MELBOURNE CUP BAY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10712, 6 November 1912, Page 5

MELBOURNE CUP BAY

BITTERLY COLD \\ K \'V > £ER. ' PIASTRE'S CHEAT V!;"''UHV. ■(Received Last -Night.. o'clock ) FLEMI NGTON,' N <.<r oiuLer A bitterly cold west \un.t ,viUi di cing showcr,s of rain ren*.!.l Ico li'lMelbourne Cup day unpv ,i:u- The weather, however, mod' j .-i/.m slightly b,v noon. The crowds ivi ro n>t detc'r-' red, and tho Flcmingi-ni enclosures ■contained a record cr-.iv.d. Ik-tore tho second raw the prediction* of the Club that tho previou; record would be exceeded by -0,000 aupeare ! to be verified. Lur<l Denm.n and Sir Geo. Fullers and their parlies di.;"ai\led "their motors and drove -f.o tlio course in the old style, with outriders and a cavalry escort. A shov'-i- fell as tho •Cup horses were doing th (, ir proMmiir-. but cleared off. At the .start 3>uke Foote took up a pnpiti-:vi the outside, while Mattonrec, on tho rails, and Slmja led the field. There was intense excitement .when rounding the turn, where Piastre and Hallowmans could .be seen struggling tc take up the Tjunning. Uncle Sam. earning on afterwards, pnt in a very 'fast run, with Duke Foote ' falling back int-o the ruck. Uncle Sim was being proclaimed the winner when Piastre cut him down, and llaiiow.."matts, finishing well, gained' : second honours. Results. . • Encourage Stakes—Wise King 1, Macduff 2, Nata 3. 'There-R-ere eighteen starters. Won by half a length. Time, lrain ssec. Railway Handicap Tadanga 1 Yarrum 2, Sylvander 3.* Fifteen others started. Won byadength. Time, lmin ISaec: Hurdles —Warwidgeree 1, Commct King 2, Canvasser 3. Eleven Parted. Fiddlestring, Brown Bird, Canvasser, Forest Prince, Goldfish, and Pa-'saiio led after the first jump. Royal Fli».*t fel lat the mile post, Brown Bird led at the six furlong post from Forest Prince, Warwidgerio and Paisano. Won by fifteen lengths, a bad third. Time, 3min I'^er. MELBOURNE Ct)i-. Piastre (Shanahan) ......... 1 Hallowmaus (Smith) 2 Uncle.Sam (Lambert) ... ii Scratchings ' —■' Flavian, Rathlca, . Harpist.. ' '

After a few strides Shuja went tp the front, and led past the stand frdm. Cider, Ladies' Man, Eyeglass, traree and Hallowmaus, followed by Danaus and Cider. Hallow maus, Cider, Ladies' Man, Wilari, Bridge, and Matouree moved up, with Duke Foote in the centre of the field *ell tack'; with Piastre, Uncle Sam r.-Nt. Shuja and IVLatouree still led the at the sheds, from Danaus, Aurofo-1 dina, Golden Foote, Cider, Eyeglass, I Ladies'-Mai},'.Uncle. Sam, Dike Foots, | Wilari and Hallowmaus. The latter I by a fast/'run follbwed Shnja round J then .tern,, Piastre then ranking in third place. Then came Danaus, Ladies' Man, 'Artesian, with Uncle Sam ooming very fast. Duke Foote ,vas i well beaten and Shuja fell harm. Piastre and Hallowmaus were struggling for supremacy, and Paistro managed j to draw away and won comfortably by a length and a half, with Uncle Sum three-quarters of a length away: Ladies' Man was fourth, thenEnd or us, Shuja, Mousmie, /! *; t ' li, •Bobadea and Golden Point. Time, 3min 27isec. Steeplechase—Continuance 1, 131bfeenluke 2, Kiappa 3. There were thirteen starters. Stutecroft foil at the first fence, and Coradjil n off. j Prayto, which was leading after a j mile, fell. Continuance and BibbenJuko led over the last fence, when Continuance went to the front and won easily by two and a fealf lengths,, the third horso eight lengths away. The winner wis cheered on'returning to 'scale. Nursery Becks Lager 2/ Trainontanta 3. Fifteen runners. Tramontane made tho Tunning, and Becks Lager led into tiie Straight, where Scotch Mali; mad.-; a gfcme struggle and won by a head, tlio third horse being half a length away. Time, lmin lOjsec. Yanyen Handicap Slipper -md SPtah dead heat 1, Captain )Vhite 8. 'There- were eighteen starters. Pf&h made most of tho mnning, but Slipspurted at tho distance and got 2up in time to make a dead hf»at. Tn 1 the run off Ptah won by a no-e amidst intense excitement.