SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 195, 16 February 1914, Page 8

SPORTING.

V.A.T.C.. AL'TCMN MEETING. POPINJAY WINS THE OAKLEIGII PLATE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 15, 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, February 15. Tlie following are the results of the first day's racing of the Y.A.T.C. autum l meeting:— Federal Stakes, of 500 sovs.; five furlongs—Raheen 1, Maharajah 2, Andesino 'i. Sixteen started. Won by three lengths, a neck separating second and third horses. Time, lmin 3see.

Bond Cup, of GSO sovs.; one mile.— Effervescence 1, Lord Crey 2, Prizefighter 3. Fourteen started. Won by two and a half lengths, the third horse only a neck away. Time, 2min 3(isec. Oakleigh Plato, of 1350 sovs.; five furlongs—Popinjay 1, Xuwnra Eliya 2. Four Flush 3. Twenty-five started. Popinjay, who drew first position on •tfte rails, with Woorak, showed the way round the turn. Popinjay drew out inside the distance and won by a length and a quarter, with the third horse three quarters of a length in the rear. The time, lmin is t'l? slowest for five vears.

St. George's Stakes, of 650 sovs; One. mile and a furlong—Jolly Beggar 1, Mountain Princess 2, Andelosia 3. Thirteen started. Won by half a length, with one and a. half lengths separating second and third horses. Time, Imin 55sec. :-,: ~ THE .MOOREFIIiLD RACES. A NEW ZEALAND SUCCESS. Received 15, 5.15 p.m. Sydney, February 14. . At the Mooreiield races, the Stewards' Mile resulted—Tran 1, Wild West ,2, Mandowa 3. Won by a. length. Time, Imin 44% sec. [ Whitworth, bred at Foretell, New Zealand,-won the Cogarah Stakes at Moore-field. A WORLD'S RECORD. Received 14_. 6.5 p.m. Buenos Aires, February 14. Ironmask, by Disguise—Royal' Rojo, led l>y two horses, did a ha'lf-mile . * ■Juarez in 44 3-osec, a world's record.