THE MELBOURNE CUP.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 166, 16 July 1898, Page 3

THE MELBOURNE CUP.

The Victorian scribe " Terlinga " thus refers to the handicaps for the Melbourne Cnp:-All the-well-known horses seem to M tell taken care of. The Grafter I tookedupon as a likely horse, but I did not expect him to get more than Bst 101b. Still, 1 hardly thought the handicapper *<rald start above 9st 71b. Bund ook reads pretty well at Bst 61b. It is a handy height, and he is a genuine stayer. Clarion, The Clansman, and Flodden are nbrses that might rise to Melbourne Cup form, but they are all three well taken fe oft; Wait-a-Bit would have a decided caance if he were honest, and, although not thrown in, Spencer must be kept on we safe side. Seme of the Adelaide People swear by Eleusinian. It struck toe that he Avas susceptible of great improvement in condition when he ran wird in the Birthday Cup, and he certainly stays, but Bst is enough weight [or him. "Marusa and Reka have on the shelf for some time. They read well enough at 7st 131b, and owner cannot complain of 7st •llllj: Trent, Burrabari, and Toreador are n }eeJy weighted, but they are not the sort •T horses to meddle with until near the f ay* .War God I like because he is a genuine stayer. Wayfarer has started twice and -won on each occasion. He ■{wks a fair horse, and for all any one «iows to the contrary he may be a clinker. Amnesty, Alabuculia, Tapioca, and The fWSKeteer are a useful quartet low down W the handicap, and if George Frederick is «, \ rl)y horse he cannot be badly off in we Melbourne Cup at 6st 71b. Of course, "ne wing the Derby he will go up to 7st wo- I must say I do not see anything standing out for this Melbourne Cup.