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VIOLOiNCELLOS FINE RECORD EnglishBred Horse Goes Lame After Series of Notable Tri ¬ umphs on Australian Turf Violoncello Sir Samuel Horderns colt re ¬ cently completed at the Melbourne Australia meeting a record that has never been eclipsed in the history of the Australian turf He met and defeated practically all the best horses in the commonwealth Unfortunately after his last race Violoncello met with a mishap to a him leg and in consequence has been retired to the stud studThe The colt began by running a close fourth in the Caulfield Cup 6500 carrying top weight of 133 pounds A week later at Moone Valley near Melbourne he won the W 5 Cox Plate of 1000 the distance being nine and a half furlongs There were fourteen runners and the son of Valens won by a length and a half halfVioloncello Violoncello then went on to Caulfield where he won three times and was unbeaten In the weightforage Cantala Stakes of 2000 sovereigns added Sir Samuels colt defeated fifteen others with ease by three lengths again shouldering 133 pounds top weight On the third day in the Linlithgow Stakes of 1300 sovereigns the distance again being a mile he won with ease by four lengths in 1 38 38On On the last day of the Melbourne meeting Violoncello competed in the historic Fisher Plate another weightforage event at two and onehalf miles in which four started Violoncello carried 131 pounds giving away weight to the others took the lead below the distance and won by a neck neckThe The colt was bred in England by the late L de Rothschild
