MELBOURNE NOTES.
rim AMOOtattoa—Br Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, October 19. All the sporting writers tip Malachite to win the Maiden Plate at Caulfield tomorrow. The other places are divided between Maroon, Dryden, and Novelette. Pot the Nursery flaudicap, in which Bob Hmv is scratched, opiuions are divided vttweett Bluecap, Tlie Parisienne, and Srk.eate. For the Caulfield Cup the Australasian selects Brilllaut, Straight S-ire and Lady Trenton; the Leader, Rnenalf or Brilliant to win, CapSn, Paris or Straight Fire to fill the eieces; the Sportsman, EUwick, Theodore, fim Swiveller or Paris in the order Mined ; the Weekly Times, Bruin, Strai K ht Mre or Brilliant. For the Windsor Handicap, the Australasian jalecte.Mooriteani Alec Taylor's best or Eufoka; the Lea'fcr, Idolater, Destiny, or Atlas ■ the Sportsman, Radoo, Euroka, or 3uU*et; the Weekly Times, Fragment, Salient or Scrip. The following wagers have been accepted jbout the Caulfletd Cup:-1000 to 110 Gainst Bruin ; 3000 to 2iO BriUiaut; 900 co ffltStraiKbt Fire; 2500 to 100 Ohesterman ; jjW to 9 Isaac. 100 to 4 was on offer U.in.tßuenalf. Betting w; s stagnant during the day, awing to the uradshaw benefit meeling. Baenalf will be scratched iv the mornins as sufficient, inducement is not offered tostart him for the Caulfield Cup. Keys ia very confident of winning the Melbourne Qap with him. The admirers of Bruiu. Havoc, Straightfire, Elswick, aud tody Trenton are equally sanguine about •heir favourites winning the big event io-morrow; whilst Cannody's friends maintain that the rank outsider Stmhaa JJSpoW! certainly win if he but ran up to to bisque form. Shetbolt, not First Shot, is scratched for theMelbourne Cup. Both the rooms in Bourke street were crowded to-night. Bruiu was well backed »t 10ff*o H, Lady Trenton and StraightHre it 100 to 8. It is rumoured that there in i commission in the market to back EUwick, but if ao it wan not executed up (til the lime that the cable closed.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 8929, 20 October 1894, Page 9
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