MELBOURNE SPORTING NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6740, 21 September 1883, Page 4

MELBOURNE SPORTING NOTES.

(By odb Special Tube1 Cobbespondbot : "Wabbiob.") . ■ ■

Tuesday, September 11.

. The Sydney Metropolitan of 1883 is nOwa race of the past, and, like most of:itß.predecessors, the winner has turned up in an outsider. Shortly after the weights had been issued for the Metropolitan-and Molbourns Cup, we read of several Australian turf writers declaring that The Gem had.been thrown in at Bet 71b for the first-named event, the reason assigned being his beating; Morpeth and Sardonyx in the A;J.C.1 Summer;. Cupi'one milo and a-half, carrying=Bßt 21b. -• >AfteFtbia The Gem's name crops up again in the Australasian ' 6t the 16th'July, under tbe'heading of "Sport-" ing Notes from New South Wales," and tho following weekiin a>letter to the editor on " Tbe> Elastic Case and The Gem.'! With all this publicity about a horse whose owner bad alroady scooped in the dollars from the book 3 on the occasion of,his winning the• Metropolitan of 1879 with Secundus, and pf 1881 witii Hesperian, the sporting Press and the misinformed takers of odds neglected the son of Kelpie—lda.. Just fancy the turf •" oraclesI.', not naming, a placed horse IT. Here-isa-spe-cimen from the pen' of my much-e3teemed friond "Augur," whenjtipping oh;the 4th of Augustl' i After devoting half .a column to the likely ones to be about at the finish, he wind* up in this fashionI:—"Without enlarging further upon the qualities1 of, those1 engagedj I may say that Pell Mcl!, Sweet William^ Segenhoe, Willeroo, Welcome Jack, Nicholas, Cun- ' nainulla^ Caluia, Coriolanuu,Waterloo, Großvenor, Despot, and Gloucester-all-look/well upon paper, and of these I prefer Sweet William, Nicholas, Despot, and Tho Bean." Of the 13 horsss that faced• the starter's flog six are mentioned above, but .could' only secure fourth place. My reason ipc making these remarks.is to prove to my readers tba fallacy of backing tips without tfere is ;:«ome^_, tangible argument used by the/ tipster, On the 27th .May 1882 I wrote a sines pf;arUcles similar to .those appearing in tbe Witness every fortnight; in which I placed bifore my readers horses' performances, allowiog them to be tho judges—with what success .'you already' Snow, ■ most of them turning out the best cattle. o£ the. day—Navigator, Darebin, Commotion, .Guesswork, Cunrianrulla, Fryijjg PanySardonyxj - Mistaken, Allander, Transferred, Gudarz, and ltwit,- hut not least. The Gem, whose notice appeared 'in the Witness of ~thetlsthk July 1853, the last paragraph;reading—" With 7at 4lb ,1 see nothing at the present moment in the Melbourne Cup with the exception of ?Svreefc William but The Gem.".; His owner/was disqualified, and so was his horse for 12 months, and consequently I hadn't a show of .my' words coming* true; but winning"- the "Metropolitan has verified the statement of 14 months ago. Ir don't expect to seeTheGem.start for the Melbourne Cup, flat 41b.being rather a heavy weight. '.Mr Mayo having refused £45Q for his horse, he will no doubt goto thestiid.'..;!'.;,.;. . Yesterday, afternoon i tba "majoriiy-of/tne Victorian bookmakers';returned home :from their visit, to .Sydney,, and.this!morning, a roaring business waj done on the' Melbourne Derby and Cup. For the iaat five days horsea have been backed'to win £GO,OOO and £70,000. Archie received genuine support for tho blue ribbon at 5 to ;2, leaving ."off;; at -:'s''tqy3.7. 'Off Colour has gone back to 1000.to;250^and Mar-tini-Henri'to 1000'tlo 15fl ;• Warwfck'has been knocked. out. of the.'.bettipg,.and .may be scratched at any momeiit; tbe'eaine may be said of Stoc-kwell, whose price for thi Cup is now 100 to 2.. The Tasmanian-bred horoejhas gone slightly atniss, but' there are'lean's of time for his recovery, for he is a game animal. First Water, the 1878 Australian Cup.winner, has been backed to the extent "of. £50,000 at 33 and2s to 1, andean""riowbe'qiiotedat 18= to 1, a few books laying 205.," Despot.'was backed at Sydney Tattersalls for £15,opO"at IQO's to 6 and,B.- .Nicholas afterthjsiaraewith a,rnsh, his friends supporting, him. to the extent of £15,000.; This 'sept. Aide-de-Camp, .back a 'couple of points. "Bordeaux was [backed to 'win £500 at .20 to 1. .Most.likely; there will be seme heavy wagering.'oh Fridayjiight...; Flemington in another fortnight'wiU assume its old form, when horaea'and, tout's up »nd doing before the dawp of 'day. / Evsry year I look with pleasure to.my early mornintr visits. It,is hot an easy thingito forget the countenances of the various trainera;-and lookers-on as tho. horses fly past you in scores, each individual haying his weather eye'on. the cracks or whatever he fancies has the beat look in fur. the ...Plate, the .Derby,-or the Cup. I , was down .there two morningß this week, but witnessed ~;Very-*little^.,,legitimate;.-business. Murphy gave r Bordeaux t a fast spini of, one mile and a-half on the sand gallop, which did not seem to riietre^s laim, Santa Glaus* ran a sharp race. round the tan gallop; which' is one mile eight links."> Mr .Dakin ,is;;certain of having the son of Glorious :a.tiptop.condition by. the' afternoon of the 6th of November. l'rying.Pan has gTowh into.a .beautiful four-year-old, and if treated lightly should;win the Caulfield Cup. The Derby candidate,'Middlemarch, negotiated, in company with' Josephine, a good quarter-mile breather, finishings up with a very fast mile, the daughter of Kelpie having slightly the best of the run home.. ; The veteran Bathurst was imitating last year's work, coaching the. youngsters," ": Abe* Davis' two-year-olds, Moscow aud Invictas; performed moderate exercise. There were fuily 60 other hags on the ground, biitof.no consequence to niy readers.' ...'." ..;, ■- ■ ■ ;•; .= -~.;■ '■'■,. • The following \a the .. titest bottiDg'withiii an hour of the sailing of the steamer;-^* '■=.;

. . V.E.C. DERBY, ;. " 1000 la 750 agst Archie (tk arid o&'l ' IUCO — 200 03 Colour (eff) > 1000 —150 Martioi-Honri (off) 1000 -100 -— Napier (tk and off) ' 100J — 9J Warata (off) .-, . 1000— 60 — Frodijpl (offj ' 1000 - 80-—- Blae and White (off) lOtO— 60-—Kingbdalo (tk and off). ~ MELBOURNE CtJP.. , 1000 to 100 agßt. First Demon ."■'".'". 3000— 90 Despot ' •■ ; . . 1100 — SO -— Le Grand ■ 1000— 00 First Water ■ 1,-jpj _1 6J—-Nicholas.-, , 1000 — 50 Aide-de-Camp - • 1000 — iO Dirk Hiiteraick 1000— 10 —Bordeaux ■ •■ ; 100O— 35 — Martini-Henri" : . ' 1000— 30 —!— Coriolanus 10'iO— 10—^-Stockwell ■-..'■ 1000- 20 Waterloo ". 1000— 20—- Santa Olaua ■ 10i»— 20 Commotion 1000- .20-—zum ' . ■":'••' 1000— 20-^-Calma. ....;'.