Manchester, Nov. 27.
A large crowd yesterday saw Mr. B. F. Hartigan's Pappageno, starting at 100-7, win the last big race of the flat season, the Manchester November Handicap, which was run in dull weather.
It was a family win, as Pappageno was ridden and trained by Martin Hartigan, elder brother of the winning owner.
Pappageno never looked like being beaten and won cleverly by two lengths from Mrs. Soter Whitburn's Dragonnade, a 20-1 chance.
Battle Song, starting at 33-1 and owned by Capt. G. S. Barnes, was third, a short head behind Dragon-exporter, importer and student of international affairs should have at hand
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