THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
Full particulars o£ UiQjSt. Leger arc 1 to ihandi ChiXabob started' aft£r ,-all. -lire Yorkshire colt was second favourite at 5 to 1, although he figured a* half, price a week. before the race. Donovan's price was l'3 to 8 'against the field, thereVb'ouigfVa dozen staiters (/ and' the Duke' of ' Portland's wonderful colt beat Miguel, w,ho ( started 33 to ], by three- lenerkhs, ' Devon port, who finished ,',thhd on sujietanee, the, same distance off the seconds beinj* at- 20 to 1.- Enthusiast was fourth, "a.nd Chitabob fifth. The ■ place betting was 9t02 on Donovan, , fep, ,2"! apfaltist .Miguel,, 2 to ; l against' 'DaVenpoi't, and to 4- "against Chitabob, the latter oi whom it was decided should not race A<jfain this ye.a.r. The race (about 1 milo 6 fui'l.onirsi ' a,ud .I^2 f yards) \va3 run in 3min. 13, sec, and the 'neb value of the stakes to the v\ inner The St. Leger brought Donovan's wi'nriinjjs for his two seasonfa ttfl to 44 i562<>b vs.' 1 , while as Jhe 'wtfn tho Lanca^ j plate of 12,000sovs/, and 20sovs. sweepstakes the following week, the total spore will be between 50.000 and '60,000 eovs.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 417, 6 November 1889, Page 6
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194THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 417, 6 November 1889, Page 6
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