Sporting
_ ♦ One l of Hfch« .most interesting events toberuri on the opening day of the approaching V.R.O. meeting which commences on Saturday will be the Epsendon Stakes, which is to be run at weight-for-age, over a mile and two and a-half furlongs, in which the following horses* are engaged : Carbine, Abercorn, Melos, Bravo, CfakJeigh, Lonsdale, Fishwife, Singapore, Budolpb, Fernando, Richelieu, and Chintz. In addition to being engaged in the Ascot Vale Stakes. Mr S cad's two year-old Medallion has been nominated for the Maiden Stakes (one mile and "" a-quarter), Junior Handicap (6xe furNursery Handicap (seven f urI^%ongß), and the All- Aged Stakes (one mile), to be run at the approaching y.R.O. meeting. The Australasian} speaking of Mr Stead's representatives, says :-?•" Mer dallion is a magnificent specimen of a two year-old ;■ and as his -breeding lines are undeniable-— by Nordenfeldt from Locket— his appearance among the contestants for the Ascot Yale Stakes should make that event specially interesting?." i---' 5 - ; : ;
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 105, 27 February 1890, Page 3
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159Sporting Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 105, 27 February 1890, Page 3
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