Sporting News,
MELBOURNE NOTES. (PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.} Melbourne. October 22 Fairly satisfactory trial* were made with the starting machine at Flemington under disadvantageous circumstances the stable boys being up on all sorts and conditions of horses, The result of the trial was so satisfactory that the V B.C. Club have decided to use Me6srs Johnstone and Gleoson's invention during the Cup meeting. Dreamland is well supported for the Dei'br down to 100 to 25. One hundred to 16 it an oQer against Bonnie Scotland, Ability, and The Harvester. After 800 to 100 had been taken about Ruenalf for the Cup, 100 to IS wftß the best offer. The other wagers t»ken for the Cup were :— 4OO to 87 Carnnge ; 600 to 30 Tim Swiveller ; 900 to 30 Bruin. One hundred to 4 was best offer against Loyalty, and 100 to 3^ tailor Prince. Launceston, Aomena and Glenuellin have bean scratched for the Cup. The Flemington and Sydney trainers are unaimously of opiuion that Power rode a shockingly bud race, and com pletely ruined Bruin'a chance by coming too earl* . There was an enormous attendance at Martin Bnrke's funeral yesterday, 100 jockeys forming a procession in front of the hearse, while 176 vehicles followed
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 101, 23 October 1894, Page 2
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