THE MELBOURNE CUP
SLOW PACE OF RACE. MAY HAVE AFFECTED CHANCE OF ROYAL CHIEF. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. MELBOURNE, November.!. The attendance at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup was 95,000, compared with 105,000 last year and a record 126,000 in 1926. Sectional times for the Cup were: First half-mile 52; last half, 50j; final six furlongs, 1.16.’ His rider, Shean, stated that Catalogue was always going well and he had no doubt about the result. E. Bartie considers that the slow pace affected Royal Chief. Acceptors for the Linlithgow Stakes on Thursday are: Young Idea, Mohican, Ajax, St Constant, Evening Mist, Ena, Cassio. Acceptors for the minor events include: For the Byron Moore Stakes, Beaucaire, Xavier and Aranui; for the Carnival Handicap, Netherlea; for the Veteran Stakes, Queen of Song and Conveyor.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1938, Page 5
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132THE MELBOURNE CUP Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1938, Page 5
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