SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 14511, 1 November 1910, Page 8

SPORTING

MELBOURNE CUP. Tho following horses have been scratched for tho Melbourne Cup, run to-day: I’arsee, Langloh, Conge d’Esliro, and Moorilla, while Patronatus is an unlikely starter. BEAUREPAIRE SWEEPS THE BOARD. By his victory in the 200 Yards Championship at Shoreditch Baths last night Frank Boaurepaire, the Australian champion, accomplished a wonderful swimming performance. It was his sixth victory in English championships this season, and the filth occasion upon which he had compelled tho English champion, Battersby, to play second fiddle. Beaurepaire’s victories have been in tho 100, 220, 440, and 500 yards, and tho half-milo and mile. It is not an unexampled performance in the history of English swimming, for J. H. Tyers, when iu his prime, took all these events in on© year, and, in addition, tho long-distance championship, in which this year Bcaurepairo did not compete. However, tho Australian’s times are much faster, and the fact remains that sine© his arrival in this country Beaurepairo has not suffered defeat.

In addition to his championship victories, Beaurepaire this season has beaten English records at 300 and 1,000 yards, the Scottish records at the same distances, whilst he has also lowered the Continental records at 200, 300, and 400 metres. Altogether, his success had been remarkable, and considering thcat ho will not bo twenty years of ago until nest May,' he has accomplished a wonderful feat. Last night ho looked a little overdone, and the fact that Battersby was very tit caused people to look upon the race with great interest. These two, with Lastorres, of Hungary, and Faircloth qualified for tho final after two von- uninteresting preliminary heats. The race was a poor one, for Beaurepaire went away to such pace that he led by a yard at 33ayds, and by nearly two yards at 66? yds. After that the race was as good as over. Ho covered the first 100 yds in 62soc, and looked like touching for record, but lie tired very much in the final length, and failed to beat it by l|scc. The world’s and English record is 2min 28|sec, made by E. G. V. Lane in England in 1902. The late B. B. Kierandid the same time in Australia, whilst, curiously enough, Beaurepaire, when winning tho Victorian 220 Yards Championship, put up the same figures. Last night he won easily by 4 [yds in 2min oOsec, whilst after being third for over 100 yds Battersby beat Lastorres by tho same distance for second place, Faircloth being quite 20yds behind tho Hungarian.—London correspondent, September 23.