THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 147, 17 March 1919, Page 7

THE TURF

V.R.C. MEETING NEWMARKET HANDICAP WON BY :... : MOLLY'S ROBE. LISNAVANE'S . SIRES' PRODUCE STAKES.

Telegraph-PreßS Aeßoolation-Oopyright. (Bee. March Hi,- 5.5 p.m.) / . Melbourne, March 15. The weathon was fine and dull, and tho RoiiiK soft for tho first day of the V.R.C. autumn meeting. The Hurdles favourite. Percolator, lost his rider, G. Cail. who had his skull fractured. A hot favourite in Eusebins smothered his fiel.l i.i the straight, and won the St. Lager with ii lot to spare. Ho incurs no ejetra weight in the Australian Cup. Mi3tico started second favourite in tho Newmarket Handicap, which is run up the straight. J. O'Shea rodo Hopng. Molly's' Kobe was always prominent, and won by a narrow mnrgiii from Sir Ibex, who came fast at tho finish. Lingerie finished fourteenth; and Hoprig was sixteenth. Moliy's Kobe holds tho Australasian record for eleven furlongs. Lisnivane won the Sires' Produce Stakes | brilliantly. She is. a,, half-sister to Cetigne. Star , Comedian had only an excrci-ie gallop in the Essendon Stakes. Scornful (ridden by J. O'Shea) lost second' place in the last furlong. .Detail resalts are:— PINES HURDLES, a-sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 300 sovs. added. Two miles. • . Miv\F. burn's eh. g. Oriens, by Sande of tho Orient-Sea Moon, 4yrs. ... 1 Mr. N. Faikiner's b. g. Mabu, by ■ Positano—Fides, oyrs., 10st. 9lbV .... 2 Mr. J S. Feehan's br. g. Mountain God,. by Mountain lung-Denioi-sell.., aged, list, 81b. ....... 3 The.-o were nino starters. Won by two lengths. Time, 3min. 49Jsec. ST LEGER STAKES, a sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, with 1000 sovs. added. One milo and ihree-qunrters. Messrs. M. AVenke and K Pierco's ch. ■ c. Eusebius, b. Eudorus—Lager, , Syrs. Bst. 101b. .: ••• 1 Mr." G." Buckley's br. c. Cape bky, by The Welkin-Cape Hattcras, Syrs. ■ B=t. 101b. ' , 2 Mr. J. S. Feehan's br.g. Truepenny, by Bright Steel—Trustful, 3yrs. :, Bst. 101b. • ..; • •• ;•. 3 Tiiere were five starters, Eusebiiis led from the straight entrance. Won by a length, the.third horse; a head away. Time. 3min. l'Usec. NEWMARKET HANDICAP, a sweepstrikes of 25 sovs. each, with 2500 sovs. . added. Six furlongs. Mrs. K. Hillcoat's b.J. Molly's Robe, by Syce-Microbe, 3yrs. 7st. 81b. : . (P. O'Neill) 1 Mr. N. Falkiner's ch. g. Sir Ibex,-by lbex-'.i'ho Loom, aged, 9st. lib. . . , (P. Kelly) 2 'Messrs. F. I. Body and H, S. M. Simpson's b. h. Greenstead, by The AVelkin-Tuniiig Foi'k,- 4yrs., Bst. 101 b. ..'... • «• iP. Brown) 3 Thei'e werp twenty-fivo starters.. Greenstwd led at the start. Molly's Robo took command before three furlongs wore I covered, and won by a short neck from the fast-finishing Sir Ibex. Greenstead was a good third". Mistico was fourth. Time, Iniin. Msec. SIRES' PRODUCE STAKES, a sweepstakes of 20 povs. each, with 1000 sovs. •added. . Six furlongs. Mrs. E. E. 11. Hope's b. f. Lisnavane, by Linacre-Pretty Neli, 2yrs., Bst; . . 711.: ■ ...-....;. ;........: ..» ■■■ 1

Mr. A. D. .Murphy and Sir Samuel ■■' Horden's br.' c. Artilleryman, by ■ ■('nmedv King—Cross Battery, 2yrs. -Bst. 10! l). •'..» 2 .Mr. L. K. S. MackiiiKou's b. f. Ban- ■ 'diirrin,' by ]jinacre—Serinette, ■ :,-2yr?., , ',85t.-71b. ■.'..-.».; :.■..; ■■■■ 3 ■ There vtre eleven- starters. Won by lnif 11 length.■■ Time, lmin. ISsec, •■'"' iTSSIINDON STAKES, a sweepstakes of ■. II) sovs. , each, with lCi/0 sovs.. added. ' One mile and a quarter. ''' . ;' .. Mr. P.O'Day'sbr: h. Star Comedian, '' b v Comedy. King—Lucky Star, Syrs., 9sf. 21b .'... 1 Mr. i-f.-G. Wheeler's clt. h: Gold Cuffs, - " ' .Cuft's,-. Gyrs., '..' a-t. 21b 1...'..: 2; Mr. W. R, Kembiill'e ch. g. Scornful; ' by Bonny Glen—Lady Disdain', Syrs.,' Bst. 31b. 3 -.Thers- were only' threo startera. • . Won by four lengths.. Time. 2min. 13} see. ■ BRUNSWICK STAKES, a sweepstakes of ■i sovs.'each, with, 400 sovs. added. One inile'and a quarter. Mr. M. Fran'Klin's ch, g. Shadow ' Dancer; by Tom Wedgewood—Bal- ■ • let Girl. 4yrs., .7st. 13lb. ;' 1 Mr. G., Woodfordc's ( ,br. g. Car'riole, ' by Perambulator—Merry Queen, ' Gyrs , ; Sst. 21b. - : ',2 Mr.'AV; R. Kemball's l>. g. Snub, by v Martian—Lady Disdain, Gyrs. Bst. ■ 121b. : ;... 3 ' Won by two lengths. Time, 2min, Siseti. , '.'■''' '■'.'. ■: . SCRATC.HINGS FOR TO-DAY. March IC, 5.5 p.m.) : Melbourne, March 16. The following scratcjiings. are ann'ouncel for the second day's events:—Autumn Hurdles: Wishful and Gladful; . Junior Hai.dirap: Rebuff; Bourke -Handicap: Hyiiiestnc.

NOTES ON THE. RACING. . TlTe V.E.C. Australian Cup Meeting n\is commenced at Flemington on Sat-

urdny, when the Newmarket ITandionp was' rim. Tho Roiiiß was soft and this explains the. slow times registered during tho day. The favourite for the Hurdles was Percolator, a fielding by Comedy King, from AVatershoot-a.mare bred by Mr. H. A. Knight at Kncecou.rse Hill at Riccarton.' The popular , , fancy, fell, end tho race, went to Oriens, The St. Lcger went to Eusebius, who, it:will bo remembered, won tho fareienl Derby oir tho same cour.se last Novembers Ho did not horo a. very strong field to de-foat-tho absence of Einmark takinc nil the interest out of the event. is engaged in- the, Australian ft'up (run ■to-day) with Bst. 21b. The Queensland filly Molly's Kobe won the"- Newmarket from the'Victoriau-owned Sir Ibex. A week previous Molly's Robe rait Cielo to a head in the Oaklcigh Plate, and evidently the extra half' furlong was moro to her liking. Sir Ibex is unlucky. On Tuesday last ho was beaten by a narrow margin in the richly endowed Caulfield Futurity Stakes by Lucknow, and then ngain on Saturday had to lower his colours to Molly'e Bobo, to whom ho was conceding 211b. Tho third horse, Greenstead, occupied a like position in the Futurity Stakes. Supporters of tho winner got a good return for their money. A well-bred filly, in Lisnavane, was successful in the Sires' Produce Stakes. Sho is a half-sister to the erack miler Cetigne, and is tho best of a pretty good lot of youngsters racing in the Commonwealth, this soason. Artilleryman, who ran second, has been somewhat unlucky this season. He is by Comedy King from the New Zealand maro Cross Battery (Stepuiak—Firecross). Bandurria, who finished third, is one of the Linaore tribe, as is Lisnavane. Onlv three horses faced the starter in the Essondon Stakes, and the event went to Star Comedian, a five-year-old horse by Comedy King from Lucky Star (Fortunio-Darkie). The AVairarnpa-owned Scornful filled third position, and thereby earnfd 100 sovs. in stake money. The concluding event went to Shadow Dancer, a geldim? by Tom Wedgewood from Ballet Girl, by Modullion. He seems to be a useful sort, seeing that ho won over tho small fences last spring. Snub, by running third, won 40 sovs., and brought his owner's winnings for the day up to 140 The Saturday favourite for tho Australian Cup was Macadam, a winner in West Australia.