SPORTING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1495, 31 October 1885, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

(BY ELKCrrRIC^TBIiEiQ(R*PH.4«6pTSti&HT.> >• « ■■ •'.•:t":%s v^-'v/ ! ' ?■••>■/•'.•.*'.'»■.■■ -i^jS*jgL ' (SPECIAL TO UNITED /P^S: ASM^TION.) | i ; .^LoN^sf^ißfei^^ •-■vAt the Ne^a/ket^3^^hton Meeting fo-day, the Dewlmrst -Plate !rea\4ted as ' follows : — '^ -x:'- \ %/%/%;; '~> - Ormonde ; ... 1 Jtyhitefriar f... {.^ ■■.../: ... 2 Murdoch v..' !>;;...■ 5 ... 3 • m^ m^^T-- ' ''" -■ '"^ •-; '. Melbouhne. Thursday. Metal, who has been heavily backed by the stable for theJCuplat SIOO to 3,. beat Hilltoo once round the course this morning, doing the distance m 2min. 32sec. Liverpool went/ two ; miles m. splendid style m Smin 43sec, goingstrong and finishing well, the last mile: ;bejng done m luoin SOieec. St. John did: a 'the mile and a half m 2min'44sec Dunlop went once round round m grand, style, doing the distance m 2inin 31^sec^ Nordenfeldt and'tJralla ! coVered'the same distancefin 2min 32se<-, the, former fipish- ; ing ktrongly. ' Trenton went two 'mile's ' rouqd tha it;ari In] 3inin 35sec, the last mile m lmin 53sec. Brown, and Rose, Warwick, and Lord Exeter "wftre sent; a serviceable spin together, the last mile' being covered m lmin 50sec.wP.J-- *f Latest Cnp betting —^Acolyte, 100 to 4 . (off) ; -Sheetf Anchor,/ 100 to i; toff) ; Britisher, 100 to 2 (off). ; . •'' :& ' . I^or the Maribyrhdng' Plate', ; ttb'oe"iun on Saturday,; ; Acme is first favo jit* 10 to 30 (tkn); Augustus; 1 "iOQ"..t^ 20 (tkn) ; Blangowrie, 100 to 18*(off); - • A The , latest JPgrby quotations arej^--NordehfeidC2lol (tkn andaff) l'l>unio^i '' haslbeen backed to win all the money, m, the market at 5 _.10',1, and he is nQwJa^'-' to 1 ; ThundeVbblt, 6to 1^ (tkri and sol) y-. Isonomy, 100 to 8 (0ff)..,. For the Cup, Nordenfeldt holds thai pride ofplacraf 100' to >9, taken ; jLiver-^ pool ahd'Despot, 100 to 8 taken ;** Cerise-i ; and| Blue, Metal, Brown and Rose, 100 to "4.- 1 .''taken. Ceaise and- Blue .has;, been backed to win a good round sum ai'

I (REDTER'S TELEGRAMS); 1 ' .. Melbourne, Thursday.. The following is ,the • latest Cap. bet-' ting :~Nordenfeldt, 100 to 10 ;Despbt, lOOjto 10 ;Kifc Nubbles, 100 to 8 ; Brown ;and Sose, 100 to 5 ; AV:olyte; ; 100 to 5;Stornaway, 100 to ; 4:' V ■'•■ .•■■■• Sheet Anchor is quoted at 100 to 3 for tliejCup. ' ' "••■•' ' ''' ' ;,..,,-■(> ■ The sporting contributor, who writes m the Australasian' under -the norn de plume of " Augur," tips as follows for the forthcominir V.R.C. meeting-;— ORor the Derby—- Nordeirfjiilt br ,Thun- ;- der|)olt. .• '".;.:. '/-^/ : :..;/^rV: '■■ I?or the Cop— Brown and or Liverpool, with Cbriolanuß^^lausiUo, or Arsteiml as iieixt-best/ . . ' ■ a .^^4 "Asmodeus" m the Loader selects as 'follows:— ■"■*• •■ / --- : -'. ;^-- ;r " • 2^erb ( y— Dunlop, with ~'~ Nprdenfeldt, Thunderbolt,' arid Oralla as next Ijest, ,/L ! (|up — Liverpopl, Stornaway, and Despot^ ';,:*;: :■; I:u^':V^/i' The latest betting .quotations upon the forthcoming faces are as follows :—rFqr*-thelPerby-T-Dimlpp.^to 1 ; Thunderbolt, sto 1 ; 'IsohomV, Bto 1. .;; k.-vj ]?or the Cup-1-Nordenfeldt, 100, to 8 ; Trenton, 100 to 7 ; Lord Exeter, 100 to 6; Sheet Anchor, ,100 to 4. /p \/.. . i . ■■':.', : : . .Friday, There was a large attendance at Tat* tersall'n last night, when great, excitement wag manifested over the .forthcoming; events. v , . ijtoj ,the Iterby tJ Nprdenfeldt is, a. very firm favourite at 2to 1. • :■'■•!"..•••...:. Britisher has been backed for the (Cup to win ten thousand pounds at 100 to 4. Subsequently, however, IQOO to- . B 0 waH }aid four- times: over about vthe^j Ba»>e horse. : . , • ,l: ..;. , „', ",. For the Maribvrnong Plate Trojan has i ' beeii backed) to w^four thousand pounds . at ioo''toß." ' ;!,,:' '" *' J -At Flemington this morning Velocipede did a two miles. spin m iimin 46sec ; Eeinus and Louise Berta (the latter a Maribyvnong Plate candidate) covered a mi(e m linin-50sec; and fciheet) Anchor '; did the same, distance m lmin 49sec. Lord WiUon ; haß iflohe •; the' ystg^op round the tan m lmin 49sec. Isonom y, Thunderbolt, ' Winchester /'Dunlqp, ' Noirdenfeldt did useful gallops.. . >