SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 57, 4 October 1916, Page 5

SPORTING.

THE NEW ZEALANDERS’ SUCCESS. » HOW THE DERBY WAS WON. A POPULAR VICTORY. (Received 12.15 p.m.) Sydney, October 4. The success of the New Zealand horses at Bandwiok did not como altogether as a surprise and it .was well received. The Telegraph says: Eljfeby won the Derby in the best bf styles and had none of the best of -the luck. One hundred yards from lionfe McLaughlan called upon his mount for the final effort, and Kilboy drft|r out in a few strides. Eastcourt and Colbert responded, but Kilboy gradually increased the lead and ran home a winner, to the accompaniment of the heartiest applause, which was renewed as he returned to the paddock. Describing the Spring Stakes, the Telegraph says; When Prince Ba>dolph retired, Sasanof w-as left mi front with a length lead of Bee, and though she came on bravely when pressure was applied in the final stage, she was not able to wipe onu all the deficit.

The Herald describes Kilboy’s victory as a' fine finish and a handsomo win. Bee fought out the finish of the Spring Stakes with great determination and was almost I vel with Sasauoff for half the distance, the latter winning by a narrow margin. Cheloma ran well in the early stages of the Kensington Handicap, but only managed to secure fifth place. The prospects for to-morrow’’s meeting are gloomy, torrential rain again falling.

A leading Australian sporting writer a fortnight ago wrote ; —After his satisfactory gallop at Randwick on Thursday morning Kilboy is entitled to be regarded as beng more than a possibility for A.J.C. D“i'by. He ran once round in the centre of the course proper, a mile and three furlongs, maintaining a good, strong pace throughout, and finishing in fine style alongside his companion Bee. A New Zealand horse lias not won the Deroy since Xoctuiform captured the race in 190-5, but it is quite on the cards that the spell will be broken next week. Mr E. J. Watt, one of the principal props of the turf in New Zealand, won A.J.C. Derby two years ago, but bis representative, Mountain Knight, was trained here. Another visiting Derbv horse to run a distance well yesterday morning was the Victorian colt Stageland, who got to the end of a mile and a quarter in good style. He did not go the same length of journey as Kilboy, hut made slightly better time for Ins mile and a quarter. Sasanot is pro--I,ably the best galloper among all the three-year-olds training at Randwick. hut he, of course, is not in the Derby. Making time to Sasanof is apparently no trouble, and his mile and a quarter yesterday morning in 2min. 14isec. was a case in point. ' Many readers will remember that Noctuiform won in the colors of Mr W. G. Stead’s father, the late G. G. Stead.