SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3963, 6 November 1875, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

The following: are the fiunl acceptances for the .vlelbourne I up:—G.-Idsbotou. hj, Calumuy. King borough, Sterling, Melbourne, Imperial.' -Oante. H.iricot, Scanmag, Wol omai, Bcnjiroo. Niinrod, Burwood, d-laba, Toe Hook, West Australia, Gloom, Coquette, Kingfisher, lolidori. The Deer, Maid of 11 Work, Ivt-.n-hoe, Richmond, Mohican, Uiike, The Painte-, Kinchraickni, the hour Grap s colt, the Sylvia colt, Loquacity. ''Augur" wdtes as follows concerning the doings of some of the Cup horses in training at Flemington:— On ■ ednesdaylastGold-brough, stripped, and Melbourne, with clothes on, had a cou|»le. of rounds together, the last round at a strong pace. Both hors<s went in grand style, and with two auch animals to carry the mellow and black Mr Tai't will be formidable indee 1 in both the Melbourne Cup and Champion Stakes. Calumny and Goldsbrough had a couple of rounds on the outer track, the hut three-quarters of a mile at a stong pace, both animals going splendidly Kl-ghVer, the gay dttle chesnut that ran so well at llawk.sbury and llaudwi k, did nice work on the tan, and though he moved a litt ; e st:ort at tirs , he went bounding along when warmed up. Wolloinai, under Morris's care, will s .ip as fine as a star for the Cup The most important result of this morniug'e proceedings was the lameness of 1 dike, who walked out of his stable lather dottily, but improving as he walked towards the course, he was cantered and galloped on the tan. After leaving the rubbing-box he was quite lame i> the off hind leg, and ftoui the manner in which he moved when taking his afternoou walk I fancied the injury was in the stifle, though some good judges considered it muscle soreness, consequent on the great amount, ot fast work he has don« lately. H.e has receeded to 100 to 2 in the betting." With teference to the probable winner, the same water remarks :— •* I always thought that I penal was too leniently treated, anil seeing thathehasmade considerable improvementsince he ran last year, his chance ot success is all the more roßy. sterling, it is said, has been specially reserved for this Melbourne Cup, and remembeiing that he defeated Golds'.rough last year at a difference of 151b., I don't see why he should not do so at 16 b. ; yet Imperial is, in my opinion, superior to Sterling., and therefore I shall not desert him upon this occasion, believing that Kingsborough, Kingfisher, and lJilke will bo found to be his most dangerous opponents. Kingsborough, with only lib. more than he carried so well at Randwick, must be hard to beat upon a course that will be more suitable to bim than that of Randwick, and with two such bits of straight as there are iu the Cup course, Yeomans will have an opportuidty of gettiug into a good place, without being blocked. It is Baid that Hales is to ride Kingfisher, in which case he will have to carry about 71b. overweight, a burden that v, ill effectually settle his chance. Haricot is in grand form and going splendidly, bat. though he may run very forward, I doubt his getting home with Bst 2lh. lie has, however, improved since he last appeared iu public, and there are more unlike y things than a repetition of the Archer trick. Goldshorough's condition is so superior to that of the niiij rity of the competitors that it is quite upon the cards for this splendid sou.of Fireworks to run into a place, but I doubt his ability to win—albeit there are many who entertain a contrary op'nion. Melbourne, notwitbstaudinghis backwardness, will runa'greiit horse, but. I dou't think he can concede 21b ar.d as mar.y years to Imperial. Richmond, well on that day, should certainly betit all the other three-year-olds, and perhaps .the elders also, and Wolloraai is uu animal that I expect to see run forward. Next week I shall give my final opinion on the ureat handicap, but 1 don't think I shall look further than Imperial and Kingsborough.