THE TOP WEIGHTS IN THE MELBOURNE CUP.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 957, 9 July 1908, Page 6

THE TOP WEIGHTS IN THE MELBOURNE CUP.

It is interesting to note that 10.0, the top weight awarded to Poseidon in this year’s Melbourne Cup, is not often exceeded as the starting point in the handicaps for the big V.R.C. two-mile event. During the last 20 years the respective top-weights for the Melbourne Cup have been: —1889, Carbine, 10.0; 1890, Carbine, 10.5; 1891, Carbine, 10.12; 1892, Strathmore, 9.8; 1893, Strathmore, 9.10; 1894, Portsea, 9.12; 1895, Patron, 9.12; 1896, Wallace, 10.0; 1897, Wallace, 9.13; 1898, Amberite, 9.11; 1899, Bo•badil, 9.10; 1900, La Carabine, 9.7; 1901, La Carabine, 9.12; 1902, San Fran, 10.5; 1903, Wakeful, 10.0; 1904, Abundance, 9.8; 1905, Emir, 9.8; 1906, Dividend, 9.5; and 1907, Tartan, 9.9. Though Carbine’s weight in 1891, 10.12, seems stupendous enough, it is not the record for the race. In the sixties The Barb was weighted at over 11.0.