THE V.B.C. SPRING MEETING.
Cup Day at Flemington attracted an enormous attendance. The number of people on the flat was especially Urge, and the only portion of the course showing a falling-off in attendance was the hill. The Go vernors of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania were amongst those present. The following are the results ot the racing :— Hurdle Eace, of 250 soys. About three miles. Figaro, lOst 31b 1 Favour, list 61b 2 Duke of Kent, lOst 111 b ... 3 Thirteen horses started. Time, 6min..l£sec. Railway Handicap, of 200 soys. Six "*" furlongs. Ilium, 7st 111 b 1 Phileon, 7sfc 2 Damper, 7st lib 3 Twenty-one horses started. Time, lm|n, 18isec. Kbnsinoton Stakes, of 800 soys. Five furlongs. KiUitcrankie 1 Stfftnge Device 2 Sabrina 8 Eight started. Time, lrain. 6isec. The Melbourne Cup, a handicap of a 5000 soys ; second, 1000 soys ; .•third, 500 soys out of the stake. Two miles. (185 subs ) Patron, 4yrs, 9it 81b 1 Devon, 6yrs, 7at 51b 2 Nada.4yrß.7st 8 BruJjuJyrs, 7at 81b 4 Twenty-eight horses started. Nubibry 'Handicap, of 200. Five furlongs. 4uraria(?) Bst 101 b t MftU, 7«.t 81b t
■ Lead On, 7sfc 51b .. ..8 i Sevonteen started. Time, lmin. •ccc. ' Van Yean Stakes, of 200 bovb. One mile. : Foxtail, Bst 121 b. . . . 1 1 7st 121 b 2 Escapade, Bsfc 101 b 8 ; Eighteen horses started. Time, 1 lmin. 42-2 sec.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1894, Page 3
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234THE V.B.C. SPRING MEETING. Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1894, Page 3
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