THE UNDERWOOD STAKES
he Underwood Stakes is one of the features of the early Spring in Melbourne. Held at Caulfield the race last year was won by the impressive Russian Camelot. It has a history of being won by quality horses. First run over a mile (1600m) at Williamstown Racing Club in 1924, the race was won by the champion, Whittier who also won the race the following year. In 1942, the war led to the race not being held and it was reduced to 1400m in 1943. In 1944 the Underwood went back to 1600m but was changed to 1800m in 1949. Interestingly this change was also accompanied by another dual winner of
