SPORTING NEWS.
—o— V.R.C. SPRING MEETING, First Day—Saturday, November 2nd. Melbourne Stakes, a aweepstak of ssovs. each with 150 added. Weight for age. ,Oue mile and a quarter. Chester ... ... 1 Cap-a-pie ... .. 2 Dovice ... ... 3 Time, 2min. IS^sec. Hotham Handicap, a Sweepstake of 5 sovs. each, with 100 added. One mile and s half and a distance. Savant ... ... 1 Egermont ... ... 2 Vagabond ... ... 3 Twenty-two started. 2min. 57iseo. The Maribyrnong Plate, a sweepstake of 30 sovs, each, hj. ft. with 500 added. Five furlongs. Nellie ... ... 1 Baroness ... .. 2 Gainsborough ... 3 Twenty-nine horses started, linin. ssec. The. Victoria Derby.—A sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 500 added. One m.le and a half. Wellington .. ... 1 Warlock .. ... 2 His Lordship ... 3 Time, 2min. 40seo. Only six started. Fooxscrav Stakes.—A sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each with 50 added. One mile. Vampire ... ... 1 George Frederick ... 2 Judge ... ... 3 Second Day. -Tuesday, sth November. Maiden Plate.—A sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, hj. ft,, with 200 added. One mile and a half. Sussex ... ... I Andover ... ... 2 • Zambesi ... ... 3 Won by a head. Time, 2min. 43 j sec. A protest was entered against Sussex, and the stakes were"awarded to Andover. Railway Stakes, a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 100 added. Quo mile and a quarter. ~ „ The Vagabond ... I Monarquo ... ... 2 Nerissa ... ... 3 Time, 2min. 12sec. Kensington Stakes, a sweepstake of 10 sovs. each, hj. ft., with 200 added. Five furlongs. Gipsy Cooper ... 1 Baronet ... ... 2 Buccaneer ... ... 3 Time, Imin. SJseo. Melbourne Cup, a handicap sweepstake of 20 sovs each, with 500 added. Two miles. Calamai ... 1 Tom Kirk .. ... 2 Waxey .. ... 3 Thirty horses ran. This was a good race. Melita and Firebell were nowhere. Ches. ter ran against a post, and broke his jockey’s leg. Time, 3inin 35jsec. The Darling Stakes, a sweepstake of 5 sovs, with 100 ad-led. One mile and a half. Jack-o'-Lantern 1 Soothsayer... ... 2 Time, 2mia. 43seo.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 864, 8 November 1878, Page 3
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