Sporting.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 66, 6 November 1883, Page 2

Sporting.

RKUTER'S TKLKGIIAMg. «. Melboubhe, October 3. VicroaiAN Djsbbt. ' ' j i Martini-Henri ... ... ... ... 1 j Sardins 2 Hurricane 3 .Betting at post was— s to 4on Archie, 5 to 2 against Off t 'clour, 5 to 1 against Martini-Henri, 7 to 1 against Sardiua, 10 to 20 to 1 a^ainut the others. Tb» . | following, nine kovaes started: — Archie, j Hurricane, Little Siuter, Martini- Henri, . .Napier, Off Colour, Sardias, Sirbot, aid Vornet. LitUe Sister rushed to the fro»t fit the alnrt, and led \>a»t,the stand, follower] by Sardius, Off Colour, MartiniHenri, JS npier, Hurricane, nnd Tenet. Archie, who Bta'rtcd badly, was last. On rounding the turn Snrdius deprired Little Sister of the lead, and Martini-Henri iijiidt: a forward more. As they entered > the straight Sardiua led the field by. two ]eii»f]i.«, M«rtiQi-'iouri being next, fallowed by Off, Colour. At the distance Martini-Henry shot to the front and cuiue to the post an easy winner by two leatjUis, from Sardius,- Hurricaae third, •> ' ff Colour fourth, Archie fifth under serere punishmeut, followed by Napier, Signor, Litlle Sister, and Vernetl in the order named. Time, 2min 3dsec; th» fastest on record, in the world. Th« favorite, Archie, was hooted by th* - public as he came to the weighing paddock.

Received Nor. 6, 1.5 a.m.! Mklbocbme, Nor. 5, 10.30 p.ii. Betting rooms to-night are crowded. Martim-Henry remains the favorite, for the Cap, and is heavily backed at 6 to 1; Despot is next in demand at 7 to 1. Other odds — Claptrap and Calma, Bto 1 ; Aide* de-Camp. and First Demon, 11 to 1; Le> Grand, Nicholas, and Sardius, 14to 1 ; Commotion, Recovery, ° Pollio, and Dirk ' fiatterick, 20 to 1.