SPORTING.
— '- : ♦ ' [BT EIIBOTBIC TBLEOIHAFH— OOPTBISHT.] '- ' PARIS NOMINATE!} FOB CAMBRID9E3HIRE STAKE?. " ' (Per Press Association,) London, August 10. JJPftria has been iiominatod for the Cambridgeshire Stakes. MELBOUBNE BACES. (Pep Pjvsss Asbociaitiov,) MeiißOubn^, August 10. The following is (be result oil the Steeplechase:— Daimio 1, %>mßdalo 2, Geometry 3. Fiiteen started. Betting-=-2 to 1 against Daimio, 6 to 1 Balton, 10 to 1 Joi and Highborn, 16 to 1 Geometry, frotu 12 to 20 to 1 othere. Geometr/ was thn first horse to break the lii>e, but almost immediately Highborn rushed to the front and the latter, with Dart and Knebawortb, held a prominent position to the straight, where the avorite, who had been fencing faultlessly, moved up. Diamio had littla difficulty in cutting down the leiders and stalling off a fast run by Eomedale. Won easily by two lengths. Geimotry a length and a half behind the Becond horse. Highborn, Corapaape and Songster wero the only others to finish, the remainder falling, but fortunately cone of the jockeys Tere injured. Balton pulled up lame. Time, Bmin lU3eo, which is a record for four miles.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12122, 12 August 1895, Page 2
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182SPORTING. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12122, 12 August 1895, Page 2
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