SPORTING.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 November 1918, Page 5

SPORTING.

VICTORIAN RACING CLUB.

Victoria Derby.—Eusebius Outlook 2, Finmark 3. Melbourne Stakes, mile and a quarter. —Magpie 1, Desert Gold 2, Wolarol 3. Won by a neck. i CJ.C. MEETING. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov 4. Concluding results:— Spring Plate. —Onslaught 1, Maioha 2, Sabine 3. Also ran: Royal Star, Warform, Cooing, Active, Algidus, Matatua, Melee, Ivanova, Braid and Algidus. Linwood Hdcp.—-Taunaha 1, Claverhouse 2, Spyglass S. Also ran: Oratress, Sleepyhead, Red Pool, Moorabbe and Sapper (coupled), Missouri, Killiney, Bombproof, Larissa, Wild Night, Indus, Loveraatch, Ariaha, Sisyphus, Belle Noir, Bondage, First Salute ' '%*’’■

N. Z. Cup.—Sasanof 1, Rose Pink 2, Menelaus 3, Also ran: Client, Mascot (coupled with Menelaus), hfargerine, VolOj Suub, ’Rorkes Drift, Cync, Devotion, Detroit, Tressida, Dusky Eye, Kilrush, Battle Song, Mazama, Rfsingham. j Kilrush and Dusky Eve were the first to show out, but passing the stand Mazama, Mascot, Dusky Eve, and Kilrush was the order, with. Battle Song last. Rorkes’ Drift moved up at Cutts’, and along the back Menelaus .improved his position. Half a mile from home Kilrush and 'Rorkes Drift were in front, with Sasanof and Rose Pink close up. A furlong from the post Sasanof got through on the rails, and won comfortably by three lengths from Rose Pink, who was half a length in front of, Menelaus. Mascot was fourth. Timers 12Y: 4-5. A o Welcome- Stakes.—Surveyor I, Warplane .2, Affectation 3. Derby.—Gloaming 1, Kilmoon 2, Heathercote 3. Also ran: Afterglow, Scornful. Stewards’.—Michaola 1, Good Day 2, 80-Peep 3. Also started: Croesus, Hymestra and Nanna, Parisian Diamond, Nystad and Birkenvale, Acre, Inah and Wrestler, Kilboyne, Demagogue, Mortham, Glorify, Marsa, Tremena, Damien. Mr. Stead, the owner of Good-Day, complained of Bagby’s riding of their gelding, but the stewards, after inquiry, took no action. Welter Hdcp.—Punka 1, Sedd el Bahr 2, Sir Fanciful 3. Also ran: John Barleycorn, Linden (coupled with Sedd el Bahr), King Star, Matty, Achilledes.