SPORTING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 937, 26 June 1877, Page 3

SPORTING.

AUSTRALIAN RACES

The weights for the Melbourne Cup were posted at the office of the Victoria Racing Club on the 13th instant. The lists, says the Argus, were eagerly scanned by racing met), and as usual on the posting of this important handicap, there will be very little speculation till the weights have been carefully studied. The handicap commences a little lower than many expected, the head of the list being occupied by the veteran The Barb at 9st 3lb. Wollomai has Bst 111 b, being 2lb lighter than last year. Pride of the Hills is the highest weighted three-year-old at 9st, and Briseis and Adelaide are at the head of the three-year-old fillies at a stone under that weight. First King is the heaviest weighted two-year-old at 7st lib. The highest weight in last year's handicap was the Chrysolite colt (now Robinson Crusoe) at 6st 101 b. Volo has been leniently treated at 7st 51b, and Bella, the Tasman'ian, should not be stopped by 6st 91b, the weight she has to carry. Peerless has the same weight. Among the two-year-olds Device seems favorably weighted at 6st 31b. The weights for the Grand Metropolitan Stakes were also posted. In many instances, Messrs Scan- and Barnard are very close in their estimate of the horses engaged, but in a few instances they differ considerably. In the Metropolitan, Irish Stew has to carry Bst, while in the Cup he has only 7st 51b. Salisbury has sst 91b to carry in the Metropolitan, while in the Cup he is weighted at (ist 31b. The weights for the Hawkesbury Grand Handicap were also made. As soon as the lists have been compared and the selections made, a good deal of wagering will take place. Laertes and Columbus have been struck out of the Melbourne Cup for informal entry. On Saturday evening a new favorite for the Melbourne Cup cropped up in SaraI naka. This colt was backed to win a very large amount, commencing at 100 to 3, and leaving off at 100 to 4 and 5. ENGLISH AND FRENCH RACES Grand Piux dk Pakis, of 100,000 f. (4000 sovs..), added to a sweepstakes of 10001'. (40 sovs.) each. For three-year-old colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst (51b. About one mile seven furlongs. 329 subs. Count F. Lagrange's ch c St. Christophe, by Mortemer—lsoline 1 Count do Juigne'a b c Jongleur, by Mars — Joliette 2 Baron Rothschild's br c Strachino, by Parniesan—Old Maid 3 The Ascot Cur, of 1000 sovs., added to a subscription of 20 sovs. each. About two miles and a half. Lord Dupplin's b c Petrarch, 4 yrs, by Lord Clifden —Laura J Lord Falmouth's b c Skylark, 4 yrs, by King Tom—Wheat Ear ... .... 2 Mr Acton's b m Coomasaie, 5 yrs, by King Tom—Mahala