RACING NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1921, Page 2

RACING NEWS.

WILL. HACKS, SISTER OLIVE WISS .MELBOCRNF CUP. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAIILE ASSC UN MELBOURNE, NoV. 1.

Hot, sultry Weather prevailed fur the second (lily of the V.R.U. Spring Meeting, mill ill! enormous pnrad was present. There iverr heavy raindrops after tlif Weol'.d Viieh, lint, it idea rod before the Cup was run. The going w;is in ((leat order. The favourite, Shadow Dancer, ran indili'eieiitly in the Hurdles Race, and finished seventh. Teleclcs, trained hy Hull, led into the straight »and vvim iiandsoinelv from the 12-year-old CoronatiiH. Boyd rode the winner.

(Keen Malt wits always proponent in ;he Railway llighweight- Handicap, and won narrowly from Ota ere. TinTasinanian horse Talisman w:ls a close third. Oreen MaU#eost the present I, ,vner C t(>:> :is a yearling. The time was hall a second outside the race record.

Etherian. on the far side, scored decisively in t!ie November Nursery Handicap in good time. Etherian was h.-eu hy its owner, and was well ridden hv Lewis.

Owing to Itis fall on Saturday. Dcmpsev was unable to ride Eurythwie in the Cup, and MeLaehhm took the mount. .) King replaced M, l.m hlali on Kennaqnliair.

Hurdles Race. -Telwles 1, Coronatils 2, Earle Alwine ■'!. Ten starters Won hy three-(piarters of a length Time 3.47}.

Railway Higliwc’ght Handicap.— Oreen Malt 1. Otaere 2, Talisman .'l. Nineteen starters. Won hy a short lead. Time 1.133 -

November Nursery Handicap. Etherian 1, Scarlet 2. Uisi.m A. Eleven starters. Wntl hy a ien -tli. Time 1.1. . (treat excitement was aroiwed over the Melhourne Cup. The favourite uas Etirythmie. He got the ropes id the harrier in his mouth at tic -is

huj otherwise had a clean passage, lie broke down at the three Ini longs, when going well. David met wiili interference early in the race, hut timsC,l well. Sister Olive got a had start, hut soon ran into tilth plavo. She had the race won at the distance and scored decisively. She is owned hy her breeder, Eroil Norman, it member of the Victorian Club, and is framed hy John Williams, o'l Caulfield. The lust half-mile took Msecs, the next lour furlongs 5-1 sees, the succeeding four ijsees, and the last lour 51. The top-weight Tobuis won the Steeples easily, being ridden hy l!| e New Ze;»l;imU’i. S. Thunipsuii. Tsiniru ,);n k was second last. ( olum l Aiocs pulled up. Roy.il (toardian hdl in the ( up. Other ie,■dills are :--

Melbourne ( up. Sister Olive L.y E. O'Sullivan) 1, The Rover s H v - Sleigh) 2. Amazonia 7.11 (,E. I'iaiihlj„>~ :l. Twenty-live starters. The sera tellings were Wild T... Relaw Main and Kinghior. Kurious had commaiul over the first furlong, from Paiaton and King Ernest. Duke Napoli then went to the front and rncing out ot the straight was two lengths ahead ot l.ionel Atwill. The Rover. Harvest King, Sudani the Sailor, and Sister Olive. I.u oel Attivill reduced Duke Napoli’s lead to a length, racing past the mile peg. ThcseAuo headed the field at the hark, The Rover and Sister Olive being next, ami David third last here, five t«rloims from home, l.ionel Attwill had a length lead of The Rover; Sinhad tee Sailor, Amazonia and Siste*-Olive >omg nearest. The order into the sitaigo was Harvest King, Sister Olive. urser. The Rover, l.ionel Attwill. Anmzonin and Euryihmic. Siste, Olive came away fit the distance, and won hy three-ciuaiters of a length. Ilm Im< herse was a length awny. Harvest King was fourth and David lilt i. Purser, Kthopinn and Honey Bee weie next. Eurious was eighteenth. I-".' tliinie broke down in the last luilong. Time ii.27:-;. , n Cup Steeplechase.—’Hdaus . ran 2, (Slenard »- Ten starters. Monrose fell. Won hy live lengths. Imu '"van Yean Stakes.- Section 1. Strath,l„le 2 Yaamumh. 3. Sixteen starters. Won hv half a length. Time

COMMENT ON THE HACK. 'lie-reived This Day at H'-lii a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 2. Tl„. “Herald” states Eurythmie start,.,l die The tie I*l settled down on IS the bridge. with P»U D-i.linir. At four furlongs HarMst Kin ir went to the front and Eurythmie nmfllavid improved their positions. At the torn Sister Olive. I'ursner and I h* Hover followed hy Harvest Kino v*m •iwaitiim an opening. At the distaine Sister Olive forced ahead vgorouMy rit Men 1)V O’Sullivan, ami won b> yutc quarters'of a length. The Hovers oetermined challenge was 0,1 ' f also a brilliant finishing elllort h> Am.izoniu. , , The “Telegraph” says the champions disappointed patrons. David was knocked hack last and hurythmic s swinging right leg got him into trouble through striking another horse. Ihe tost oamo at tho distil mv wlion Sistoi Olive closed on Harvest- King, and going great guns, though The Hover and Amazonia threw out a challenge, she hung on tenaciously and landed the stake.

EEHYTHMIC INJURED.

(Deceived This Day at 8 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Nov. 2. Eurythmie wrenched the oil fetlock in the cup.