The Melbourne Cup.

Manawatu Herald, 5 November 1896, Page 3

The Melbourne Cup.

There was splendid weather for Cap Day and there was an enormous attendance on Tuesday at the Flt-m---ington course. The result of was— Newhaven . . (Gardner) 1 Bloodshot . . . . (Power) 2 The Skipper . . (Delaney) 8 Resolute .. (Callina) 4 The other starters were— Preston, Hopscotch, Disfigured, Maruaa, Devon, Merry Boy, Dreamland, Miraculum, Broken Hill, Chevalier, Coil, Trent ham, Canoona, Pivot, Nada, Charge, Dunhallow, Diniien, Tire, Reka and Rosella. Betting— 4 to 1 against Newhaven, 10 to 1 Marusa, Devon and Resolute, 12 to 1 Disfigured, 14 to 1 Hopscotch and Broken Hill, 16 to 1 Chevalier and Damien, 83 to 1 Bloodshot. On ihi: starter releasing the barrier Broken Hiil, Preston, Dreamland and Chevalier were the first lo break tha line, but coming on to the coarse proper the order had changed somewhat, Daroien taking up the running, with The Chevalier, Dream* land and Newhaven in that order. However, before passing tba judge's box on the first round, and, alter that, there is little lefc to describe, Mbe was never again beaded. As the field ware racing up the riverside Newbaven had three lengths lead of Cunoona, after whom came Resolute, Dreamland, Preston, Damien, Djvuo and Nada. As the bridge was Me behind, Resolute ran up into second position, and was attended by Dreamland, Canoona, Devon, Preston, Bloodshot nud Dunhallow. The favourite, however, was still sailing I along merrily in front, ami, as the , scraping sheds were passed, was j quite five lengths to the qood tf i Heiolute, Trent ham being third, and nefct *a order were Dreamland, D*mien, Bloodshot, Roka and Devon, while Miraculum was a bad last. ' Approaching the home turn, Newhaven drew still further away, and there must have, at; this time, been fully a dozon lengths between him and the colt that chased him home in the Derby. Dreamland, having supplanted Trenthum, was third ; then cams Damien, Bloodshot and Tire. R icing down the straight, Newhaven, without apparent effort, he'd his advantage, and won easily by six lengths from Bloodshot, who was two and a half lengths ahead of The Skipper, Resolute another threequarters of a length away fourth. Then followed Reka, Damion, Tire, Dunhallow, Broken Hill, Davon, Disfigured and Trentham, the three last to finish being Canoona, Hopscotch and Miraculum.

Time, Bmin 28^sec, which 13 only a quarter of a tecond behind Carbine'i record time in 1890, and equal to Dunlop's in 1887. — Press Association.