SPORTING NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 3121, 3 November 1886, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] My Klectric Thlkgrapii—Copyright. THE VICTORIA RACING CLUB SPRING MEETING. THE MELBOURNE CUP RACE. (Received November 2, 4 p.m.) Melbourne, November 2. Tb« attendance at Flemington racecourse is enormous and the weather is beautiful. His Excellency Sir H. Loch is present, accompanied by Lord Carrington, Sir William Robinson, and Sir George Sirahan. The first race of the programme is the Hurdle Race, a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 2 ft., with 250 added. Second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stake. About three miles. Blue Moontain, syrs ... 1 Ocean, aged ... ... 2 Encore, aged ... ... 3 Railway Handicap, a sweepstake of ssovs. each, Ift., with 200 added. For three-year olds and upwards. Second horse to receive 50sovs. out of the Btakes. Six furlongs. Poccahontas, aged ... 1 AlbanUß, 4 yrs. ... ... 2 Tornado [?] 3 Kensington Stakes, a sweepstakes of lOsovs. each, 2ft. with 250 added, for two-year-olds. Five furlongs. Sumatra ... ... ... 1 Eckersley ... ... 2 Mistletoe 3 The following horses have been scratched for the Cup:—Quintin Matsep, Maddeliim, King's Own, Lesbia, Fish o' Silver, aud Menotti. (Received November 2, 6.5 p.m.) THE MELBOURNE CUP. A handicap sweepstakes of 20aovs. each the. second horse to receive dOOsovs. and the third 30.sovs. out of the stake. Two miles. (143 subs.) Mr W. Gannon's br h Arsenal, 4yrs., 7st. 4ft 1 Mr D. O'Brien's b h Trenton, sjrs, 9st. 53b ... 2 Mr J. R. Sadler's bl h Silveimine, syrs., 7ab. 101 b 3 (Received November 2, 10.15 p.m.) Later, Malua, Isonomy, Silvermine, Trenton, Trident, and Meteor were among the first to get away. Passing the stand for the first time, Silvermine was in front, closely followed by Isonomy, Ben Bolt, Trident, Britisher, Meteor, and Trenton, the remainder being in a bunch, with the exception of Grace Darling and Little John, who brought up (.he rear. No material alteration took \fi\w until passing th.p bridge, when Trident was taken° to the front and led the field into the straight,

fallowed by Bes Bolt, Silvermine Ma un, Trenton and Arsenal. The hst mentioned horse had held a good position throughout the race. Imme. diaiely After entering the straight, amid great excitement, Silvermine and Ar--Ben il passed the favourite. A desperate race ensued all the way down the str.ight, Arsenal winning, by ■ half a length from Trenton, who c*me with a magnificent rush towards the finish, and wrested second position f rom Silvwmine who finished a goodl t The followin« were the sWefsy Silver King and Kingfish having been scratched shortly befoie the race : Arsenal, Ben B It, Bohemian, Bpolka, Bravo, Britisher, Commotion, Crossfire, Cyclops, Grace Darling, Hexham, Highland Chief, Meteor, laohoihy,' Jack Roach, Kit awa, "Lancer, Little John, Lord William, Malua, Metal, Mcrtite Christo, Mytll King, Recall, Rifleshot, Sheet Anchor, Silvermine, Trenton, and Trident. The following are the names of the hotses that have won in previous years with the weight each carried, and the time in which each race was run : Bt. ft>. m. s. 1861 De Mestre's Archer 9 7 352 1862 De Mestre's Archer 10 2 347 1863 Harper's Banker ... 5 4 344 1864 Fisher's Lantern ... 6 3 352 1865 Marshall's Toryboy 7 0 344 1866 Tait's The Barb ... 6 lit 343 1867 De Mestre's Tim Whiffler... ... 8 11* 339 1868 Tait's Glencoe ... 9 1* 342 1869 Saqui's Warrior ... 810 340 1870 Craig's Nimblefoot.;. 6 3* 337 1871 Tait's The Pearl ... 7 3* 339 1872 Tait's The Quack ... 7 10* 3 39 1873 Johnson's Don Juan 612 336 1874 Ohirnside's Harricot 6 7* 3 37i 1875 Sharp's Wollomai... 7 8 338 1876 Wilson's Briseis ... 6 4 3 361 1877 White's Chester ... 612 3 33t 1878 De Mestre's Oalamia 8 2 3 35§ 1879 Rawlinson'sDarriwell 7 4 3 30f 1880 Long's Grand Flaneur 610 3 34$ 1881 M'Donnell'sZulu... 5 10* 3 32* 1882 SaviU's The Assyrian, 710 340 1883 J. White's Martini-' Henri .7 nj 3 301 1884 Inglis's Malua ... • 9 9 3 31$ 1885 Loughlin's Sheet Anch°r 711 3 29i 1886 Gannon's Arsenal... 7 4. Tlncluding 2ft). over. ♦lncluding 3ft>. penalty, t Including 7ft>. penalty. Nursery Handicap, a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 1 ft., with 200 added; second horse to receive 50 «ors. aud the third 25 sovs. out of the stake. For two-year-olds. Huntingtower ... ... J Bedouin ... ... ... 2 Perhaps ... ... ... 3 The Yan Yean Stakes, a haudicap sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, Ift., with 100 added. For thtee-year-olds and upwards. The Levite ... ... l Hogmanay ... ... 2 Ellington 3 >~— < SHAW-LILLYWHITE TEAM OF CRICKETERS. (Received November 3, 1.30 a.m.) Adelaide, November 2. The cricket match, Shaw-Lilly white's team v. fifteen of South Australia, was resumed and concluded to-day. The Horae team, who yesterday lost seven wickets for 99 runs, continued their innings, the last wicket falling for 141 runs. Being in a minority of 198, the South Australian team had to follow their innings, and when the stumps were drawn had lost eight wickets for 127 runs. The match was drawn. AQUATICS. [special to press association.] London, October 28. Beach is very indignant at Hanlan's j pretensions re the «culling championship, and offers to row him on the Paramatta River for £SOO or upwards. Matterson has thrown out a similar challenge to Hanlan. M'ttterson and Kemp have been matched to scull on the Paramatta in May next for £4OO a side. October 29. Hanlan, in reply to Beach's challenge to row him on the Paramatta, saye he is willing to row him on the Nepean.