Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 19 April 1938, page 17
GRANT BRILLIANT IN
GIFT WIN
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Geelong Footballer
nv mit \iUImkx wit M i it
STAWELL, Monday.
i Jack Grant, the Geelong footballer, brilliantly won the
1938 Stawell Easter Gift to-day on a track made lodden by rain. He was one of the shortest-priced favourites to win the race in recent years.
! tirant has buen tho most consistent runner tim .season.
He has no1 been unplaced in a heal or semi-final in which he has competed, anti in sown starts in Unáis he has won six times.
Although OiniU ratight tile linn nun in (rout of him ni 30 ^rtlds nlut led li oin i lime lo (ho rjnWi ho wa« haid picfíni b\
I Whitton o\ci tin laM 25 \nttl Oinnl
j appeared to falter n lt»\ jnidf from Ihr
flliUhltig Uno lint ho rognlnod oh bululú e i qtilckh
j Uefoic the wml-flunk of tho Ulft Uikbii
,lt *in nniiounred that J It Da\li¡
(Dookie) wa« Miltciliig from a log Injun I A doctor advhod him not to Hart in tho
I ince DnAls wa« ncratchcd from the Olli I and the Biirint Handicap
A fresh wind no« blowing when ti«
runner« wont down on their marks lor,
the first seml-Ilnol of the Gift All tin ' men appearetl non on» At the slai ti) 13
Wilson dashed to the front bul half-wa\ I Giant foi god to tho lead and won b\ throe I sards Ile rocehed nn otation I
Mccann the Mriual scratch mon nndo I iv gi eat effort to catch the field in Hie I stcond semi-flnnl but he faded away «lion Whiffcn put in a fast late dash to roocli the tape first
In tlie third semi-final Willis and Low-son led the field all the waj to tlie finish-ing line across which Lawson leaped one jurd in front of Willis
Dalton raced ahead of Smith and Calllck early In the fourth semi-final but he was caught by the field at 90 yards Ho went on again however to win by one j ard
In the last semi-final O R J Wilson had on easy run to win by two yards
More than 16 000 people had crowded into the ground when the final was timed to start Tor the third time in his laces in the gift Grant drew the outside run-ning lane The field got away to a splen-did start, and within 30 yards Grant had otertaken the front markers At 75 yards he was Inches ahead of Dalton and Willis with WliUTen making a fast run In the lane next to him When 30 j ords from the tape WhllTen drew lo\el with Grant bjt )rc " M Urutblc to Suâtnlu ¡na riTun long enough Grant was one yard ahead at the finish There were only inches be-tween the next three men
Grant received a marvellous o\atlon He was rushed by a number of women relatives and kissed
The demonstration did ngt affect him He was as cool under the barrage of affec-tion as when walting for the start of the final, which ga\e him £500 in prize
money
No Smoking or Drinkiug
Grant, who has played football for Gee-long for three years and was the out-standing man for lils side against Colling-wood in the grand final last year, neither smokes or drinks
Many members of the Geelong Football Club saw the race and several of them Including Mr I\or Gibson the secretary, carried him shoulder high fiom the arena
It has been arranged that Grant will give a demonstration run at three-quarter time In the match between Geelong and Melbourne on Saturday *
Much of the chedlt for the success of
(llalli must I) thin I i Mi S U Uni min his tullin i whi) last toni no mtilwd lilli» as a polinlliil Hill «lunn Ml Uartiilii dnldcd lo lelilí iront ti>iiti>etUtir umhin», and cm leniinit on Hie training ni Oinnt
Oinnt Is nut ii H unrs and is a textile ii01 ker «t Ocilont,
At tel II lind mined inntlllilou«)i ftom Satin dn\ ntteinoon until earl) this morn lim tin \w athel i It nu ii about mlddni
The trnrk on ultim the Stawell QUt was um it nv | ail It uht li henil AHlumul) Hit tiatei had bein dented liol« the surf«" Hie subsoil ii as spmigi
iS«» Hitit) Ijimítuiítc
Hie iliib na-- unfm lunate to lose It« rain iiisiuancc Ino policies lind been ¡ taken oin iimiIiim moic than 25 point« of
rain hi tween 2 n ni and i p m on Satin
tlav and Mondai Prom 2 p m on BaUn -
|di\ until midnight 0'' Sundas 145 points
of lain fell A ft« light showers fell on Monday murnini, bul not itufflclcnt for the club to claim the Insurance In ad-mittance nionei 4.1041 un* taken at gales
The most spectacular ince was the Grampians btnkes of ino mU"s In which the baiefooted i Hillier, A C Morgan coml>cted fiom scratch He conceded stnrtt of 200 \nrds Hie mci dei eloped Into » battle of tactics In the first mile with Wie limit men re]>catedly displacing inch othei in the ltnd At the commencement of the fifth lap Morgan made a tensatlonal dash past n number of rjnners but when It nppenred that he was llkclv to run up with the leaders he was tiv'cc Jostled out of his (stride and then he rccchcd a blott from an elbow Morgan apparently was affected by the blow, a« his striding was irregular thereafter
In the meantime Caulfield Delanej and Burke had laced to the head of the field and each in turn was hulled as the winner by onlookers as they turned into the straight In the run for the finish the ? a" c cf D« n.c »nu wu-i chiilu ruiy yards from the Une Caulfield withdrew from the stiuggle but Delaney, Burke and Downie fought on with only Inches separating them Many people thought that Burke had won but the official scrdict Mas for Delaney by inches It was the closest finish in a distance race ever seen at Stawell Downie was third and W M ( Tickle ) Whyte the former Aus-tralian champion mile runner, fourth
Runner Disqualified
After the race O P Moulden was called before the stewards It was announced later that he had been disqualified for three months for allegedly having inter-fered with A C Morgan J B Bull was unfortunate not to win two events He was defeated by I T Kearney in the final of the Stawell Handicap of 880 yards These runners dominated the race from the start until within 100 yards of the finish when H Richardson supplanted them in the lead Kearney and Bull passed Richardson in the sprint for the line and Kearney managed to last better than Bull over the last few yards
RESULTS IN DETAIL
Easter Gift
First £500 medal lind «ash second £1(0 third
£60 fourth £30 fifth £30 130 J «K13
FIRST SEMI FINAL
J W GRANT di',) 1 R C MORGAN (11) 3 D B WILSON (li1*) 3
R O Wickham (lit«) «PA Bradley (Sij) S T»o »ard« 0 11 11 10 0/1 on
SECOND SEMI FINAL
J R WHIFFEN (10'4) 1 R MCINTYRE (7'«,) a K J BROWN UU4) 3
R O Mccann (8'i) 4 D W Budarlck (10) 9 TI ree jurds 0 13 6/4 on
THIRD SEMI FINAL
C M WILLIS (1P4) 1 O A LAWSON (13) 3 W V BOLTON OOM 3
R II Spanto (8'i), 4 O J Oulney (10'a) S Yards 0 13 e»ena
FOURTH SEMI FINAI,
A W DALTON (11?,) 1 J T SMITH (OMI j O H OAtXICK (11) 3
It J Northeast (los,) 4 A W Sim« (9|M 6
Foot 0 13 5 4
FIFTH SEMI FIHAL
0 R J WILSON (ti»«) 1 W J BS.MBLETT (1P<) n B D DIMER (101j) 3
H N Wilson (10) 14 Tno yards 0 13 I l8
FINAI
T W ORANT (Geelong) (in.-) i 1 R WHIFFEN (Iinnhoe) dot«) 3 a M WILLIS (Ballarat) (lia,) 3
£ w PA,MON <"<»?>« Pond») (Hi,) 4 p n J WILSON (Albert Park) (lis,) s Vox bj indes Time 0 li li io Wlnner7/l on
Federation Handicap
First £80 second £30 third £14 fourth £6
One mile
J B BULL (98) 1 A J VANSTAN (90) 2 W M SCOTT (98) 3 E J BUGG (92) 4 Won by five yards 4 min. 11 sec.
Hurdle Race
first £10 »Mond £3 third £3 130 yards 311
hurdles
FIRST HEAT -Et O Brien (") 1 K H McLennan (7) 2 Five jards 0 19 9 IS (Only
starters )
SECOND HEAT - R L Miller (13) 1 O T McEnaio (9) 3 lard 0 15 12 16 (N L Scarlett tell ni d did not finish )
THIRD HEAT -TA Sutherland (9) 1 w li Jollfle (II) 2 Tko yards 018 (W C W 8h«r
rock fell and hindered It W Thorpe neither
finished )
FOURTH HEAT -AW Whittaker (») 1 J T Scarlett 12) 3 \ard 0 15 io l8 (A O Sluw a: d c oreen did not finish )
FIS »I
R h MIILKR (13) 1 A W WHITTAKER (8) 2 FIO BRIEN (7) 3 Won by a yard 0 Is 8 l8 3/1 on
Wimmera Handicap
First £23 second £8 third f> 800 yards
riNAt
H B MCGILLIVRAY (10) t C1 A ASTON (33) 3 R N HALL (17) 3 won by 10 yard« 1 10 4 S 3/1
S tan c11 Handicap
I T KFARNEY (52) 1 J B BULL (50) 3 W L McCREADV (52) 3 Won by five yard« 1 54 3 i 3 1 on
Park Handicap
First £30 second £8 third £2 100 »ard»
FIRST HEAT -T J P Donohue (10U) l A R Maltl eva (12) SHA Mtdlley (8'2> 3 Yard
9 io it 2/1 on
BECOND HEAT - A D Byrne d2'j) i i j Clissold (10Î,) 3 c W M«y (9) 1 Inches 9
12 l8 5 4
THIRD HEAT-D A Anderson (10'j) «nd H O Clough (10><) equal 1 A McP Macdonald (9'<>
B 7 10 Clough 2 1 Anderson 10 I
evens
FIFTH HEAT-W A Pringle (11) 1 C J Werindi'«) 2 A D McDonald (10 ) 3 linne» 9 7 16 2/1 on
SIXTH HEAT-L W Spngue (10'j) 1 r A Bellamr (ID 3 P O ODwjer (10) 3 lard 0 9 16 5 4
SEVENTH HKAT-J O Billi!» ill'«) 1 It 11 Hodges (10) 2 A O Bhaw d2',) 3 lucie»
9 9 10 4 1 on
ElrjHTH HEAT-J Dalton d21 1 O II lid (13'j) 5 W V Reid (lO'sl 3 \«rd 9 la 6 2
on
NINTH HEAT-L Sandergren OH.,) 1 It I) McNeill (OUI 3 J A Hall (11) 3 lucir«
9 ' 16 6 4 on
TENTH HEAT-W C Jackas» (13">*> 1 A L Imp«> (13) 3 T J Finnegan (iii.I ] Ii ches
9 8 16 5 2 on
FLEVENTH HEAT-li T Smith (111 I II I)
Dimer (9) 2 A W McAuley (II'.,) » Tau Jurds 9 7 10 6 4
TWCLrTII HEAT-W Hjland (83.) 1 A W Morrison III j) 2 J B ào es (P'«) 3 Foot 9 IO 16 5 4
ntlRTEENTH HEAT -T i. I»0ll(13'4l 1 J It Lette (11<3) * R O Elliott (!',) 3 Foot 9 9 16
3 1 on
FOURTEENTH HEAT-M W Cahill Ol'«) 1 O T Kenna (11) 3 N O Colling (lit ) 3 lard D t I« 5/3 on
FIFTEENTH HEAT-R H W«m« Ol',) 1 W J Booth (I0U) 3 J D McMthon til3«) 3 Inches
« S l8 2/1 on
BIXTKKNTH HEAT-A F Gordon <ll»«> I
R T Oreen (I1'4) 3 lard 0 11 16 3 1 on (only
«tarter«)
SEVENTEENTH HEAT -Q A L««w5n (111,) I C nurmlster dl'ji 3 D B Phelan <9s«) 3 Yard 9 13 I« (no btttli g)
EIOIITEENTH MEAT II J Kruger til««) 1 R L Warter <8'<) 2 o J Foley (13*,) 3 Three yardi 6 » 16 i/l on
FTR8T SEMI FINAL-It O Clough (10'«| 1 T J P Donohue (10 «) 3 U A Anderton UO'jl 3 Inches 9 7 16 2 1
SECOND SEMI FINAL -J Dalton (13) 1 J C Bhlels (HU) 3 L w Sprain« (10>j) 3 Inches 9 « ii. d/4
?THIRD eUUn>IAli-M W CihlU (111.) 1
A
T E Lyon (13'.|) H T Smith (II) 3 tache»
0 5 10 3
RTI
Lowson (11,4)
Inchea 9 5 16 6/4 on
FINAL
H G KRUOER (lil,) .X M W CAHILL (lil«) . ... a J DALTON (12) .3 Inches 0 9 7 16 7 4 on
Pleasant Creek Handicap
First £35 second £10 third £6 440 Yards
FINAL
G HAGGER (21) . . 1 D M BUDARICK (27) I R N HALL (10) 3 Inches 0 48 2 1
Hurdle Race, 220 Yards
First, £10 ««rond £3 third 3
FIRST HEAT-J A Goonan (27) 1 J Talbot (27) 2 It L Miller (l8) TWO yards 0 26 8 10 3/1
SECOND HEAT-S J Wood« (20) 1 J T Bear lett (4) 2 R L Morgan <13) 3 Fil» yards 0 28 4 16 3/1
THIRD HEAT -C T Booth (23) 1 E W Kellr (17) 2 N L Scarlett (IS) 3 Two yards 027 4. U.
6/4 on
FOURTH HEAT-A W Whittaker (11) 1, T Sutherland (28) A O Slaw (l8) 3 Yard 0 27 4 ID 5/4 Ol
FINAL
J A GOONAN C ) C F BOOTH C3)
A W WHITTAKER (li)
Two yards 0 23 12 le 6/4
Stewards' PnrBe
First £38 second £10 third £S 220 Yards
8EMI FINALS - FIRST- A C Campbell (17 it 1 D B Milson (17 j) 2 F A Evans (l8) 1 Two yards 0 Jl 3 l8 2 1 SECOND-O A Lawson (20) 1 R T Miller (17'i) 2 IV O Blair (IBM) 3 Two yards 0 312 10 no betting THIRDR O Mccann (7) 1 H J Smith d31») 2 A W Whittaker (16'i) 3 Yard 0 310 l8 8/4 FOURTH -d M Willis (l8) 1 T K Doolan (18'2) 3 It N Hall (li) 3 Yard 3/1 on
FINAL
G M WILLIS (l8) I R c mccann (7) 2 0 A LAWSON (30) 1 1 ard 0 21 S 16 6 4 on
Gianipians Stakes
First £80 second £30 third £14 fourth «6
Two miles
C P DELANEY (155) 1 B BURKE (30) 2 V H DOWIE (85) 3
W M WHYTE (110) 4 Inches a*-».K 7 i
Sprint Handicap
First £40 second £14 third. 6 78 Yards
TTRST fcEMI FINAL -J O Brien (8'k) IMS Drow (it) 3 li A Prtnslo (8 a) 3 Foot 0 7 - 16 3/1 Ol
SECOND SEMI FINAL -T E Lyon (I0'«> 1 R O Wickln» i (7J4) 3 H J Kruger (8U> 3
Inchea 07 4 16 0/4 on
THIRD 8KMI FINAL-F F Northeast (13) 1 H c Johnson II II ' I H Jamieson (lola) 3 Inches 0 7 2 16 1 I .»
FOURTH SCMI FINAL -B Gannon (Hi«) t T K Doolan (7><) 2 H G Clough {.Vi) 3 Foot 07 4 1» 6 4 on
FIFTH BEMI FINAL -W O Oliver (13) 1 J O Shiel» (O',) I J Dalton (10) 3 Foot
07 3 16 4/1 on
FINAL
W O OLIVrR (1") . 1 1 O BRIEN (8 j) . » B GANNON I11J4) >
Inches 0 7 evens
High Jump