Sporting

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 45, 24 September 1885, Page 3

Sporting

[pee touted press association.] Sydney. September 22. The second day's racing of the A. J.C. "meeting took place to-day. The weather was good. The attendance was larger than last year, fully 15,000 persons being on the course. "Great Metropolitian Stakes Handicap, a sweepstake of 20 soy& each, with 500 soys. added, second horse 100, and third horse 50 soys. from the prize; two miles. — A. Halmbourg's Acolyte, 1 ; E. Hall's Lord Exeter, 2 . 'JL *F. Smart's Brown and Rese, 3. : *"' The betting at the start was — Brince Imperial, 3to 1 ; Despot, 4 to If Acolyte, sto 1 ; Honydew, 7to 1 ; -Lord Exeter, 10 to 1 : Mooashee and .Wing, 12 to 1 ; Brown and Rose, 20 to 1. Passing the Grand Stand for thefirst time, Prince Imperial led the field at a merry pace, Recruit lying second. Coming to the bend Acolyte ..and Despot joined the leaders. At the distance post, Lord Exeter came ixp with a rush, and a splendid struggle ensued to the post, Acolyte ..gaining the judge's decision by half a length, Brown and Rose was a good third. Acolyte was a favorite with the public, and the win was therefore a - bad one for the bookmakers, but, had Brown and Rose won they would . hare " skinned the lump." The owner of Acolyte and one or two others win big stakes. Sheet Aachor has been backed here for the MclCup to win £9,000 at 100 to 3.