SPORTING.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1641, 7 November 1873, Page 2

SPORTING.

THE MELBOURNE CUP.

The race for the Melbourne Cup would be .run_yeBtesday,,afternoon^aucU(Would probably prove to be one' of the most exciting j races s ever-run kip ', the ;Flenjingtbn ' course. At Hokitika, on Thursday evening thedrawing.for-MrOsborfiS?aim6®ter sweep came off at theOßmpire Hotel. The drawing was not concluded until a very late hour, but a considerable number of per- '- sons remained to watch the proceedings until the end. A few of the tickets representing horses, not the favorite, are held-in 6re3'tnouthj and of course there (are alsQ. blan ks.- ( -It is, said that Mr Benjamin, HqkitUca,', has drawn,. Horatio ; Mr Suisted, Westpprfc, Fitzyattendeni. ; a man at .. Barker's , Arahura, M'Oallum Mohr;,.and Mr D'wan, CHarleston, Misty Hotel, Greymoutlh, is to be ; drawn' this evening.- j! To be ! inithe .way^of .tips, we may quote what it correspondent, iof the .Hokitika f S^tar)'! 1 furnishes.; » jHe places M'CallumMohrjOt:; Oontessay2; Mpratio, 3. .:^r. <'.:■■-: ■:•) \-u-x) ,/-.:.v:i/.ji,rT

■ „. . : , THE .CAN! CERBURY. RACES.; , The following are the? entriesrifor. the Canterbury' Cvp y to «be rurii ioi\ oifjthe 11th, and the aca 3ptances for i the J ockey Glub Handicap^ a ppoirited for :.the Bth :— [ Canterbujby.'Cui', ;of^^ '2so ; spvjs; added'to a '■■'"' sweepstakes' of 15 ); 's6vs^ : 5 'soy for forfeit ; second ! horse' ; t6' save nis stake. Two miles, weight for age. . Distance, two and a quarter miles. : i"'Mr E. Hay's b g T anibunmV 5 yrs '* Mr Nosworfchy's b c l*raitor, 3 yrs % Mr Nosworthy's b:r m Lurline, 4 yrs Mrßsdwood'sehuPapapajSyra, by Kavenß. worth ; Waimei 1 .■):■',".: ':U \ bin ■■-.<•. ■ Mr r ßedwood's b inMalvina, 4yrs- - Mr Delamain's b c Templetdn,' 4 yrs, by Traducer ; BeUe of the Isle Captain flutchiso.n's b c Earl of>Lynne^3yra Cantbrbtiry Jockey Clto,' Hi'NDicip, of 150 soys, added to , a sweepstakes of 10 1 soys each, h. ft for acceptorsi n Entraiice, 5 soys. to go to the fund.. : A^ceptdHces, with 5 soys, on the flay of 'general entry, and 5 soys at post. Distance, two miles. Mr Ray'srb; g. Ta niburini,' 5 yrs, 9st 81b Mr Nosw*brthy'a b c Traitor, 3 yrs, 6st 51fr"^ Mr Redwood's br , c .Kakapo,. 3 . yrs, -by ■ Diornedes-Toitoi; 6s slb " d l '■' Captain Hutchison's b m.MabeL s yrs. 7st .Captain Hat chison'scb. g Malabar,. aged, 6st yiMa. . ' fI -!' i :..' :.; .'''''!' '. ';'/''"'; ;'| tl ' I ' Mr M iillock's eh m 1 Gossip^ & r yrs, 'Bst 41b