SPORTING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1492, 28 October 1885, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYBIGEni:) (BEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) . . f Melbourne, Tuesday.. The scratching ot Lantern telegraphed l on Saturday is not correct, as the horsa still remains m the race. Oxford and Sardius are. scratched for the Cup; ' . The following are scratched . for the* Melbourne Cvp :— Bonnie Doon, ?FjO'rlornt Hope, Myles na Coppaleen, Plymptonj, Eeal Jam, Sloth, St. Odille, Uncas, Vanguard (Evans 1 ). The betting to-night utwn the/Marf- . byrnong Plate is — Acme, 3to 1 ; Lotus* ' Berta, 6to 1 ; Phillip Augustas, 8 to 1 ; Blair Gowrie, 12 to 1. (SPECIAL TO UNITED PESS RASSOCLtTION.) Melbourne, Toeiday. : The weather is fine. This being an off morning, nothing special was done, _. but some good work is expected to-mor- '■'' row morning. Trenton and Impulse did the best gallop, going once round m 2min. 84sec, Trenton going rather : sluggishly. Velocipede. went round m 2min. 35£ sec. Lord Wilton did the fieat yet round the tan, doing the mile m lmin. 51sec. Thunderbolt, Winchester, and Liverpool did useful work, ', ' - The stable is evincing a disposfofon tq back Thunderbolt for TO.Q, C^rby,--and ho has come up with, a gre«tfr ?usk fa /; the betting, being- quoted aj JQO.fcQ 20, Backers want 6 to 1, fou,t there ta no money at that price, jfi^vjqijerbpit j\fyy% . stands second favorite., JiimjopV pf ir e has shortened, and h,e quoted at 10P, to 15. Isonomy haj reoodeci, and 100 to g is on offer about him, 100 to Bis offered about Rem,us, h^ ha.okwa wau^ iQO to 5» ■■ ■. -.-, ■■ ' ■■ ■ -" : - .''..■ ..2 '-...■ ':.::■■ ':■'.. The bftatljs. and privilef es on the course were 'sold to-day, and realised 35Q665, whioh is «n inorear ie o f £185 over the amount last year. '* .; i; . j At Flemington tins inorning> Dnnlop covered the Derby dv^ance m 2m. 48s. and Uralla had. a spin, together over a iui\ c and a-half distance', and were half- a-second longer tnan Dunlop. First Chester beat Isonomy over the Derby course, the time occupied- being 2n*. 51Js. .^._'j The Cup candidate, ]^|NnbWesT did a splendid performance, finishing 2 miles m 3m, 44^s. ; : . .. - f ! :-. ? j ./ '■%, \ St. John finished the same distance m 3m'.4BJa. \ ! ; - ; >\-. : ,Jp:.. :[l\ Liverpool finished his mbrnfi)|'s work with a spin for five furlongs, the time being lm. Bs. ■" ' Despot covered the mile and a-half m 2m. 46a. Off Colour has be>n scrqitohedfor the Cup, and Prince Imperial is reported to be amiss. • . . . ..' : i (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . Christchurch. Tuesday. Work on the course this morning was unimportant, nothing very fast being done. Alpine Rose did a very unsatisfactory gallop, and has receded m price, 100" to" 's being offered against' hiihV' ''- Fiisilade is a firm favorite at 100 to 14, that price being taken whenever effered. Administrator was, on Saturday night, backed to win i 3000,' at pri««s ranging from 100 to 7. t0 100 10. •