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1 THE AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB DERBY. Details of another Derby newly to hand are with reference to the "Blue Ribbon" of the Australian Jockev Club, run Saturday. October 2. at Band-wick. which was won by Mr. G. Barnetts Cetigne. a bav colt bv Sottas, out of Pretty Nell, which as a two-ye.ir-oid had won two good races, one of them the Australian Jockev Club Sires* Produce Stakes, run over seven-eighths. A two-year-old that can stav .-nil win over seven-eighths can safely be depend! d upon to caver a distance of ground at three, and Cetigne moreover, is by Grafton by Calopin. out of Maiii Murian. One of the most successful sires of Blacklock descent in Australia, Grafton had previously sired a winner oi the double-event of the Victoria Racing Club Derby and the Australian Jockev Club Derbv iu Sylvanite, while by aid of Peru he was credited with the Champion Stakes, ami wilh the Victoria Pacing Club St. Leger by Crasspan. und two Australian Grand Nationals with GrafacU and Irafnax. Wallace was second to , Citing- in the Derbv and AVestcourt finish"! third. Cetinge win bv a length and a half in 2:37. The odds of th three placed colts were 5 to 1 against Ottaaa 2 to 1 Wallace and 12 to 1 Westcourt. ■
