MELBOURNE CUP.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 7

MELBOURNE CUP.

'; : ; pi Astn es; FJ.H'S%iKSJ' 8 ' C R' be p. ■;::■? -■'.'-' -; y. ißyiielesit^i^Bress^Association—pbpyrisph \'"-' : >":'v.y : 3j'•'-.' :>'•'• \; : .-';---Sydney,-Ifovember 6. ' TKe-''{l)ailj::Telegi'flph" dalljH'.th'e Cup'.crowd; was less'thaiv.in.tfy 'previous year, > when 100,000'.people ~wer< '''~ present,:'bij'ti a few thousandmore on les. '•"-.'■■■ are'scarcely; noticeable 04 such a-c(ay'.";-: '•'•'' '- -lii describing the Cup' race, the pape; '.-• -. states.;~"The-stavtevs settled into theii '".; positions.at the'. post—Jlntouree,■;'Eudorus Khuja'.-jjnd Danaus near itho-.inner rails ;Uncle : Sain'.: Efetan, and Eye" Glass' in-.thi centre;. and-lady. Medallist, Duke Foote 'and Sandbath on the outside, Shuja spoi took upihe'rumiihg-when the field settlec. down;'- He \vasf6jlqwed .past .thestani ■■' by Cider,' Golden: Point; and Matouree : 'While Duke'Poote.was about eighth ant sLady. Medallist last,- where she had, beori i'roni'theV'start. 'She was .'imniediatelj . afterwards pulled up) having apparently . ' -badly broken,down";' Shuja carried on'.in 'ithe lead right into the straight, where • .'Hallowmas/, was the first to tackle him, '. 'A'littlfrvlaier Piastre,'who had not pre- ■■'■ ■ivipuslyvheeii near the front drew out from . . IthoTuck'-right in the .centre, of the, field, ■Vwhile'STJUcle Hain made his appearance on " : tb'e outside. Shuja was troubled before .'•'• Teaching the distance, where Piastre, as- '• Mimed control from Hallowmas. Uncle Sam and Hallowmas niade a determined '~ effort to overtake Piastre. "Uncle Sam also : '.finished fast' and gamely, but neither could prevent Piastre, adding to the <id■'l vantage gained. 'Piastre,, drawing gradually- away, won by a length and a half ifrom Hallowmas, on whose quarters Uncle !gam finished, Ladies' Ma.n being ahead of 'the others.., Duke Foote was a great disappointment. Half a mile from home a . "'■ loiid shout announced his defeat; he was "' 'itiuite.done before entering the straight. ; Piastre : Was ridden without a whip; he was handled patiently, hover getting near '. thefrout.until half.a mile from home. ■'.■". : "'■'. Another Account. The" "Herald" • saysVThe parade was «tarted""bv. Aurofodina; then came Jla,tour=e, a«<l then-rain. K was a sharp ehover; '.The jockeys bowed their heads Z i-1,.. iriiiall -struck thera when they came ■IE Hie For. the most part the not.seem-at allupset The was :of short duration, having tnas ed as tho barrier was drawn down, fee -«re the usual little post coaxings. Khiiia were seen to be well in I "2 nc, . T „" B cared mucli then who led foivth re 1 , «-iinir u-nv to eo and anything- nau ■iit this stage pulled Aip lame-.; , Ko , ";„ - , . bibba .the' bright jackets, in,:a wXkncd.linc.' Shuja'was still making positions, every furlong. AIL eyes were •strained-to catch a glimpse of tho. iay r

i ouritc,. but he never seoined to be where ihe was most wanted. By. the time the '■straight was readied hope tor nun had jbeeu given "P, and backers settled down, v to watch; his opponents fight it out. '1 he fibisli-r«dveil itsolf into n timslo-between Piastre and- Hallowmas. The two beautiful' iVniinals onme thundering down the trwk;-locked together for a.while; then, stride by stride, the Newcastle horse left his rival; and amid cries of 'Piastre!' from a tliousa'rid throats'swept past the post an .: undisputed,winner. ' Piastre's Jockey. i "Slknahan, Piastre's jockey", was much splaslied by mud, but jubilant He said: 'I-go); well away. Piastre was going easy. There was plenty in. l him, nnd it was a job to hold hiin in his place. Smith, on Hallowmas, gave him a-great go for -it, but"! felt that he -was w/iuungall the way. -The.style in which he drew past Hallowmas.was wonderful. Piastre is a ■ beauty. He never -.faltered,-, but seemed Ho'gain speed, all the way. It was hard ■.luck for Smith.'" _