SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3955, 4 November 1891, Page 3

SPORTING.

The V.R.C. Sprlnsr Meeting. Melbourne Oup. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Melbourne, November 3. The weather was beautiful for the second day's meeting in connection with the V.R.C. Spring Meeting. There was an immense gathering of people, the stand, lawn, and hill being crammed, whilst on the Sat there were tens of thousands. The following are the results:— Hurdle Race, of 400 sovs; second, 80 sovs; third, 40 sovs. About three miles. Mr S. H. Gollan's ch g Kimberley, bv Armourer—Milksop, aged 9at (Moore) 1 Mr F. G. O'Brien's ch h Yabba, aged list 21b (Gardner) 2 Mr H. Connolly's br g Fire King, 6yrs, lOst 61b ... (Hales) 3 Railway Handicap, of 300 sovs ; Becond horse 60 so7s, third he per 80 sovs. Six furlongs. Mr T. Gunnings' b h St.Blaize, by St. Albans—Margaret, 4yrs, 7st 61b ... (Delaney) 1 Mr H. A. Barnett's b m Quality, 4 years, 7sfc 131b (Burns) 2 Mr J. Whittingbam's br h Prattler aged, Sst-4lb ... (Lewis) 8 Kensington Stakes, of 10 sovs each, with 300 added ; for two-year-olds; colts Bst 51b, fillies and geldings Bst (winner to be sold for 300 sovs). Five fuilongs. Mr J. H. DaviV bl f Errainie, by Goldsbrongh—Lady Bathurst (Hives) 1 Mr J. Brown's ch c Foxtail, by Robinson Crusoe Umilta (Moore) 2 Mrs J. White's bl c Kossuth, by Chester —Kathleen (Huxley) 3 The Melbourne Cup, a handicap aweepstakes of 50 sovs each, 10ft, or 5 sovs only if declared, with 10,000 sovs and a trophy value 150 sovs added. After the dec laration of the weights the win. ners of any handicap flat race of the value of 100 sovs to carry 81b extra; of 200 sovs, 51b extra; of 300 bots, 71b extra; of 500 sovs or upwards, 141b extra, provided that the winner of the A. J. C. or V. R. C. Derby of i 1891 shall carry in this race not less than 7st 61b. The second horse to receive 2000 sovs and the third 1000 sovs out of the stake. Two miles. (163 subs). Mr J. Redfearn's b h Malvolio, by Malua—Madcap, 4yrs, Bst 41b (G. Redfeara) 1 MrE. Key's br h Sir William, by Sir Modred—Vesper, syrs, Bst7lb (Feilder) 2 Mr W. R. Wilson's b c Strathmore, hjrNordenfeldt—Ouida, 3yrs, 7st6ib (Cusdin) 2 Tbirty-one others started. The flag eventually fell to an excellent start. Megaphone was next to the rails, then came Highborn and Tantallon, with the favorite about eight from the inside. Aa soon as the colors could be plainly discerned it was seen that Annesley was in front, with Tantallon close op. Then came Paria, Carrington, Malvolio, Yarran, and Correze. In front of the stand Prelude led Paris by half a length, whilst Whimbrel was third, Aster, Strathmore and Pigeontoe following in that order. Up the river straight the order was Prelude, Strathmore and Sir William, after whom came Cobham, with Malvolio, Correze, and Pigeontoe the most prominent of the others. Round by the bridge Strathmore moved up, and at the abbatoirs Prelude cried enough and fell back beaten. Her place was taken by Sir William. Here Cobham, who was beginning to show outj prominently, . came down, Megaphone, N'Garoo, . and Prelude falling over him. Coming down towards the home turn Highborn, Oxide and Correze became conspicuous, while Strathmore had got into a bad position, being jammed on the rails. Oxide led into the straight from Highborn, after whom came Sir William, Malvolio, Forty Winks and Whinibrel in a cluster, with Strathmore making strenuous efforts to get out. When he did get clearut was too late, as Redfearn, on Malvolio, timing bis run beautifully, his mount out in the last furlong, and defeated Sir William by three quarters of a length, Strathmore being only a neck behind. Highborn was fourth, Forty Winks fifth, Pigeontoe eixtb, Oxide seventh, Dundas eighth, King Olaf ninth, with Annesley and Ronald next. Time, 3min 29} sec. The last mile and a half was traversed in 2min 39fsec. Nurqary Handicap of 300 sovs, second 60, and third 30 sovs. For 2-year-olds. Five furlongs. Mr J. B. Clark's br f Trieste, Bst < 71b 1 Mr S. G. Cook's The Captain, 9st 2 Mr T. Ivory's b g Vangrave, Bst 81b 3