Second Day.—Tuesday, November 2.

Otago Witness, Issue 1825, 12 November 1886, Page 23

Second Day. — Tuesday, November 2.

The attendance, according to all traffic returns, was greatly in excess of that of any previous year, so that a carefully-compiled estimate showing a total gathering of close upon 90,000 persons must be taken as indicating a. somewhat excessive computation' in former years, not a diminution in the number present .this year. The improved accommodation was much appreciated, and contributed greatly to the enjoyment of visitors. The 6cene in the enclosure | was a brilliant one. < 'His Excellency the Governor and Lady Loch, with a large party, | including the Governors of New South .Wales, I South Australia, and Tasmania, were present. ! There was the usual richness and elegance of costume to be seen an the lawn. The grand stand, the upper stand, the one on the hill, and all points from which a view of the coursercould be obtained were packed with spectators during the race for the Cup. The racing throughout was capital, and was much enjoyed. All the arrangements were excellent, . and nothing occurred to in any way interfere with the comfort of visitors. The following, are the details of the race for the MELBOURNE CUP, , Of 20sovs each, with 2000 added. -Second horse to receive 600sovs, aud the third 300sovs. Two miles. '."',' ' Mr W Gannon's br c Arsenal, 4yrs, by Goldsbrough—Powder, 4yrs, 7st 41b, carried 7st-51b i (Knglieh) 1 Mr W Cooper's b h Treuton, syrs, 9st 51b (RoWrtsdu) 2 Mr H R Falkiner's bl or g h Silverhilne, syrs, 7Bt 101b ... ... ... (M'Grade) 3 The other starters were :— -Malua, Commotion, Sheet Anchor, Grace Darling, Isonomy, Monte Christo, Bohemian, Britisher, Meteor, Boolka, Ben Bolt, Kitawa, Lancer,' Cycjops, Trident, Metal, Crossfire, Recall, Myail King, - Lord William, Little John, Bravo, Hexham, Highland Chief, Jack Roach. Betting : sto 1 agst Trident, 6to 1 Isonomy, 8 to 1 each Meteor and Ben Bolt, 10. to 1 Little John, 12 to 1 Trenton, 14 to 1 each" Silvermiuo and Malua, 15 to 1 Arsenal, 20 to.l Britisher, 25 to I each Hexham and Bohemian, 33 to 1 each Sheet Anchor and Cyclops, 40 to 1 Monte Christo, 50 to 1 each Jack Roach and Bravo, 100 to 1 Highland Chief. - •' From a splendid atart the first to showiclear were Trident, Commotion, and Meteor, bi)t before they had made a half-a-dozen strides Malua on the inside appeared to be leading slightly, while Recall was close on his whip hand. .Crossing the tan gallop, Silvermine had ' taken the lead, with Recall and Bravo at his heels, the second division being made up of Meteor,. Hexham, and the light-weight Jack Roach. As they entered the main straight Silvermine still held the lead, hut otherwise there were material changes in the front division, Boolka, Kitawa, Isonomy, and Britisher now appearing there, ■while the colours of Meteor and Recall wen still holding a prominent place. Silvermine was leading at the distance, where he was im mediately lollowed by Meteor and Boolka the New South Wales horse Bravo runniug next and steadily improving hie position. ' Iso noiny, Kitawa, and Recall were next, and Meta hoadtd the bulk of the horses. Pasting tlie stant Bnsvb had 6xsvm almost torel with fcilvenafcre

II iifiX, Recall, Isouomy.and Meteor beingthenext rio<ip,<wieh Arsenal, Kitawa, and Britisher folfowiug. Little John was a bad last, 20 lengths fa, the rear of the other horses. Rouadingthe ** Wnd to the river Bravo drew up to and passed ; '■ 'Silvermine for an instant, Metal, Arsenal, ' Isonomy, and Meteor all in close attendance. "' In this stretch Hexham showed for the first " time towards the head of the field, ana at the bridge he moved out for a slight' lead from Kitawa, Bravo, and Isonomy. Racing along the ba,ck, Silvermine challenged Hexaatn for the lead,- bub the little cbeauut held his own, and the pair were just clear of Kitawa, Isonomy, and Arsenal. Ac this point Hales brought Trident out from the ruck, and the Derby winner took a place with the first half-dozen. At the abattoirs Huxham was in front, but Arsenal had replaced Silvermine, who fell to the rear of the. front group, although still going freely. At the", sheds the 'first two kept their S laces, and Trident was running at the cad of the main cluster of horses. Round ' the bend Hexham, Silvermine, and Arsenal fought for places, and just as they gained the straight Mr White's little horse was beaten, and AifVeiial' took his place in the lead, the horses" following him into the clear running being Trident, Lord William, Silvermine, Oro3sfire, Ben Bolt, Trenton, Meteor, Sheet Anchor, and Myall King. At the distance Arsenal was leading, and finishing strongly, neither Trident nor Silvermine being able to got on terms with him, although both' Hales and M'Grade" were hard upon their horses. Trenton and Sheet Anchor were both coming well. At the half distance the Cup-winner of last year faded away, but Trenton going strongly on the outside passed Trident and Silvermiue in turn, but the effort was too late, and Arsenal won by a long neck, Trenton baatiog Silvermine for second place by a length. • Trident was fourth, Sheet Anchor - fifth, Myall King sixth, Crossfire seventh, Malui next, and Grace Darling and Metal last. Time, 3mia 31seo. When Arsenal was led along the lawn after the race there was an ominous hush, which told that the winners by this son of Gjldsbrough were few and far between. The silence seemed an undeserved slight upon a handsome horse, who had Won a most genuine race, though the time was a ' couple of seconds slower than Sheet Anchor's record of last year. Robertson, most uufortu- ' nate of horsemen in having so often had to , content himself with second in a big race, had to lift his hat to rounds of ringing cheers — a compliment to both horse and rider. THE JOCKEX'S ACCOUNT OF THE RACE. English, who rode the winner says : — " On taking Arsenal out on the course I only gave him one short cauter, but liked the way he was moving under me.' He was going free and strong, and I knew that he had never been better 1 in his life. I meant to ride a waiting race, and not 1 bustle him along too fa»t at first. I was not told what to do, as Mr Raynor always leaves me tbrid^arace according to my judgment. I got a' little nearer the rails than the centre* of the field, between Lancer and Silvermine. 'On the fall of the flag I- held Arsenal well in hand to settle him comfortably into' his ' stride without bustling 'him. We dropped bask ■' gradually going up the straight past the grand ' stand and round the turn until going along by the river we were tenth or eleventh. Then I took hold of Arsenal to push him a little closer ' * up. ' I' had the luck to get a clear run, and Arsenal went up so'quick when I moved on him that at the abattoirs I stopped riding him, as ' we were third, and I thought that Would do for " a time. I let him go comfortably till coming into' the turn into' the straight, when I again took hold of him, and be went away with such 1 • dash of 'oot taat I thought we could win. Hexham and Trident were the leaders. I sent Arsenal to catch them, and he collared Hexham in a few strides, and then Trident took Hex-, him's place and challenged us. I rode Arsenal hard for a little bit, and then eased off, for I had a short lead, and Hales was hard at work on Trident, who I knew had shot his boll;. I heard the- whip cutting hard on his flanks, and th-ure is no mistake about that. But when, the r*?e seemed all but won Trenton oame vp 1 on A •senal'a flank, and then I did all I knew to ' stretch Arsenal to his top speed. I saw after fjinga. fewyards that Trenton was keeping stride >r Stride with Arsenal. I could not get any further away, and I was very glad he could n>tget any nearer. I was very glad to keep him where he was. Arsenal did his best, ; a« I knew he -would. He was all out at the £ii-<h, and I don't think he will run in the '_ V.R.C. Handicap on Saturday, for which he is entered. He was fit and well to-day, and is never likely to be a better horse than when he won the Cup. I won nothing by his win, but a - gentleman came into the jockeys' room when I was taking off my boots after the race, and told .- mo to call at the Opera-house club rooms tonight, and I would get £50. lam not going in •for the money, but if the gentleman has any . principle he will take care that I get it.". The ■ - last bigrace that English won was the Hawkesonry Stakes. He has been very successful in - more races, but so far has not been well enough known on metropolitan courses to get a show with important mounts. * * THE DEESSBS. "Queen Bee" writes:— The ott-told story of . white was emphasised for Cup day. White was s> plentiful everywhere, and fluttered so gaily ii the breeze that one might be forgiven for mistiking the great cup carnival for " washingday." B nbroidery formed the chief of - the white t.-ocks. Next came the soft washing silks, and prettier than any of these, but more perishable, were" those made up of net and Valenciennes lace and insertion. Indian muslin, in many instances was used over colour with capital effect. "One of the best of these was in fine Indian muslin over shot pink and blue silk. It hid a vest and ' sasb?drapery' of the silk, and a b.mnet of pink tulle and blue forget-me-nots, and a largo shot silk parasol. ' Many ' of the lace and net frocks made up in this way over coloured. aUk were strikingly pretty. The Spanish 'idea of wearing coloured silk under black lace had .many admirers, and in some cues the result was very good, but in others q lite & fiasco. "A" combination of steel-grey silk »id black lace looked most refined,' with a crepe binnet in the same shade of grey, trimmed with. » d velvet. The 'parasol was also red. A pale livender, with gracefully arranged top draperies of black lace, having the bodice also covered with black lace, was a good example of this style. With this was worn a bonnet of black lace and lavender flowers, and a lavender parasol covered with lace. It must be confessed, however, that both the styles and colours of the Cup Day gowns were a great deal more varied than those of Derby Day. Heliotrope and mauve was out in all its glory ; so were pink and ' blue, and the more quiet shades of grey and brown. With bo much that was bright, if was a relief to look on the many cool and pretty cotton costumes. The*e frock* are now quite a study, and it is difficult to btslieve that they will lend themselves to the 'washtub and tho laundry, co artistically are fcftey now got np. both as regards tbo' fabrics &o3 tfafc conrtrucftlon. Tho various

colours and shades are of ths most delicate description! Nothing could possibly be prettier than the soft grey ginghams seen on the lawn, with vests of white silk braided with gold. A pale blue cotton had the sides of the skirt slashed ' aud filled in with white surah, the vest was also_ of surah, and the collar aud cuffs had an embroidered pattern on them in fine 'gold thread.' With this chariniag frock was worn a smart lirtlo bonnet of cream tulle and blue corn flowers. The parasol of blue cotton had three narrow bands of gold braid at tho edge. Another smart frock was of fine chowl.\te v brown Sicilian, having long draperies of cream cotton cr6pe, edged with Turkish embroidery. The bodice ha l revers of the coloured work and a full >est of the_ cotton crepe. The mingling of cotton and silk was quite a feature in the dressing yesterday. A pretty frock worn by a stylish-looking fair girl had a pervading beige tone about it. Over a skirt of beige silk were arranged long side draperies of tufted beige cotton, with tinted lace at the edge. The bodice of cotton had a chemisette of the lace. The" large flop hat of lace was trimmed with beige ribbon and pink daisies and grass. The fertile 'minds who have the designing of our head- j gear seem to have studied proportion and the fitness of things generally in the hats and bonnets they ' have turned out for the spring display this year, if one can judge by what was worn yesterday. All the height is still in front, but it is a reasonable height, and the shapes are clever and very becoming. They are all close-fitting, that is, they fit well on the head, instead of towering at the back of it ; thus they form a pretty frame to the face. Tulle in shades to match the gowns of the wearers was the favourite material chosen in their construction. Next came straw, simply trimmed with ribbon and flowers, or draped in tulle to match the gown. Of the various kinds of hats, their name and shape is legion ; as a rule they were large 1 and rather high. The small shape knbwn as the " Mephisto " found great favour by those who wear their hair short, as the shape is particularly becoming to closely cropped heads, with its three upturned sides faced with velvet, and all its trimming massed in front. There was a large party from Government-house, and they drove up the course just before the first race, and at once took up their position in the viceregal box, which had been decorated very choicely. In the centre was a very Jarge emblem of "good luck," in the form of a horseshoe, composed entirely of white and yellow marguerites and small centres of blue. Lady Loch wore a light shade of plum-bloom Sicilian, with a petticoat of cream and mauve striped brocade. The draperies were ornamented with rows of narrow steel braid and ornaments. The mantle worn was of the same silk, handsomely trimmed with peach bloom passementerie The small chip bonnet was trimmed with silk of the same shade as the gown,and an osprey finished it. Lady Carington's gown of cream striped Sicilian ' and satin and was slashed at the side with draperies of black moire ribbon. Her black bonnet was draped round the brim with white tulle, and a bunch of cream bows and osprey ornamented it. She also wore a small red mantle, trimmed with red andgold passementerie. Mrs Terry had on a combination of cream satin de Lyon and moire, draped and .trimmed with filmy cream-tioted lace. Miss Hymann's frock of pale blue cashmere was trimmed with cream lace, and her cream bonnet was relieved by black velvet. Mrs Mai*' lesori wore a grand gown of moss-green Lyons velvet, with biscuit front and petticoat, haying long panels of velvet caught together with chains of iridescent beads and ornaments to match, bonnet of green tulle, with a bouquet of green feathers aud sunshade corresponding with ■ the whole. ' Mrs Robert Power wore a gown of black Sicilian, with a front of pink and deep jet fringe. Mrs H. Power's brown surah gown, trimmed with striped satin gauze, and gold petticoat over cerise, bonnet and sunshade to match. Mrs Arthur Black wood's dress of pale blue satin 'had alternate, bands of Valenciennes lace draped over petticoat/and trimmed with a deep flounce to correspond, bonnet and sunshade also of blue. HURDLE RACE, Of lOsovs each, with 250 added. Second, COsovs. Ab ut three miles. Mr J Scobie's bjk h Blue* Mountain, by Groagh Patrick— Mountain Maid, syrs, 9so 91b, carried lOst ... ... ... " ... (Owimk) 1 Mr W Moffatt's b g Ocean, aged, lOst »lb • ... - (Ferguson) 2 Mr A Halinbourg's eh g Encore, aged, 9st 41b ... (Taylor) 3 Caloola (12st 101b), The Agent (12st 71b),' Sir Launcelot (lOst 121b), and Little Jack (9st; oirried 9st 21b) also ran. Betting : 6to 4 agst Blue Mountain, 3 to 1 The Agent, 4 to 1 Coloola, 5 to 1 Ocean, 7 to 1 Encore, 20 to 1 Sir Lanncclot and Little Jack. Fairly into the straight Blue Mountain challenged Ocean, and having easily disposed of him, came on and won with the greatest of ease by a length. There was a splendid finish for second place, in which Ocean beat Encore by a long neck. Then., came The Agent, Little Jack, Caloola, and Sir Launcelot last- Time, smin 52fsec. RAILWAY HANDICAP, Of osovs each, with 200 added. Second, oOsovs. Six furlonps. Mr C S Agnew's eh m Pocahontas, aged, by St. Albans— Miss Jackson, 7st lllb 4C. Hutches) 1 Mr A Halinbourg's eh c Albanus, 4yrs, 7st 31b, - carried 7st 41b ... ... (Cox) 2 Mr H Oxenham's bgToronto (late Otranto\6yrs, 7sbslb ... ... ... (Harris) 3 Chesham (Bst 101b), Zeno (Sst 51b), Burrilda rant 2lb), Edith (Bst), Hogmonay (7st 10), Huron (7st 81b), Trojan (7st 71b). Tarpeia (7st 71b), Essie (7st 61b) Sedition (7st 4lb) Gadfly (7st 31b), Maroney (7*t), Fish o' Silver (carried 6st lllb), Rosary '6st 2lb), Mustang (6*t 21b), also ran. . Betting : 4 ' to 1 agst Pocahontas, 6 to 1 Chesham and Trojan, 8 "to 1 Toronto and Sedition, 10 to 1, Hogmanay, Huron, and Albanus. There were 58 runners on the card for the Railway Handicap, but these were reduced by scratching to 18. They were despatched to a straggling start, .of which the favourite had about two lengths the best, Chesham and Hogmanay being left at the post. As soon as they were fairly going the colours of Toronto, Gadfly, Zeuo, and Trojan were most prominent, all close together, and at the heels of Pocahontas. As they crossed the tan, Pocahontas was still leading, Chesham had worked his way through to the front division, and was between and on about even terms with Gadfly and Toronto. Entering the course proper, the favourite (on .the rails) was first, Toronto next, a length away, than came Gadfly, Ohesbam, Trojan,' and Sedition in the centi*, Albanus coming through, Hogmanay, and Burrilda,andEdithfour lengths behind, and Tarpeia whipping in. At.the distance there was very little alteration, and when well inside Pocahontas' drew still further away. Albanus ran into second place, heading Toronto by half a length, and then followed at short distances Sedition, Burrilda, Edith, Gadfly, Che&ham, Hogmanay, and the others spread out, with Tarpeia a bad last. In this order they finished, tljs favourite winning from Albanus oy three-

quarters of a length, and half a length separating the second aud third horses. Time, lmiu • 16$ sec. KENSINGTON STAKES, Of lOsovs each, with 250 added. For two-year-olds— The winner to be sold for £300. Five furlongs. Hon. J White's br t Sumatra, by The PontiffMalacca, Bst ... ... ... (Hales) 1 Hon W A Lung's br g Bckersley. Bst (Gal agher) 2 Mr J U Roberts. us b f Mistletoe. Bst (Fiddes) 3 Mr sj G Cook's b f LeiUerfcatel, Bat ... (Lilton) 0 Mr \ Ha'inbourg's b f >un->hade, Bst ... (Sand- rs) 0 Lord Carringtorfa b f Je3sica, Bst ...(Whiting) 0 Betting : 6 to 3 agst Eckersley, 4to 1 Sumatra and Sunshade. The six youngsters gave no trouble at the start, and were set going on fairly even terms. Sunshade was on the itihide, and appeared to have a slight advantage when the flag wen.t down, but before they had reached the tan crossing, Sumatra, from the centre, rushed' to the front, Mistletoe on the extreme outside was on about even terms with the leader, the favourite a length behind, and Jessica and Liedertafel together, last. At the distance Sumatra, going well, was still at the head of the field ; Eckersley had worked up to second place; then came Mistletoe, Sunshade, Jessica, and Liedertafel, the two latter completely out of it. At the halfdistance Hales brought on Sumatra, and though the favourite made a strong effort to get up he was beaten somewhat easily by two lengths. Mistletoe, three lengths away, was third ; Sunshade fourth, Jossich fifth, and Liedertafe], pu'lod off, last. Time, lmin 4§sec. The winner was bought by Mr A. Davis for £510. NUR 'EUY HANDICAP, Of ssovs fach, with 200 added. Second 50sovs, and third For two-year-olds. Five furlongs. Mr D Cooper's br c Huutiugtower, by Oarebin— Atholine, Bst 101b ... (Robertson) 1 MrJH Hill's b f Perhaps, Bat 31b (Fagg) 2 Him. W, Pearson's br c IWouhi, Bst 71b (Powsr) 3 Aberdeen (Bst 41b), Query (7st 81b), Abydos (7st 71b), Hinemoa(7»t7lb), Esperance (75t710), Patience (Tst 61b), Lord Allen (7ot 61b), St. Ursula (7st 51b), Albert Loddon (7st 41b), Casuist (7st 41b, carried 7st 71b), Murmur (7*l 21b), iEueas (7st), Citadel (7st, curried 7st 111b), Julian Gray (6st 91b), Eira (6sb 91b), St. Michael (6-it 71b) also ran. Betting : 6to 4 (at first 4to 1) agst Huntingtower, 6 to 1 Bedouin and Aberdeen, 10 to 1 Perhaps. With Hortense out of the way, Huntingtowpr had the call in the betting over the 19 starters. The start was a t» erably good one. The favourite got away as well as anything, aud, with him were Abydos, Bedouin, and Esperance. Query was also in a good position. At the tan crossing the ordec was Query half a length in front of Abydos, Huntingtower next on his quarter, Bedouin, Murmur, Esperance, Perhaps, and the rest together. When they were inside the course proper, Murmur ran up to the leading horses, with Abydos next, Huntingtower, Bedouin, and the remainder scattered across the course audsome. lengths away. At the distance post the favourite commenced to reduce the gap between himself and Abydos, and before they had reached the end of the carriage paddock had caught and beaten him. Murmur fell back, Bedouin and Esperance also passed Abydos, 1 and Perhaps here made her effort, coming very, fast on the - outside. The favourite carried them past- the j[awn, with Bedouin, Perhaps, and Esperance in close attendance. Albert Loddon made a rush at the, finish, but jwas .unable to get up, and they passed the post in following order : Huntingtower a length in front of Perhaps, and Bedouin only beaten by a neck for second honours. Then came Albert Loddon, Lord Allen, Esperance, the rest scattered over several lengths, and driven home by Patience. ; Time, lmin 4§*eo. THE VAN YBAN STARRS, Of 3sovs each, with 100 added. One mile. Mr C L Macdonald's b h The Levite, by Yattendo'i—Q.E.D., aged, 7st 61b ...(Campbell) 1 Mr S Martin's b g Hogmanay, aged, 7st 91b ■ ' (Hales) 2 Mr H Oxenham's b g Ellington, aged, 6st lalb (Gorry) 3 Kingfish (7stl3lb), Pocahontas (Bst 21b, including 71b penalty). First Consul (7«t 71b, (carried 7st 8lb), Satyr (7st 51b,' carried 7st 71b), Albanus (7st 21b), Golldake (6st 101b), Shark (ost 81b) also ran. ' ' . Betting: 2 to 1 (at first 5 to 1) agst Ellington, 3 to 1 Pocahontas, 6 to 1 The Levite, 7 to 1 Hogmanay, 10 to 1 Kingfish and Goldlake. Ellington was made the favourite at short odds. At the fall of the flag Pocahontas as usual made play, followed by Goldlake, Albanus, and ' Ellington. The Levise piloted the second divi&ion, consisting of First Consul, Kingfish, Hogmanay, Satyr, and Shark, who got away indifferently, a long distance in the roar. Before they had reached the abattoirs the favourite had run into 6econd position, and Up on to the leader's quarters, Kingfish was next, then Satyr aud The Levite, and the others in the order previously named. At the sheds the positions were unchanged, except that Shark had dropped still further- behind^ and was 100 yards from 'the leaders. At.the home turn the order Was Poea-, hontas, still leading, Ellington, Satyr, Kingfislv the others all together, not half a length separating anything but Shark. Before the straight was reached' Ellington had caught Pocahontas, •' and The • Levite commenced to ' gradually overhaul the four or five horses in front of him. Satyr dropped back, Albauus was trought up to second position, and the four drew away from the field. Pocahontas disputed the lead from the favourite as they came home, and again assumed a half-length advantage. At the distance The Levite, who had been in a good position from the sheds and going strong, successfully passed Albanus, , Ellington, and Pocahontas, and Hogmonay made his effort. Goldlake's colours were also prominent at this point. Opposite the lawn' The Levite was a clean length away from his field. Hogmanay rushed into second place, but was unable to rearh The Levite, who won by half a length. Hogmanay beat the favourite by three lengths, and a short head separated the ' third horse from Goldlake. Then came Albanus, First Consul, Satyr, Pocahontas, Kingfish, and Shark last. Time, lmin 43|seo.