SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2133, 30 October 1885, Page 2

SPORTING.

Reuier's Telegrams,) Melbourne, October 29. The following is the latest Cup betting: —Wordenfeldt, 100 to 10; Despot, 100 to 10: Kit Nubbles, 100 to 8; Brown

and' Rose, 100 to 5; Acolyte, 100 to 5; Stornaway, 100 to 4. Sheet Anchor is quoted at 100 to 3 for the Cup,

The sporting contributor who writes in the Australasian under the nomde plume of "Augur," tips as follows for the forthcoming Y.R.C, meeting For tub Derby—Nordenfeldt or Thunderbolt,

For the Cur—Brown and Rose or Liverpool, with Coriolanus, Plausible, or Arsenal as next best, " Asmodeus" in the Loader selects as follows :

Dekby—Dunlop, with Nordenfeldt, Thunderbolt, and Uralla as next best. Cur—Liverpool, Stornaway, and Despot. The latest betting quotations upon the forthcoming races are as follows:—For the Derby—Dunlop, 4 to 1; Thunderbolt, sto 1; Isonomy, Bto 1. For the Melbourne Clip—Nordenfeldt, 100 to 8; Trenton, 100 to 1; Lord Exoter, 100 to G; Slieet Anchor, 100 to 4, LATEST BETTING. Melbourne, This day. Last night betting for the V.R.C, Dorby was as follows:—Nordenfeldt, 2 to 1; Dunlop, 5 to 1; Thunderbolt, 6 to 1; Uralla, 12 to 1; First Chester, 12 to 1; Insonomy, 12 to 1, Winchester, 20 to 1; Ringmaster, 20 to 1, Melbourne Cup,—Nordenfeldt, 100 to 10; Liverpool, 100 to 9 ; Despot, 100 -to 8; Kit Nibbles, 100 to 8 ; Trenton, 100 to 8; Sheet Anchor, 100 to 3; Acolyte, 100 to 3; others unchanged.