RAIN AT RANDWICK.
Received .Sundav, 7 'p.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 10. Torrent'ial rain whieh washed out part of the track, niadc an unpleasant day's racing at Randwick. -The! start of the lirst raee, when one side barrier jammed, blocking five Horses, was. the omen for the day. In the Clibborn Handieap, the Midstream colt Snowstream stayed in even'tlv place fhfbugh 'Hi'of^t of •'tlie-raee', moved up to seeond, tlien raeed clear o win easily. The New Zealand bred Count Cyrano tailed the field eariy but ■1 strong finishing effort was able to beat all but the winner. An outsider. Bolivia, almost' eaused an upset in the Randwick Plate by staying with the leader Dark Alarne and t'hon nosing in front with half a fur- j long to go, only to be beaten on the | post bj' Silver Link. Results: CLIBBORN HANDICAP. SNOWSTREAM, 9.(1 (Doou) .... 1 Count Cyrano, 8.0 (Thompson) .... 2 r'reedom, 8.0 (Cook) 8 Ten started. Three lengths, threequarters of a length. Time 2. 12!. CHESTER HANDICAP. STAR YITE, 8.6 (D0011) 1 ■ihading, 8.1 L( Ward) 2' 'ognac, 7.12 (Sellwood) 3, Five started. Half a head, half a neck. Time 1.15. RANDWICK PLATE. SILVER LINK, 9.1 (Cook) 1 Bolivia, 9.0 (Fellows) 2 Dark Marae, 9.3 (Thompson) .... 3 Five started. Half a head, three lengths. Tiitie 3.37 j. "WAVERLEY HANDTOAP, CARDINAL'OOLOUR, 7.0 (Jordan) 1" Steady, 7.10 (Thompson) 2
Plausible, 7.5 (McGrowdie) 3 Seven started. Six lengths, half a length. Time 2.55|. FINAL HANDICAP. ROATOM, 7.7 (McGrowdie) I Tamasha, 8.1 (Cook) . 2 Flying Dulce, 7.12 (Stead) 3 Fourteen started. Length, threoquarters of a length. Time 2.12!.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 October 1948, Page 7
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