SPORTING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 195, 22 November 1872, Page 6

SPORTING.

VICTORIAN SPRING MEETING. The Melbourne Cup, of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., or 5 if declared, with 300 added. The second horse to receive 50 sovs.; the third to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. John Tait's b h The Quack, 6 yrs, tfst 111b (including 31b penalty).. 1 Mr. T. J. 3-tyan's b c The Ace, 4 yrs, Bst4lb ... ... ... 2 Mr. Bloom field's be Dagworth, 4 yrs, 7st 121b (including Sib penalty).. 3 Over 40,000 persons were present. The •race was a magnificent spectacle, Twentytwo horses started. Time, 3 min. 39sec. The Oaks, a sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 100 added. One and a half mile. Mr. J. P. Wilson's b f Sunshine ... 1 Mr. H. Bowers' g f Snowden ... ... 2 Royal Park Stakies, of 10 sovs. each, with 150 sovs. added. Two miles. Mr. J. Thompson's be King of the Ring, 3 yrs, 6st lOlbs ... ... 1 Mr. Winch's br c Loup Garou, 3 yrs, • 6stlolbs ... ... ... ... 2 Mr. Sevior's Warrior, aged, 9st 81bs ... 3 Spring Handicap, a sweepstakes of 7 sovs. each, h. ft., with 150 added. One and a quarter mile. Mr. E. Lee's ch m Barbelle, aged ... 1 Mr. E. Lee's b c Patriarch, 3,yrs ... 2 Mr. A. Saqui's br h Misty Morn, 6 yrs 3 Handicap for Four-tear Olds, a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with

109 sevs. added. Two miles. Mr. King's b c Benjiroo, 4 yrs... ... 1 Mr. Winch's ch c Julian Avenel, 4 yrs. 2 Mr. Chirnside's br f Shannon, 4 yrs ... 3 Plate, of 100. Half a mile. Dr. Bathe's b c Hesperus, 3 yrs, 7st 121bs ... ... ...... 1 Mr. Lambert's b f filly Times and Mines, 2 yrs, sst4lbs ... ... ... 2 Mr. Ivory's br g Sir Hercules, aged, Bstl3lbs ... ... 3