SPORTING.
BELBIS WINS GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.
By .teiegraEji* Press ZVcs’a, Coifyiisht Received 7.26 p.m., July 8. Melbourne, July 8. Tbe V R.O. Committee decided to allow the New Zealand horses to run in the Grand National Steepleohase, which resulted : Beilis ... J Isis ... t ' : Error ° I The betting was 6to 1 against Beilis, who was favorite. Freedom, Springfield, and Airly led alternately untilreachingthe 1 abattoirs the second time, when the torI mor, who was in the van, and a number of I others, came to grief. Springfield carried I on the running over the last jump, but at the turn for home Beilis and Isis came fast, 1 and cutting down tho leader fought out a J good finish, Beilis winning by three I lengths in 6.34. • I Up-to-Date finished seventh. - - I In the Lawn Handicap Machine Gun ] finished Bixth. _
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1502, 10 July 1905, Page 2
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