SPORTING.
-•_ United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, February 8. Mr W. R. Wilson's entries, numbering fifty-five in fourteen events, were inadveri-1 ently mislaid at the V.R.C. office on Alon- J day." Bobadil is entered for the Essendon ! Stakes on the first day. These additional j entries bring the total to within forty-three j of last year. j iia.ssiii.issa has broken down badly. 'JLhe betting on tue Newmarket Handicap is brisk since the iirst forfeits were declared. Beachcomber is favourite at 100 to 7. Hopscotch is easier, 100 to 6 being offered. j Veneda has been well backed at 100 to 5, j which price is now exhausted. Reaper has j advanced to 100 to 5. Regained is nibbled i at at 100 to o. Yale Lock and Le Var have arrived at Flemington from West Australia.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10267, 9 February 1899, Page 6
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