 9.3 (Munro) 2 Frescano, 6.7 (Selkrig) 3 Eighteen started. Three-quarters oi a length; four lengths. Time, 1.25|. -- NINE-FURL'ONG WELTER. FRONTAL ATTACK, 8.'7 (Munro) 1 Torxnen, 8.4 (Smith) \ 2 Stamen, 9.1 (Sellwood) 3 Fourteeh started. Length and a half ; half a length. Time, 1.54.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1948, Page 6
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