RACING in AUSTRALIA.
HAWKESBURY MEETING. . NIGHTIVIARCH FINISHES THIRD. . A HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. — Copyright. (Received March 24, 10.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 23. There were two sensations at the Hawkesbury Races held at Moorefield yesterday. E. Bartle rode five winners and one second in seven starts for the day. Nightmarch was the object of a hostile demonstration when he came third in the Autumn Handicap of £250 (one mile and a-quarter) which resulted. CAVE DWELLER, 8.1 (Simpson) 1 CHARLIE B, 8.3 (Goddard) 2 NIGHTMARCH, 10.7 (R. Reed) .. 3 Niue started. Won by six lengths, with two lengths between second and third. Time, 2.6—a track record. The crowd greeted the New Zealander’s return to the enclosure with ihe sarcastic question: “How could he have won the Epsom and the Mel" bourne Cup?” There were cries of 11 Robbers ” and demands that the coroner be summoned. A Great Run. Cave Dweller’s run was a great one, which under any circumstances, would have tested the best of the champions and he was criticised Long and loudly for not showing yesterday’s speed a week earlier. Reed’s Riding Questioned. Sporting writers ask that Roy Reed be required to show how 7 he came to be jostled and why 7 his mount lost ground on the journey.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17977, 24 March 1930, Page 8
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213RACING in AUSTRALIA. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17977, 24 March 1930, Page 8
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