THE NEW ZEALAND CUP.
A Press Association telegram fimj Christchurch states that Antares ;i» scratched for the New Zealand Cup .
VICTORIAN SPRING MEETING!
TO-DAY'S NOTES,
(By Cable.—Press Association.)
MELBOURNE, this day. It was a beautiful morning w owing to the second day's racing AajCaulfield to-morrow nothing sensatio, nal was attempted. .
Thunder Queen swept over a mile on ":'- ---the tan in, lmin 51!lsec. Superb,i^fc is not yet accustomed to the left tanfl cd. style of galloping, covered eleveii furlongs in 2min 30£ sec. He is7 e yj.; dently a good horse. PelissierdispkyJ form, sprinting five furlongs in 1-njL 6sec. Corinthia finished in front ; ' 0 f Badge at the end of half a mile,run jn 52sec." The Grafter put in 'two -oiW: in even time. Gauleon, who pyoaisfcj to develop into a fine colt with-tiiii e decisively beat Manfred and Maj^tw> in a mile and a half gallop, trave^M in 2min 48sec. Manfred is in excelled' condition, and may ' shape better & the race. Amberite and Cravat strodeover a mile and a half at a.good yraWA ing gallop. The former does no'tabjya-"-so freely, as last year, whilst Cravat must have a pace maker before exert.ing himself. Merloolas, who put'^a slow canter, fills the eye pleasingly but he has not been extended since W arrival. He apparently thrives pn" a gentle preparation. Isola displayed brilliancy over half a mile run'jn > 52 J sec. Sweet Marie finished in front; of Cocos, Miss West and War God i_ a six furlong flutter, finished in Imfo 20£ sec. Princess, of Wales and Sunny? Morn traversed half a mile in 52Jsec the former continuing another nille v covered in even time. Eleusinian and Bobadil separately put in two iih, proving rounds. Rosebery galloped nine furlongs in 2min ssec, moving? freely. Strathjoy covered a mile and'a half comfortably in 2min 48sec, and some consider it was a mistake taking him out of the Caulfie'ld Cup. Auftfepl ous downed Scorn and Symmetry;oferl half a mile in 51isec
The Chief has hardened to 100 t<rl for the Caulfield Cup. . m
MELBOURNE, last-night..'
For the Caulfield Cup 7 to 1.-js offered against Massinissa, 12 to"i' Reka. . ' , M
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 240, 11 October 1898, Page 2
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355THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 240, 11 October 1898, Page 2
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