MELBOURNE CUP.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 5 November 1913, Page 5

MELBOURNE CUP.

WON BY >OSINATUS. AN EASY VICTORY. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) MELBOURNE, November 4. The Melbourne Cup meeting was day's racing being as follow Encourage Stakes.—Mount Mostyn 1, Hayston 2, Bay Malt 3. There'/. ' were* sixteen. runners:" "Won By half ' a neck, half a length between second arid third. Time, 1.4. . , . > ' Railway Handicap.—North Wood* leigh 1,. Poetical Mala ,3. There ••, were seventeen runners. Won by a length. Time, 1.17f. Hurdles.—Bulla warr a 1, King's Ransom 2, Majestic Nut 3. Other starters were: Common "King, Marton and Hypo. Won by a neck. Time, 3.48J-. " MELBOURNE CtfP. Posinatus (Shanahan) 1 Belove (Townseud) 2 Ulva's Isle (Cullinan) 3 Scratched.—Andelosia, Audacity, Ramessus and Golden Goblet. Posinatus soon went to the front and maintained the lead to . finish. At th-3 Abattoirs he was going 'strongly \and • was two lengths in v , front oT Sea Prince, Belove, Cagou and Ulva's Isle, .while in the last division were Mountain Princess, Uncle Sam, Limelight and Crosska. . Sea Prince was still second entering the* straight/ while Mountain Princes^- w had run into third place. Limelight also greatly improved his position. At the distance Sea Prince weakened' and was displaced in second position by Belove. Posinatus won well by three-quarters of a length with i Ulva's Isle one and a half lengths I further back. Then eamelSea Prince, ;■! f Breragoon-, Wassail, Mountain- Priii- ~ j ',eess,~ Sir Vive and Uncle Sam, - with. ' I Golden Shore'last. S ' <' \ ~ Steeplechase. Dunlpe I, Myall Jack 2, Glehan&re 3- •' • - \ ' Nursery Hapdicap^—Carfria [j harajah 2, .Sanctity 3. " £ Stakes.—Tadanga.. 1,- King Mostyn *2, Baniwort 3. ; v that the weather was unfavourable, the crowd was a record one, there being over 150,000 people" present. * , *