THE V.R.C. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES.

Kumara Times, Issue 414, 23 January 1878, Page 2

THE V.R.C. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES.

The following is a description of the running for tbia event-? The app.arance on the board of a .for-tlie. Twoiyeat-fllji Stakes oreatecl some surprise/ as it had been thought but few .owners .would the temettity; to throvedown the gauntlet-,ito -%cb t Vulcan, nnd Bos worth. ■ , Chester's brother seemed to liaVel irhprdved' since the spring, and as Mr De Mestre was ' *5 to 4 about th«,fine son of Yattendon/ This did not dismay' tiie ft p : artfsans of the St,, A4£ai& r ifcilsje> at}d}tl£ J< seJeSjj few "who consistently follow the fortunes of the'Geelong establishment put down.,tipßpanoney eagerly »?O0 tft-,200. • being taken in one lilie'.' ' VulWn'wfts *-

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not much inquired after, and the others, with the exception of Warlock, appeared to be qxiite friendless. The result of the race corroborated public opinion, for the two favourites came clean, away from their opponents, and a ding-dong struggle ensued, both running as true as steel, but the brother to Richmond lasted the longest, and, getting his head in front a few strides from home, won a most interesting race by ,half a neck. Warlock proving the best of,the others, was never in the hunt. The winner is a brown «olt by Maribyrnong from The Fawn, and though taller, perhaps, than his distinguished brother Richmond was at his age, he lacks the great substance of Mr Jelletjk's horse-, yet he is symmetrically formed, arid proniisesrtd&follow in the footsteps of his relative. He was bred by Mr Andrew Town, at his stud farm, Richmond N.S.W., and, when a foal, was sold to Mr. James Wilson, for Mr. H. Power, we believe, for several hundred guineas. His previuus performances have been of an •excellent character, for though he was ■defeated through greenness in the Marifcyrnong Plate, he showed different form in the Plying and All-age Stakes, both of which he won like a race-horse ; and defeating a first-class colt like Roodee, as he did to day, satisfactorily proves that Mr. Wilson's estimation of the youngster. was not exagerated. Roodee was'defeatea, but riot disgraced, for he himself like a racehorse, and probably when they meet again he will turn the tables upon his doughty -opponent.