LATEST CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5188, 7 November 1877, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE SPRING MEETING. Melbourne, Tuesday. There was an immense gathering to-day. All parts of the course were crowded, and the three Governors were present. Steady rain set in. MAIDEN PLATE, Of 10 sovs. each, with 000 added. Weight for age : One mile and a half. Talk of the Vale .. .. .. .. 1 Strathearn .. 2 Excelsior 3 Won by a short head. Time, 2min. 52fseo. RAILWAY STAKES, Of 5 sovs, each, with 100 added. Weight for age : one mile and a quarter. Viscount 1 Ashantee 2 Glenbum .. .. 3 Only three ran. "Won by two lengths. Time, 2min. 17seo. KENSINGTON STAKES, Of 10 sovs. each, with 200 added. For two-year-olds ; colts, Set 61b ; Allies, Bst. Five furlongs. Warlock 1 Mr. E. Lee’s eh c Royal Oak, by Barbarian—Maid of the Oaks 2 Sir Hercules Robinson's b c Baroona, by Hawthorndon—Stockdove 3 Time, Imin. s|sec. THE MELBOURNE CUP, A handicap sweepstakes, of 20 sovs. each, with 500 added ; the second horse 60 sovs., and the third 20 sovs. Two miles. Hon. J, White’s b c Chester, by Yattendon—Lady Chester, 3 yrs, Ost 121 b 1 Mr. H. Power’s bl c Savanaka, by Kingston— Sappho, 3 yrs, Ost 21b 2 Mr. G. W. Petty’s ch h.The Vagabond, by Fireworks—Skittlesharper, 4 yrs, Ost 121 b.. .. 3 A splendid race. Won close on the winning post by a bare half-length, Vagabond several lengths behind. King fell and put Savanaka out. Woodlands finished sixth. Time, 3mid. 33Jsec. Sydney, Tuesday. Robertson was elected for two electorates yesterday. The Ly-ee-moon’s damages are estimated at £7OOO . She is being now refitted.