Sporting

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 58, 3 November 1887, Page 3

Sporting

1 , — — • By Electric Telegraph.— Copyrighi Tbbutbb's telbgbams. 1 Melbourne, November L Tho second day's races of the Vic- " torian Racing 1 Club's Spring meeting was run at Flemington to-day. The weather was extremely fine, and the ' attendance of the public was unprecedently large. [ I The Melbourne Cup ; two miles. 'Mr Donovan's Dunlop . . * . 1 IMr Cooper's Siivermine . . . . 2 '• Mr Ganon's The Australian Peer 3 { A splendid start was effected, Silver : Prince, Algerian, Thunderbolt, Tranter, Oakleigh, Recall, and Charmer ! getting away first, Meteor being one '! ot the last to move off. Running ' along the river side Silver . Prince maintained his lead, and the order remained almost unchanged until the ' abbatoirs were reached, where Dunlop ■ and Siivermine assumed a bold front, j and Tranter and Thunderbolt fell away and were done with. A magnificent struggle between Dunlop and Siivermine then ensued all the way up the straight, ending in favor of the former by a length and a half, The Australian Peer a length and a half further off third, then came Niagara, Cranbrook, Algerian, Silver Prince, Abercorn, and Thunderbolt in the order named. The time, 3 min. 28£ sec., is the fastest on record. Trident, Affluence, Frisco, and Enfilade were scratched. The Tan Yean Stakes, one mile. — Mr A. Drake's Pasha, 1 ; Dufferin, 2 ; St. John, 3. Pasha beat Dufferin by a head, after a splendid race. M blboubnb, November 1 . Dunlop's Cup victory has been a good one for the ring, he not being by any means a general fancy with the public The total value of the stakes for the winner amounts to £3845. The owner also receives a solid gold horseshoe mounted on silver and a bronze shield, value 100 sovs. Australian Peer, Abercorn, and Niagara, of the Derby horses, all ran well. [PKB UNITED PBEBB ASSOCIATION.!. Wanganui, November, 1. The following are the acceptances and general entries for the Wanganui Jockey Club's Spring Meeting : — Acceptances: Trial Stakes—Rivulet, Laurel, The Gem, Tongariro, Parvenu, Ruapehu, Rufus, Dudu, Hippona, Rumour, Hagar, Gatling, Vendor, and Administrator. Hurdles. — Waitangi, Bluebell, Allegro, Prospect, Keform, Germaine, Reputation, and Kangaroo. Wanganui Stakes. — Laurel, Tpngariro, The Gem, Parvenu, Ruapehu, Tlufus, Dudu, Hippona. Germaine, j Rumour, Vendor, Administrator, Rirau, Rivulet. General entries: Plate— Gatling, White Feather, Dudu, Armada, Partner, Traducer, Sincerity, Cup, Padlock, Vendor.