SPORTING NEWS.
[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. VICTORIA RACING CLUB’S SPRING MEETING. LATEST BETTING ON THE MELBOURNE CUP. (Received November 4, 1.35 a.m.) Melbourne, November 3, The weather to-night is fine and promises well for the racing to-morrow. Silver King is scratched for the Cup. The following is the latest betting on the Cup (10 p.m) Malua 5 to 1 Hastings 10 to 1 The Plunger 10 to 1 Off Color 12 to 1 Plausible 12 to 1 Blink Bonny 12 to 1 Yergy 14 to 1 Commotion 16 to 1 Hill Top 20 to 1 Blacker, 20 to 1. (Received November 4, 1 p.m.) November 4. The weather this morning is most brilliant. The Cup betting last midnight was as follows : Malua, 6 to 1 Hastings, 7 to 1 The Plunger, 10 to 1 Yergy, 10 to 1. Off Colour, 12 to 1 Hill Top, 12 to 1 Commotion, 16 to 1 Plausible, 16 to 1 Blink Bonny, 20 to 1 The Broker, 20 to 1 Seahorse is scratched for the Cup.
THE HORSES FOR THE CUP. The following horses remain in fertile Melbourne Cup, with the penalties where incurred : st lb W. Pearson’s b h Commotion, 6 yrs 9 12 O. Inglia’s b h Malua, 5 yrs ... 9 9 J. Wilson, juu.’s., ch h Guesswork, 5 yrs 8 12 J. Reclfearn’s br h The Plunger, 5 yrs 8 11 W. Branch’s b h Off Color, 4 yrs... 810 A. F. Smart’s b h Warwick, 4 yrs 8 3 E. C. Naylor’s b h Hastings, 5 yrs (including Sib penalty) 7 13 T. Barnfield’s b or br h Sir Garnet (late the Hebrew), 5 yrs ... 7 8 R. G. Talbot’s ch m Blink Bonny, 6 yrs (including 7ft penalty) ... 7 7 S. Miller’s borbr h Boolka, 5 yrs 7 7 J. White’s b c Bargo, 3 yrs ... 7 G J. A. Lang’s br h Vergy, 4 yrs ... 7 G J. Whittingham’s b or br h Claptrap, 5 yrs 7 1 A. F. Smart’s ch f Brown and Rose (late Charming), 3 yrs 7 3 A. M'Donald’s br g Bonnie Bee, aged (including 3fb penalty) ... 7 3 H. B. Hales’s (ns) bk h Hill Top, 5 yrs (including 31b penalty) ... 7 2 S. Barnard’s ch c The Broker, 3 yrs 7 1 W. Pearson’s b g Plausible, 5 yrs 6 13 E. P. Wilson’s br or bk h Signor, 4 yrs 6 13 M. Griffin’s ch h Battalions (late Brisbane), 5 yrs (including 31b penalty ... (i 13
st lb E. Keys’s (ns) b h Lord Clifclen, aged C 12 H. B. Tothill’s ch h Lord Wilton, 4 yrs 6 11 W. H. Gray’s br or b c Hippogrif, 3 yrs 6 11 J. Whittingham’s bli Mentmore, 4 yrs 6 2 T. Reibey’s b h Anchorite, 4 yrs... 6 9 J. White’s br c Tremando, 3 yrs... G 9 J. Whittingham’s ch c Merrimu, 3 yrs... ... ... ... ... G 8 C. O’Sullivan’s ch h His Worship, 4 yrs 6 7
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Kumara Times, Issue 2549, 4 November 1884, Page 2
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