By "Tue Cras"
'AKING the lead from the half mile post, Striker kept Dun-huang áhead of the field all the way to score an impressive triumph and win the feature event of yesterday afternoon's racing—the 1941 Sub-Griffins Champions Sweepstakes (classic)—when he entered the straight with a three length-advantage and staved off the determined challenge of Scorpio and Gentil Ami to win by a length and a half.
His early lead held him in good stead at the finish, as although he was being rapidly overtaken he had sufficient margin to fall back on.
"The feld, with the exception of Island Heró, was well bunched all the way untH the last three furlongs where the winners made their superlarity in the mud obvious by drawing away from the rest and fighting out the finish among themselves Moonshine (Y. Z, Stone), National Flower (P. Y, Vong), Rainbow (O. Panofl), Kanoüngtoe (E. B. Curine)
Won by % length; % length.
Time, 315, Win, $3340. Places, $12,20, $20,00, $25,00
*—Johnnie Walker passed the W Post first but was dis Luna Park, the favourite, did not run too convincingly as, after staying with the leaders, he suddenly fell away at the last quarter to finish among the "also-rans." Great General was unplaced for; the first time since his debut about ten days ago when he found the heavy going too much for him and could not.do better than run fourth. Island Hero led for the first quarter of a mile but próved himself to be a strictly dry course pony when he dropped right through the field after a short distance to flhish way behind-"
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