Sporting
.:•; Instaneon* photographs were taken ti«f the.fiauh for the Melbourne! Cup this year, , and ai* interesting | de- •■ '-• the proeesriASjjgjiven in the .Australasian, In the chief engraving : (it says)- another stride will [take . Carbine past the winnings post bat his immediate followers, particularly those of the rear guard, will ha re to Make many strides bfcfore they £ nish their journey. The positions when, /the "plate was exposed show Ih'gh- . l>orn> second at the; whip, following. > liim a gfiOup of three, j made up of the Admiral next the rails Enue in' the * ; -middle/ and . Correie on the. outjside ; :: the pair at. their heels are Melos and ;.:'.- Chftld.eaq, .^ide bj side, ; and Sir |Wil•a liaui is by. himself, Then come .rj Berpie » by, himself, Sl>ot, Carridfeton, and Be^iz^n, Chintz f and ' "Whiujbrelaimost a stride for stride. *\Vh^kawai : heading a group ! and Ifongeance about last. Qf oourse the positions are altered, every eecond of time. In takiug t the photo, the' time oqcjupjd , was one t two-hundred-and-thikjeth of a second. ' ■■-
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 72, 4 December 1890, Page 4
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167Sporting Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 72, 4 December 1890, Page 4
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