SPORTING.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1686, 16 July 1879, Page 3

SPORTING.

THE AUSTRALIAN BETTING MARKET "DUNEDIN, July 15. A considerable amount of business has been transacted in Melbourne on the approaching racing events, Tne New Zealander, Le Loup, boa been backed for nearly £30,003, leaving off on the night of the 4th inst. at 1000 to 50 (taken). The first wager about him was .£IO,OOO to £350. Another New Zealander, Fishhook, has been backed for £10,0.0 at 100 to 3, and Lonp Garou’s nephew Mullyan has been backed for over £IO,OOO at 100 to 3, and a number of others at prices given below. In the Metropolitan Stakes, 10 to 1 is offered on the field, while Nellie is a strong favorite for theA.J.C. Derby. The Champagne Stakes has already been operated upon, 1000 to 100 having been token about First King, the same about Mullyan, and 2000 to 100 against First Water. The following are full quotations:

A.J,C. DSEBY, 100 to 20 ngst Nellie (taken) 100 to 15 agst Baronet (off) 100 to 15 agst Avernua (of!) 100 to 15 agst Petrea (off) 100 to 15 agst South Hamilton (oil) 100 to 12 agst Gainsborough (off) 100 to 12 agst Gipsy Cooper (off) a.j.c. metropolitan. 100 to 10 on tho field (off) Melbourne cup. 100 to 5 agst Le Loup 100 to 4 agst Petrea 100 to 4 agst South Hamilton 100 to 4 agst Fishhook 100 to 4 agst Caspian 200 to 7 Bgst Roland 100 to 3 agst Wandering Jew, Warlock, Avernns, Bosworth, Woodlands, Baronet, Wellington, Monarque, Soothsayer. Tidal Wave, Swiveller, Mullyan, Gainsborough, Gipsy Cooper, Daxriwell, Democrat, Chester, Chesterfield. CHAMPION STAKES. 101 to 10 agst First King 100 to 10 agst Mullyan 100 to 5 ngst First Water MABinTRNOKO PLATE. 100 to 5 ngst Albilns 100 to 3 agst Cynic AUSTRALIAN SPORTING NOTES. *• Augur writes : —“ The announcement that Chester and Democrat had been scratched for the Metropolitan created quite a sensation. I, in common with many others, thought that no two horses were better treated. Certain it is that they were far more leniently treated, comparatively, than in tho Melbourne Cup, and I must confess that I am greatly surprised that they should have been withdrawn. Tho public evidently considered Chester well in, for ho was the only horse in the Metropolitan that had been backed for money. Haricot and Diqmcd have also been struck out of the Metropolitan, and I believe the pen has been put through their names for tho Hnwkesbu y Handicap.” Tho same writer reviews tho chances of the ■horses engaged in the Hawkesbury and Metropolitan Handicaps, and for the former ho prefers Democrat, Martindalo, and Free Lance, while for tho latter he likes Chester, Democrat, Martindale, Colima, Soothsayer, Braidwood, Caspian, and Belladrum. “ Beacon,” writing in the 11 Leader ” on the Melbourne Cap weights, likes Le Loup, Fishhook, Tocal, Swiveller. Savnnaka, Woodlands, Bosworth, Democrat, Diomed, Warlock, D.rriwell, Tho Czar, Chesterfield, Haricot, Soothsayer, and Tidal Wave.