MELBOURNE NOTES.
(Per Press Association.) Melbournr. October 22. This was an off morning at Flemington. Cocos, the winner of the Caulfield Debutante Stakes, has thrown a slight splint. Ga jlus is reported to be amiss. Betting was brisk last night. Positano, who Sydney trainers state does not dis- | play so much frftctiousness when the I : colours are up, eased in the quotations for the Melbourne Cup to 100 to 12 (offered). ! After 800 to 100 was taken 1000 to 90 j was then written about both Coil and Wait a-Bit. Other lines booked were — 500 to 55 Auruin, 1000 to 60 Trent, 2600 to 107 Clarion. .">OO to '20 llosclla. Odds of 350 to 200 were laid on Auruin for the Derby. There was .some heavy wagering in doubles:, Aurum and Aniberite being coupled with Ayrshire, "Wait-a-Bit, Fucile, Trent, Toreador and Carabinier. Later. Business was dull at the Victorian Club to-dr.y. There is no change in the Derby quotations. Positano received limited support for the Cup at 100 to 12, small amounts bein;^ entrusted to Aurum and Coil at 100 to 10 each. Allen gave a veterinary certificate when Samuel Allen bought Parthenopeeus on behalf of Tom Arntield. C. Foon, an Adelaide jockey, will probably ride The Merry Boy (who has been pleasing his owner down at Sandringham) in the .Melbourne Cup. Positano, in winkers, did a strong mile and a half in company with Clarion, which was traversed in 2min 51$ sec. The former went well, but Clarion was somewhat sluggish. Gaulus. who was reported to be amiss, was sent a sound gallop over a mile, which occupied lmin 4Hscc, and Fucile registered a mile and a half in 2min 46sec, finishing well. Aniberite covered a mile and a quarter in 2iuin 16$scc, Coil taking 3sec longer. Both look blooming, as does Auraria, who was restricted to moderate exercise. Delaware, about whom 4000 to 120 was taken for the Cup last night, moved pleasingly over a mile and a quarter. "VVait-a-Bit covered two miles in 3min 50s<;c without apparent effort.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 100, 25 October 1897, Page 2
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