A slashing set-to between the sistor to Ringmaster and the Marie Louise filly resulted in the former (Zeph) gaining the advantage and a hundred yards from home she looked all over a winner, until Sam Conk's second string The Sailor Prince cuuie (most appropriately) through with a " wet sail " ami squelched the pretensions of Zeph by a length and a-quarler, with The Daupliiiie finishing only a neck behind Jimmy Wilson's filly, and then coming Fairfield. As som as tho tan was crossed Octo put in a claim, nsniso did The Dauphine, the pair closing 011 Zeph. The start appeared to be a pretty even one, the colours of Zeph, Wanganella, La Gloria, Shotbolt and Auster being amongst the earliest descried from the Press box. r ) to 1 Glowworm, S to 1 Ourrnwang, 10 to 1 The Sailor Prince, Fairfield and Oet-o. The betting at the start was 3 to 1 Wanganella. That rich stake, the Waribyrnong Plate, with its cool " thou." of added money, attracted fourteen two-year-olds, Wanganella being slightly a better favourite than Zeph, whilst the fact that Cecil Parker was up on Glowworm caused that filly to also pose amongst the fancied division. However, I suppose from this out he will have to pay the penalty for finishing in front of Azitn, Candour, Calculus, The Captain, Ulric, Elswick and Wolf, until, like poor Whimbrel, he will have to be expatriated in self-defence. Hut he was actually last at the home turn, and appparently dead to tho world. Being built that way, the noble Jonathan was allowed a chance of displaying hie abilities in the race for tho Blue Riband on Saturday, and beyond the question of a doubt had he been kept in a better position during the earlier portion of ilie race, ho must have given it a trenieudons shaking, even if he did not quite annex it. And yet bis party are persons of vast erudition and research-to wit, the AsinaMim Push. The three-year-old colt by Richmond from Miss Heslop was so little fancied for the Derby by his party that only a few weeks back the advisability of adding him to the list was seriously taken into consideration. (I have it on the very highest and best authority) it was a toss-up of a coin whether the jockey's head or Camoola's got first past the post. So hard did Huxley graft on the favourite towards the finish of the. Camoola's starting price WAS 7 to 4 on, Azim claiming some slight attention at t> to 1. 'Die true solution of the matter may possibly be that Tom Payten, for once in his life, nearly committed a bloomer by scratching a Derby colt that was Coining 011 in favour of one who was Going Off.
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