SYDNEY GOLD CUP.
' Sydney, Wednesday, • "Twtnty-five horses faced the itarter ' for the big. event. Nelson .being decidedly the favourite m Hhe 'bettiri? "at the post. t The field got away to a fairly good start, and a great race ensued. Cerise and Blue, however; showed to' the front at the distance post, arid ' came home gamely, a length "m advance of the field. Nelson was ninth. Time, 3miri. 33£ sec. This is the fastest time on record for the Cup, beintf a quarter of a second shorter than when Darebin won it, m 1883.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1695, 29 April 1886, Page 4
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94SYDNEY GOLD CUP. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1695, 29 April 1886, Page 4
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