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♦ — [united press association. ) Melboubne, February 27. It was beautiful weather for the first day's racing of the V.E.C. Autumn Meeting, and there was really excellent attendance. Following are the details:— St. Legee Stakes.— Strathmore, 1; Oxide, 2; La Tosca, 3-. The Newmarket Handicap, a sweepstake of 1500 soys added. For three-year-olds and upwards. Three-quarters of a m ile._ Wild Eose, 1 ; Fortunatus, 2 ; The Harbour Light, 8. Thirty horses also started. When the flag fell Bnngebali was one of the first away, next to the rails, the colours of Epi, Swertha, St. Blaize, Gladstone, and Penance also being conspicuous. At the distance post Wild Eose forged her way to the front, closely pursued by The Harbour Light, Gladstone, and St. Blaize, Fortunatus also coming in the centre of the course with a great dash. Their most strenuous efforts. however, proved futile, as the sister to Churchill came on full of running and won by a length and a quarter from Fortunatus, The Harbour Light being, threequarters of a length off, third. Time, lrnin 15£ sec. The Essendon Stakes. — ZaimsKi, l ; Stromboli, 2 ; Highborn, 3. The following are the final payments for the Australian Cup -.—Megaphone, Highborn, Freedom, Tirailleur, Strathmore, G-'Naroo. Oxide, Portsea, Zahnski, Florrie, Pygmalion, St. Blaize, Forty Winks, Singapore, Sadim, Norbert, Swordbearer, Eonald, Dramatist, and Little Maid. Betting— -2 to 1 against Stratlnnore, 4 to 1 Zalinski, and 10 to 1 tbe others. Sydney, February 29. The following are the entries for the Sydney Gold Cvp :— Bodkin, Melba, Zalinski, Yarran, Sainfoin, Freedom, Malvolio, Forty Winks, Corlist, Silver Knight, Strathmore, Eebel, Jack, Portsea, Ethelbert, Highborn, Wandsworth, St. Blaize, La Tosca, Stromboli, Penance, G'Naroo, Megaphone, Oxide, Pygmalion, Coin, Bengal, Tirailleur, Correze, Greygown, Muriel, Emm Pasha, Vespasia, Marvel, Mitre, Eclipse, Dick, Helen, Affiance, Zealandia, Alchemist, Selkirk, Olaf, Gildus, Corsican, Vain Hope, Sunshine, Sir William, Kettord, Altho-Tas, Talkative, and Yowie.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 104, 1 March 1892, Page 3
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