SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7658, 8 June 1886, Page 5

SPORTING.

ENTRIES FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP. (RBOTEK'S TELEGRAM.] Melbourne, Jane 7. The following entries have been received for the Melbourne Cup, whioh is run for in November: —Acolyte, Bonnie Doon, Britisher, Clarendon (Krushka's), Commotion, Coronet, Country Boy, Cyclops, Duke of Athol, Eagle Grange, Ebony, Fish of Silver, Graoe Darling, Islander, Kit Nubbles, Keitb, Lesbia, Little John, Liverpool, Lord Wilton, Matchlock, Minerva, Mozart, Maroondah, Perchance, Plausible, Prometheus, Remus, Retort, Sheet Anchor, Silvermine, Stoma* way, Sauvignon, The Pencil, The Plunger, Trenton, Velocipede, Winchester, Ben Bolt, Brigantine, Black Snake, Boolka, Affiance, Aglaos, Cantabert, St. Julias, Malua, Kohai, Laffer, Opal, Stylla, William Tell, Disowned, Nelson, Salvo, Highland Chief, Maori Chief, Isonomy, Tiara, Recall, Meteor, Quentin Matsep, Gazelle, Minotte, Comus, Noterou, Shark, Sandal, Young Horatio, The Earl, The Levite, Jack Roaob, Sir Lanncelot, Trent, Fobber, Millatream, Duration, Lochiel, Zeno, Merrimu, Heron, Lady Bell, St. Paul, Kitawa, Torrent, Tetford In addition to the foregoing eighty-seven received in Melbourne, the following fifty-six horses were nominated in Sydney:—Arsenal, Brown and Rose, Burrilda, Blairgowrie, Cairo, Cerise and Blue, Corday, Chesham, Dunlop, Honeydew, Halcyon, Hexham, King's Own, Moonshine, Monte Christo, Myles-na-Coppa-leen, Madelina, Palarenda, St. Odille, Temper, Warwick, Yellow Jacket, My Lord, Brava, Volcano, Energy, Fernandez, Bohemian King, Merope, Felon, Gipsy's Warning, Silver King, Soldier's Wife, .Recovery, Crossfire. Don Giovanni, Jacinth, Myall King, New York, Raoul, Gozo, Coirkeng, Fish, Lord William, Miona, Pilot, Trident, Milda, Gentility, Rifleshot, Highland .Mary, Orphan, Ideal colt, Landseer, Midas, and Krupp. NOMINATIONS FOR SYDNEY RACES. Sydney, June 7. For the Hawkesbury Handicap ninety-two nominations have been made, and for the Metropolitan sixty-nine have been received. Among the entries were Winchester and Liverpool.