SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5501, 28 February 1896, Page 3

SPORTING.

MELBOURNE SPORTING NOTES. [Special to Press Association.] MELBOURNE, Feb. 28. 1 The following papers' selections for the Vioboria Racing Club's Autumn Meeting, which commences to-morrow, are as follow.- — The Hopeful Stakes— the Australasian, Aroha or Cohort, Norroy and Resolution; the Leader, Norroy, Grafin and Cohort; ' the Weekly Times, Cohort, Aroha and Grafin; the Sporlsmant Aroha or Tawera, Cohort and Grafin ; the Punch, Tawera, Grafin and CoVort. The V.R.C. St Leger States — -the Australasian, Wallace ; the Leader, Wallace ; the Weekly Times, Wallace, Waterfall and OTrigger ; the Sportsman, Wallace, Waterfall and Prince Chester. The Newmarket Handicap — the Australasian, Malxima, Foliage and Mercia or Our Jack; the Leader, Our Jack, Homespun and Maluma or Pilatus ; the Weekly Times, Maluma, Our Jack and Courallie or Saddle Up ; the Sportsman, Maluma, Saddle Up and Idolater or the St Alban's selected ; the Pwncfc, Maluma or Our Jack, Solanum and Wafcawatea. The Sires' Produce Stakes— the Australasian, Coil, Fucile and Newhaven ; the Leader Coil, Newhaven and Koftold ; the Weekly Times, Coil, Newhaven and Fucile; the Sportsman, Coil, Fucile and' Newhaven ; the Punch, Newhaven, Coil and Fucile. The Essendon Stakes— the Australasian, Hova, Quiver and Anraria; the Leader, Hova; -the Weekly Times, Hova, , Auraria and Preston ; " the Sports-. ; -man,- Hova, Auraria and Preston; . Punch, Hova, Auraria, and Quiver. The Brunswick Stakes— the Australasian, The 1 Chevalier or Pilot Boy, Disfigured and Straightfire ; the Leader,. Birksgate or Warpaint,. Straightfire and Trent j the Weekly Times, Pilot Boy, Warpaint and Straightfire or Birksgate ? the Sportsman,. Pilot Boy, Straightfire and Eiridesforde ; the Punch, Preston, The Enchanter and Disfigured. The Australian Cvp — the Australasian, Waterfall or Hova, Wallace and Trentside ; the Leader, Lord Richmond, Trentside and Hova; the Weekly Times, Hova, Waterfall and Wallace or Lord Richmond; the Punch, Waterfall, Hova and Dreamland. Champion Stakes — the Leader, Wallacei the Australasian, Quiver; the Weekly Times, Wallace or Auraria; the Punch, Quiver or Auraria. This was an off morning at Flemington. Wallace and Havoc present the appearance of having undergone severe preparations.