TIE TURF
DESERT GOLD'S DEFEAT
ATTRIBUTED TO 11A KING TUB PAOIS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. (Heo. March 12, 8.50 p.m.) Sydney, March 12. Desert Gold's defeat in the King's Plato is attributed to tho eol< Bsal task of malting her own pace .'gainst a, solid stayer lil;o Wallace Isinglass. No other twomilo woightrfor-ago race was ever run at suck a pace. Seiert Qold'B stamina is open to doubt. "Her form suggests that a mile and a'hall' i? her best distauco. When Cotigne'B owner decided to contest the Lloyd Stakes ho determined that the patriotic funds should not suffer in tho event of Cotigne beating Desert flold. The latter did not compete, but Mr. Btirton decided to contribute half the stake to tho Red Cross. VAGABOND SCRATCHED. . By Telegraph.—i'ress Association. Christchurch, March 12. Vagabond was scratched for the Great Eaßter Handicap and the Autumn Haudioap this morning.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 149, 13 March 1918, Page 7
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145TIE TURF Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 149, 13 March 1918, Page 7
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