THE MELBOURNE CUP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 3949, 9 July 1874, Page 3

THE MELBOURNE CUP.

"Au<;ur." has a very lengthy article in the Au.iirata.uan of the"27th on'tho Cup horses. Of two New Zealauders lie writes a:; follows : " Bearing in mind the great reputation that Lurline brings with her from Xew Zealand I dont see how Mr. l;:ini;..r.l coull handicap her at less than Sst. J libs., sec-ing that as a lour-year-old she earrifl uj. tn fist. 121bs. and spread-eagled her fields. Mr. W. Robinson, who rail third for the Knglish Derby with Elthain, and owned many jjoyd horses in the old country, believes her"to" n- quite as good a ware as any that lie saw in Kng'aud, aud other good judges who have seen her' perform pronounce her to be the eijual of Don Juan or Dagworth. It so, she should have a rare look in for our Cup. . . . Calumny is another Xew Zealander whose ability is spoken of very highly, aud at Sst. is fairiy handicapped. . . . Having gone through the list ("Augur" .says) 1 suppose 1 must name the score from which I expect the winner to como. Here they are :—Ace of Trumps, The Ace, Javelin, the I'rophet, Ooldsbrough, Lapidist, J lose d'Amour, FitzVattendon, Blue Peter, Speculation, -Mountaineer, Fugleman, Goshawk, Zanco, Triton, teho, The Diver, Keineo, Imperial, and Ella, iiut I slial} confine myself to half a dozen of these that I tliiuk hold the other 14 safe, and they zre :—Goldsbrough, Fugleman, i>oee d'Amour, Blue Peter, The Diver, and The latest betting is as follows :— i™ 5 against Goldsbroußh (tk. fr.) 100 to 5 aguinst Fugleman (tk.) i JS J° 5 "Eainst Horatio (tk. and off ) luo to a against ppccnlation (tk. and off.) im J° ? Bga , iust Ace of Tru mpa (tk. and off.) 100 to 4 against the Ace (tk.) J99 *° * as*""! thR Arrow (tk.) Jon J° 1 *e alnit Tl »e Dlter (tk.) to 4 asainet Triton (tk.) MO to 4 .again;* Jlote rl'Araoir (tk.) S ,J ;» "= a :"=- Ui.Wu: (ik. and oir.) i iW to 3 asamat DagwortU (tk.j I