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Fin.il acceptances for the Grand
National Kurdie Race must be declared to
day not later than 1 pan., otherwise own
ers will be held liable for the full amount
of the sweepstake ( £15). Acceptances are
also due at the same time for the miuor
events to be run on Saturday.
Physician was scratched yesterday for
the Maiden Steeplechase at the VJR..C.
meeting.
Permit to ride has been granted to S.
J. L. Hingston, who was originally appren
ticed to James Wilson, and who recently
had his indentures transferred to J. P.
Lewis. '
Yesterday Chrysostom was scratched at
1 pan. for the. Grand National Hurdle
Rice.
A pony and trotting meeting will be held
at Jenlderic ou 20 in July.
The Springbank Cormtnun Handicap at
Moonee Valley yesterday was run over the
allotted distance, nine iurlougs and a half,
of the wcigkt-ior-uge nice winch the Mooi
ueo Valley club' is introducing into its Cup
programme. The event will start from a.
point a short distance below the grand
stand.
iu connection with the Newton Benefit
race meeting to be held on Redan race
course to-morrow (Friday), a horse special
will leave Spencer-street at 8.5 a.m. ami
a passenger special at 9.25 a.m., returning
to Melbourne at G.30 p.m. A passenger car
will be attached to tUe 7.40 p.m. Geelung
train on the day of the races.
Mr. E. B. Bell had not tasted the
sweets of victory for nearly six years until
Sab ten do won tlie Glendewar Hurdle Race
for him at .Moonee Valley yesleruay. No
one begrudges him his suecesir, partial
lnriy as Subteudo was favorite. 'I'lie only
hor.se seriously backed against Subiend')
was Laceup, who hails from the Wimmera.
They looked like lighting out the liuish as
they came to the last hurdle, but there
Laceup fell, and Subtendo was left to go
oil and wan easily from Coolagali and
Mnebiad. Liceup teems to be uuiucky ut
the last hurdle, as when well backed in a
race previously at Jloonee Valley the same
hurdle brought liiiu to grief. Then he
was not hurt, but yesterday one of his
legs was cut and his neck badly strained.
His rider, Jos. Woods, was also unfortu
nate, as lie was afterwards suffering badly
from shock. The 3tart for the .ace was
delayed for a few minutes. The starter
noticed that Mnebiad was lame in the oil
hind leg, and he sent her back to the en
closure, to enable tlie stewards to decide
> whether she was lit tto take her place in
the field. Mr. E. F. J. Bordeaux, the
club veterinary surgeon, examined her, and
as lie did not regard the lameness re-
riously she wa.allowed to start. She had
evidently strucic herself while doing bet
preliminary, and its elfecta were ouiy tcm-
inorarv. as she soon throw off the lame-
ness in the race and was finishing very
itrongly.
On several occasions the speedy and neat
Welkin filly Petkin has run prominently
n two-year-old races, and yesterday she
secured her first will by annexing the
ilowrie Handicap at Moonee \ alley.
Backers were prepared for a change in for
tuue, for the iiily started a warm favorite
Petkin was in the leading division from
the start, and once in tlio straight she
tame away well and won by two iengins
ind a half from Cyprello, who was also
well backed. Petkin is a stable mate of
Battleplane, and is trained by F. Doran
for Mr. W. Thompson, the owner of
Battleplane. In tne Arundel Handicap
Red Dome was in-tailed favorite as soon
as the betting opened, and remained so.
flow unlucky the was to have bean
lieatcn at Epsom was proved in this race.
Pop and Lethargic were the early pan;
makers, and they both niiintained a lead
ing position till tlie straight was entered
Red Dome, on the outside, then cut down
the leaders and won easily. The winner,
who has not done much racing in the last|
twelve months, now appears to be tho-|
roughly fit.
Settling over O.iklanda Hunt Club race<
and pasc racing events will take place at
the Victorian Club to-day at 11 a.m.
Three Grand National candidates m
Gk-nard, Erutpac and St. Simomau ran iu
the Belinda Steeplechase at Moonee Val
ley, and they all seriously discounted their
National chances. Glenard was a strong
favorite, and a3 the field was a weak one
he should have wron easily if he lias a
reasonably good chance of success at
Flemington next week. The bear, ha could
do was to finish third to Wee Diok and
Ritang. He was jumping big. which is a
good fault for a horse who is to race o/cr
the Flemington fences, but hc lnst a lot ol
ground in consequence. When Ritang
took the lead about half a mile from home
it kioked any odds oil him winning easily .
Qlonnon, however, thought lie had the op
position well beaten, as although he did
not allow Ritang to slow down he did no-
punch him right out until Wee Dook be
gan to tlueatcn danger. Wee Dook finished
too we.l'i and, getting up ill tlie last stride,
won by a short head. St. Simonian jumped
slowly right through the race, and be
could not muster up much puce. Tic
hunted tho field most of the way. He will
need to improve very comidrrably on that
form if lio is to take the Grand National
stake bark to Adelaide. Cooliel wa-
tancied for this race, but he gave his
backers a poor run lor their moneyv He
hit one of tlie early lances very heavily
and knocked down his slide. He wa.i
pulled up, and will have to be rested for a
few weeks.
While Epistle was running away from a
big field in the Springvatt V. Corinthian
Handicap at Moonee Valley yesterday it
wa-i hard to believe that ne is one of the
oldest horses now iu training. He was
foaled in South Australia as far back as
1909, and when all Australian racehorses
celebrate their birthday 'on 1st August
F.pistle will he 13 years old. He raced t'oi
several seasons in South Australia, but lat
terly he has been racing in the Wiinmera
and western districts of Victoria with sue-
ceso. He makes nn occasional visit to Mel
bourne, and seldom returns to tha country
without winning a race. He was one oi
tlie outside division it Moonee Valley yes-
terdayj but faking the lead about half a
mile from home he won in hollow fasiiiun
the verdict bring six lengths. Ironsides
has been miming without much luck of
late. Ho was second again He was al
ways 'among tho leaders, but was so wc-1
! pocketed that the race was over before he
could get clear. . Master i'kiiVing, who
rode him, lost his whin early, and having
no spurs had to drive Ironsides along with
liia hands after lie emerged from the" ruck.
Channel King was well up all ihe way, but
his finish was weak, and Ironsides chopped
I him out of second place. Herroinus, who
. was favorite, never flattered his backers-
j although he got a good enough run.
i Shillingleo, who is likely to become i
popular Melbourne Cup candidate, was
1 paraded in the bird cage at Moonee Valley
racecourse yesterday, and excited much ad
miration, being a fine stamp of English
thoroughbred. The last success in England
, of Shillinglee, who is by Llangibby (sire
i of Lanius) from William's Pride, was in
the Thetford Se" -ig Plato, run. at New-
' market last September, in which he ear
ried 7 st. 8 lb.
A new development in what has come
to he known as the betting-by-cbeque
cases has arisen from the issue of a writ
by Mr. «L Cotman, bookmaker, againetc a
metropolitan doctor for tlie .'recovery -V
'£993. ; This sum is stated to renreadfJt
winnings on the Grand National Hurdle
Race- and f Steeplechase- oflaat year, ,wou
by Fiscc— . and Mountain God respectively.
Hie bet in itself was a matter of dispul-
bctwecn the bookmaker and the backer'
concerned. The Victorian Club commit-!
Ice, to which body tile dispute f'vats ie-|
ferred, decided ill favor of the- backer. Uj
is understood that the dispute rc.uedj
chieily on the point whether the teruiS
surrounding the bet (one of the conditions!
being that an obligation to another metal-
bcir.n bad first to he met) had been un
filled. The present claim will probably be
contested, tlie doctor alleging thai he did
not make the bet for himselt. but that it
was made on behalf of another medical
man in the country. Ever since the claims
made by the executors of Mr. R. Garland
for tho recovery of amounts for bets pud
by cheque, the question has been asked
whether the English law on the matter, il
it operates at all in Australia, acts both
wars. The Colman ease, if proceeded with,
will probably provide the test. It is the
first of its kind in Victoria.
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