INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 26, 3 November 1880, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

MELBOURNE RACES. Melbourne, Tuesday. The second day's races of the Victorian Racing Club's Spring Meeting was held today at Flemington. The weather was splendid, and there was an immense concourse of spectator., estimated at 100,000. Tbe course, it is believed,- haa never before been so crowded. The Marquis of Normanby, Sir William Jervois.and the Duke of Manchester were present. The following are the results of the chief events, the fields for which were large, and the racing good: — Maideh Platb, A sweepstakes of 10 soys each, h ft, with 200 added. For tbree year olds and upwavds. Weight for age. One mile and a balf. Orient ... ... 1 Exeter ...... ... . , 2 >. Hermori l r ..; ... ; 3 ".; Woneasily. Time, 2'mins 44secs, ;• ;;.,-■ .A] i'RAIfcWAT STAKES, V.: -A sweepstakes of 's soys each, with 1 00 soys ndded. Ifor three year olds and upwards. Weight for age. One mile and-a quartet. -:"'- "■-■ Mbn'arqoa ( ...' : ~ r \.i!-'* ; t; V"; '' DujtaUtou ... ..... -j- , Chatterer *- ... ... \ 3 -. A gi aud race terminating in a dead heat, Time, 2mins Usees. Melbourne Cup, ' "' \ A handicap sweepstakes of 20 soys, 10 ft, or 5 if declared, with 500 soys added. The, . second horse to receive 200 soys, and the * third 100 »ovs out of the 'stake's. (109 Bubs.) Mr AS. Smiths Grand Flaneur ... ... ■: 1 Progress ... ... 2 Lord Burghley ... 3 Time, 3mina 34f sees. Twenty horses started, and it was & capital race. Mata never showed .to the. front. Pro-. tjress led for some distance, but Lothair and Grand Flaneur came up at the home turn, .he latter winning a splendid race by threequarters of a length from Progress, Lord". Burghley tbird, and Lothair, Martindale, and Chester following. Napper Tandy w^is; placed third by 1 the judge, but'it'was found to be an error. x Grand Flaneur's -: winning is hard- on'the bookmakers, as he. was largely backed in doubles. Grand Flaneur haß never yet been beaten, and his^ victory, is very, popular. . ,All the placed horses were strong favorites, showing that their running was v.ery?true. ; . Thb Darling Stakes, A sweepstakes of 5 soys each, with 100 added. ' For three year olds and- upwards. I Weight for age. One mile and a half. Tbe winner to be sold for 200 soys. , .(No •selling allowances.) / " ;V * .' -Supplejack" % ... - ... • + • Latrobe ... ... f A dead beat. Six started. Time, 2mins 44«ecs. ■'• - ~ ■ Wednesday. Tbe fact that over 100,000 persons attended the races yesterday is fully confirmed. by. the returns of admission to the Stands and the hill. .-■-■■■-■■ ■"■ The Exhibition returns'for yesterday show that over 20,000 visited the building during the day. Mr Proud foot, the Dunedin contractor, has made an offer to the authorities to eonstruot a tramway to Melbourne, and his proposal is under consideration. Stdnby, Tuesday. : The Wallsend, Co-operative, andMinmi miners have struck, and the others threaten to do so unless they receive the hack pay due to them in accordance with the recent arbitration. . .