SPORTING.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2419, 1 November 1892, Page 4

SPORTING.

THE VICTORIA RACING CLUB’S MEETING. Melbourne, Oct. 29. For the opening day of the Victoria Racing Club’s meeting, the weather was extremely propitious after all. Slight sprinkling showers fell in the morning, but a strong wind soon dried the course, and excellent time was made in the principal events. Lord Hopetoun and suite, along with the Governors of South Australia and New South Wales, were present, and the attendance of the general public was quite equal to that of previous years on Derby Day. Results: — Maiden Plate; 1 mile. Attalus (Nerricker) 1 E.K (Fielder) 2 Angola (Luckiman) 3 Time—lmin 43fsee. Melbourne Stakes ; ■!£ mile. Autonomy (Huxley) 1 Bungebah (Gainsford) f The Admiral (Lewis) f Time—2min DJsec. Hotham Handicap; 1J mile and a distance. Hopetoun, 7st 21b ... (Power) 1 Chatham, 7st 71b ... (Gainsford) 2 Norbert, 7st 71b (Ray) 3 Time—2min 55|sec. Victoria Racing Club’s Derby ; mile. Camoola (Huxley) 1 Meli (Morrison) 2 Jonathan (May bin) 3 Other starters were Azim, The Captain, Ulric, Calculus, Elswick, Wolf, and Candour, Betting—7 to 4on Camoola, 6 to 1 against Azim. When the flag fell Elswick rushed to the front, followed by Candour, Ulric, and Wolf, Calculus whipping in. Along the river straight Ulric cleared out half a dozen lengths ahead of the field, his nearest attendants for some furlongs being Wolf, Candour, Elswick, Camoola, and Meli, Jonathan lying last. Candour took up the leading position as the field swept round the turn into the straight, Meli at the same time coming into prominence; but two furlongs from home Camoola came to the front without any apparent effort, and appeared to be winning easily until 100 yards from the winning post, when Meli and Jonathan made a gallant effort to get up, but though the former got within three parts of a length of the leader Huxley’s vigorous riding landed the favorite past the post by that distance; the rank outsider, Jonathan, creating great surprise by running Meli to within a neck. Time —2min 42sec. Maribyrnong Plate; 5 furlongs. Sailor Prince (Qleeson) 1 Zeph (Moore) 2 The Danphine (Lewis) 3 Time—lmin 4aeo. Coburg Stakes ; 1 mile. Oooya,Tat4lb ... ...(McGowan) 1 Bloodshed, 7st 121 b ... (Osborne) 2 Gold Reef, Bst 41b ... (Hayes) 3 Time—lmin 46$sao.