AUSTRALIAN RACING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 November 1940, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN RACING

WARWICK FARM MEETING A HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION. RINGLEADER ARRESTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) SYDNEY, November 24. For the Warwick Farm races at Randwick yesterday the course was greasy after showers. One of the most hostile demonstraions witnessed at Randwick occurred yesterday when Hash won the last race, the Leumeah Handicap, after failing earlier in the Horsley Handicap. The ringleader of the demonstration was being escorted by the police into the privacy of the weighing enclosure when newspaper photographers attempted to photograph the incident. An A.J.C. committeeman sought to prevent them, and a crowd of men jostled the police, shouting protests at the committeeman. Fists began to fly, but the police got their man into the room and charged him with offensive behaviour.

His indignation, which was shared by a large section of the crowd, originated when Final Victory was hopelessly left at the post in the second race, and culminated after the Rash incident in the last race, one of his exclamations being: “I am going to show up this racing business. We are being robbed." To this sympathisers roared approval. Results include: —

Horsley Handicap. Six furlongs:— Marengo, 7.7 (Thompson), 1; Penthides, 8.11 (Hickey), 2; Vergure, 9.5 McCarten), 3. Eleven started. Neck each way. Time, 1.13 J. Warwick Farm Handicap. One mile and a quarter.—Dewar, 7.2 (Thompson) 1; Valhalla, 7.5 (Knox) * 2; Mohican, 8.13 (Mulligan), 3. Seven started. Won easily. Four lengths; length. Time, 2.6.

RACES AT FLEMINGTON TRUE FLIGHT SUCCESSFUL. WIN FOR ORTEL. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) MELBOURNE, November 24. Results of the races at Flemington include: — Eclipse Stakes. One mile and a quarter. —True Flight, 8.3 (Hartner), 1; Wilson, 7.12 (Bailey), 2; L’Aiglon, 8.5 (Breasley), 3. Fourteen started, including the popular fancy Mildura, who failed on the rain-sodden track. Two and a half lengths; one and a half. Time, 2.111. Rosstown Plate. Six furlongs.—Ortel, 7.8 (Ralph), 1; Saki, 7.2 (Gilmore), 2; Bow Tie, 8.6 (Cann), 3. Nine started. Two lengths; half a length. Time, 1.15.7.