SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 4160, 27 June 1876, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

! The following are the weights for the .Melbourne Cup'

Naughty Boy ... 6 10. Sovereign i” 612 TomCat ... ... 610 Glengarry... ... 510 Tom Kirk 610 Bigßnby ... .., S 9 Chrysolite colt ... €lO Gas ... ... ... S 7 M’Qregor ; 610 Disraeli 3 7 ‘ Naonykxrk « 8 Gentility ... ... sl' Commenting on the handicap "Augur” says:—“As goon as it was posted up a general rush was made to get a peep atit. Various opinions were offered as to . the merits of the production.; but by general ' oonsent the horses that wilhrun atf four yeatf .olds were pronounced ‘ thrown in,* Burgundy " especially peing regarded as a very leniently treated animal. If he can be brought fit to , the post, which is considered doubtful, owing to his having gone. lame, he ought to. mve a good account of himself. However, the horse is under a cloud, audit is quite likely that he will never see the Melbourne Cup post. Janitor, The Painter, Timothy, Bella, Irish Stew, Kismet, and others have been thrown in anyhow, and upon paper the race looks a {norm, certainty for one of the. lOur-year-olds. The most dangerous of the old ones is Mountaineer (who labors under the suspicion of a ‘leg’), “Superstition (a chnker when thoroughly fit), and tfeotsfield. , Mr Scare's handicap for the Metropolitan! Stakes, issued on the same day, is considered ,: far more thoughtful and satisfactory them Mr Barnard’s.

strong feeling against that coarse, and he was. obliged to resign the Crown Prosecutorship -j>{ Oainaru.*■ He takes his' seat tomorrow.

r , Mi; X 8. Webb has had ah interview with the Minister of Public Works on the subject of the resolution lately passed by the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, urging more vigorous prosecution of the railway works betweeu Christchurch and Invercargill. Mr Richardson, in reply, stated that only two sections of the whole length are not yet under contract. ' The one froih Balclutha to. Clinton, has been delayed during an entire Season solely by the action of. a person locally interested who wished a deviation from the route chosen by the engineers. This is now being prepared for contract. The other is a short length at Waikouaiti, which will be put in . hand when the adjoining contracts are further advanced. Mr Richardson added that any impression that greater vigor is being used by the ■ Department in extending railway communication in other Provinces than in Otago is altogether groundless.

' st lb St lb Eihgsborongh . WoUomai ... ..9 7 .. 8 13 ll 6 J Richmond... .. 812 Bella 8-8. The Ace ... .. 8 10 Vain Hope... ... 6 | Imperial ... .. 8 10 Fishertnnn... ... tf I Multan .. 8 10 ..8 6 Btngwood... Irish Stew.» « 8 « 8; Southern Cross , .. 8 6 Wengalere... ... 6 7; Sterling ... Eapid Bay... Melbourne... ..8 6 Vibration ... ... 6 7 .. 8 8 Strop . ... 6 7 ..8 2 Meteor -8 7 Haricot ... .. 8 2 Evenlight... ... 6 7 Clifton .. 8 0 Kismet - ... 8 6 Scan Mag ...' . .. 713 Banter ... ■ ... 68 Speculation .. 718 Mendacious - ... 8 fl A.T.... ,*•... .. 7 12 Artful Joe... ... 6 4 Dilke .. 7 10 Nemesis ... - ... 8 4 Mountaineer ..7 9 Terlinga ... ... 4 Hercules ... .. 7 9 The Deer ... ... 6 4 Neotafield... . ..7 8 Gloom 8 4 Emulation.., . ..7 8 Pride of the .Hills ,8-r- 4The Hook ... Impudence .. 7 8 .. 7 7 Briseis ’ ... Newcastle... ... « Valentin ... . .. 7 7 Miss Kingston ... 6 8 Eight of Day .. 7 5 Gratis 6 8 Feu d’Artifice . .. 7 5 Duke 6 2 Janitor ... Newmineter .. 7 4 .. 7 4 Ginger ... ... Sibyl 68 6 0 Neredah ... .. 7 4Lord Lytton 6 0 Burgundy ... ; , .. 7 4 Yolo," ... ... 6 0 Canterbury . .. 7 4 Aldinga ... ... 6 0 Athos Brunswick... ..7 3 ..7 2 Wary Fiona 6 0 6 0 The Painter ..7 2 ElMoro ... 5-12 .Timothy ... .. 7 0 Herachel ... 5 18 Break of Day . .. 6 12 Napoleon 5 12 Spark .„ „ .. 6 12 My-Idea ... S 12 Loquacity... .. ..6 12 Windsor ... .„ 5 IF Delia ... Politician ... Superstition .. 6 12 ,. 6 12 . 8 12 Dewdrop colt ... Electricity... The Cardinal 5 12 512 6 12 Venue — —— .—1 _ e . . . 6 12 Munster ... •... 5 12 '