NEW RECORD MAKER

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 86, 8 October 1940, Page 12

NEW RECORD MAKER

BEAU VITE'S ROLE

GOLD SALUTE SUCCESSFUL

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)

SYDNEY, October 7.

Beau Vite's dazzling victory in the Metropolitan at the Australian Jockey Club's Meeting at Randwick stamps him as a stayer whose class is hard to find in Australia today. He appears, according to experienced followers of the Turf, to have a "mortgage on the Melbourne Cup.

Not since the days of Phar Lap has any horse achieved a double track record at a Randwick Meeting as was registered by Beau Vite in the Colin Stephen Stakes and the Metropolitan. His time of 2min 42scc for the mile and five furlongs today constituted an Australian and New Zealand record. It was hitherto held by Young Crusader, whose 2mln _2}__ec was established in 1937. Beau Vite has made all the improvement expected of him as a four-year-old and is expected to provide a real threat to Ajas in the Victorian weight-for-age races. His triumph in the Metropolitan was not relished by the fielders, who had him heavily coupled with High Caste and also Beaullvro in the Kpsom. Beaulivre looked fit today, but weakened at the three-furlong post and beat only two homo in the Metropolitan. Gold Salute came prominently into the public | eye again by a convincing win in the Shorts over a smart field, including Vergure, in' the record time of lmin lOsec. The Breeders' Plate for colts and geldings went to the speedy chestnut colt Yaralla, by The Buzzard from Even Keel. The consistent New Zealand-bred colt Plnero gained further honours by easily winning the Grantham Stakes, The weather was delightful and the course fast. The attendance was 60,000. Results were:— THE SHORTS, £600; 6 furlongs. A. E. Cooper's eh h Gold Salute, by Lord Warden —Frenzied Finance, 4yrs, S.lO (Bartle) \ Caesar, 8.2 (Cook) - Flying Knight, 5.4 (McMenamin) o Fourteen started. Gold Salute justified the high opinion hitherto held of him and won like a champion in the record time of lmin lOsec by a length aud a quarter, with two lengths between Caesar and Flying Knight. Lyndlnirst was fourth and Vergure fifth. BREEDERS' PLA.TE, £1300; for two-year-old colts and geldings only; 5 furlongs. E. P. Walker's eh c Yaralla, by The Buzzard—Even Keel.-8.5 (McMenamin) ... 3 King Herod, 8.5 (Munro) .i 2 Dick Whittineton, 8.5 (Thompson) 3 Sixteen started. , Yaralla led a spreadeagled field into the straight and won easily by three lengths, with two lengths between second and third. Time", 60sec. Milanja was fourth. THE METROPOLITAN, £5000; 1 mile and 5 furlongs. R. Stewart's br h Beau Vite, by Beau Pere —Dominant, 4yrs, 9.4 (McMenamin) 1 Reading, 9.0 (Munro) 2 Pantler, 7.10 (Cook) 3 Nineteen started. Gundagai and Xahlln were scratched. 1 After a good start Reading soon took cpmmand from Beau Vite, Beaulivre, Old Rowley, Dashing Cavalier, Binnia Hero, Mosaic, and St. Constant Reading headed the field to the home turn, where Beau Vite dashed past and led into the straight. He opened a gap and finished full of running to win in tho most brilliant manner by two lengths in the Australian and New Zealand record time of 2min 42sec. Pantler was three-quarters of a length away third. Dashing Cavalier was fourth, and then came Binnia Hero and Cooranga. CENTENNIAL PARK HANDICAP, £500; for three-year-old fillies; 1 mile. P. H. Qsborne's br f !Happy Lass, by Cheve.ley Lad—Care Free, 7.0 (Bartle) ... 1 Celebration, 8.3 (Ward) 2 Celebrity, 8.9 (Breasley) 3 Ten started. Happy Lass shot to the front in the straight and won comfortably by a length and a half. Celebrity was three-quarters of a length away third. Time, lmin 3P,_sec. Drava was fourth. GRANTHAM STAKES, £500; for three- and four-year-olds; 1 mile and 1 furlong. E. R. Wllliams's eh c Pinero, by Lord Quex— Parley, 3yrs, 7.9 (Thompson) ] His Lordship, 6.12. (Wilson) 2 Chatoona, 7.12 (Bartle) 3 Ten started. One length and a' half; three-quarters of a length. Time, lmin DlV.scc. John Peel was fourth. SQUATTERS' HANDICAP, £500; Ui miles. W. A. Tucker's b h Seven Fifty, by The Buzzard—Stable Girl, syrs, 8.4 (Munro) 1 Sedunum. 9.7 '(Harvey) . 2 Gilltown, 8.4 (Cook) 3 v Ten started, including Peerless, who finished last. Half a length; half a length. Time, 2min 2% sec. Lord Valentino was fourth.