Late Sporting.
— A cablegram announces tliat Hesperian's nomination for the Melbourne Cup is informal. This will make a lot of difference in the betting. — The Relative of Royalty came an awful "cropper" at the Hunt last Saturday. He snid"nothing to nobody," but feeling rather shaken rode quietly home. — The following winning numbers came to Auckland in Fleming's No. 4 consultation : — 4941, 4929, 709, 723, 0720, 6719, 7731, 650, 7781, 2525, 1767, 2380, 6392, 5484, 5476, 3640. — The clay before the Metropolitan some local sports sot a wire over instructing them to back Trump Yoss, as the race was a dead certainty for him. They did so, with what result is now known. — Efforts will, we are informed, be made to induce the English trainer Edward Day to stay amongst us. If they are successful, it is probable he will get charge of King Don, Moonstone, and other local celebrities. — Those who watched the unloading of the Stud Company's mares from the s.s. Albion, were loud in praise of the care shown by Edward Day to his charges. Ho entered the box with each one, notwithstanding the fact that they were fretful, and lashed out considerably. — Jimmy Poole went for Trump Yoss in the Grand Handicap at Hawkesbury, and won £170. It is feared, however, that he lost it all over the Metropolitan, as he wrote to friends in Auckland that he wag again going for Trump Yoss.
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Observer, Volume 2, Issue 52, 10 September 1881, Page 618
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237Late Sporting. Observer, Volume 2, Issue 52, 10 September 1881, Page 618
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