Sporting

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 62, 3 November 1885, Page 2

Sporting

MELBOURNE RACES.

NEW ZEALAND HORSES VICTOBIOUS. NORDENFELDT WINB THE DERBY. [bbctbbs tblbqbaks.] (Flemington Race Course, Saturday.) Tho weather turned oat rnj wet, and thero is only a moderate attendance. Thr Governor and suite are present. Th» following 18 ttie result of the first race : — Melbourne Stakes, mile-and-quarter, for 3-year olds, and upwards, weight for age - O'Brieii'n Trenton. 1; Loughlin't Sheet Anchor, 2 ; Wilson's Ringmaster, 3. Won bj a length ; time, 2ru. 16*} tee. Eight herses started. Liverpool did not start. Victorian Derby. — Nordenfeldt first, Fint Chester second, and Winchester third. Üblbovbnb,U blbovbnb, October 31. The following hone* also started :— Remus, Dunlop, Isonemy, and Thunderbolt. Uralla, Ringmaiter, and Crystal were acratobed. A good start wa* effected, Nordenfeldt being first awtj, but was ioen passed by lionomy. who led all the way into the straight, where First Chester. Thunderbolt, and Winchester came up, and a splendid race home ensued between the first two named and Nerdenfeldt. The Utter, however, managed to land home half a head in front ef First Chester, Thunderbolt lying foarth. The slesenest ef the centest gave rise to meat intense eicilement, as the finish was so close it was doubtful which was the winner aatil the official numbers were hoisted, and it was intensified by the fact that the winner was twice wrongly potted. Time. 2mia 48see Tbe following was tbe beuiag «t toe pest ; —Nerdenfeldt. 5 U 4; Dinlop, 4 to 1 I hunderbolt, 6to 1 ; I snooty and Uralla--6 to 1; First Chester, Winchester, and Remus, 10 to_L (bbvtbb's tblbgbams.) Mblbocbms, October 31. Nords)nfeldt ii established as a warm farorite for the Cup to-night. The following are the latest quotations : — Nordenfeldt 100 to 20, Trenton 100 to 14, Despot 100 to 10, First Chester, Kit Nubbles, and Liverpool 100 to 8, Leebia and Sheet Anchor 100 to 7, Lord Exeter 100 to 6, Winchester, Brown and Bose and Aoolyte 100 to 6, Btor—way 100 to 4. Beeerred Nevember 8, f*4o a.a. MxLßOvmin, Norsmber J. The following were the qvotations to light :— For the Gup— Trenton 100 to 16, Despot 100 to 12, Brown and Base 100 to 6, Grace Darling 100 to 5, First Chester 100 to 8, Thunderbolt and Winchester 100 to 2. The ether horses remain unchanged. ' Besetvsd November B, IIJO p.m. lliLsopMß, This Day. The weather this morning was perfect and there is every prospect of aa enormous attendance at the raceoourse. No change is reported in the betting market. rxß vnvruD raass AssootATioir. 'YfvLLiMotor, Novembf r 3. The following are the nominations for the Ts Aro Handicap at the Island Bar Races on November 30 : — Speculation, Nonnanby, Revoke, Clogs, Administrator, Alpine Rose, Spirit, Pasha, Armourer, Rata, The Marquis, The Poet, Minerva, Pearl, Taaman, Nelson, Warapite, Leon, Laurel, Fay, Salvage, Sou'wester, Grand Duke, i ; Lochisl, Marion, Christina, Waitiri. ;