THE MELBOURNE CUP. STRAIGHT TIPS. (From Our Melbourne Sporting Reporter

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 539, 2 November 1875, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE MELBOURNE CUP. STRAIGHT TIPS. (From Our Melbourne Sporting Reporter

A Ai? tig present writing sufficient tinfa has ]fot t |h!|>sed since the day of final pay paeni fol the Melbourne Cup, to allow oi bay sending you the list of horses that are left. {Phefre are upwards of 50 candidates Sti|l aliveund kicking, but when it cornea fc> thumping up the last £10 the catalogue will befrafe small all at on.ce> and beautifu)fy Jea^? The race is no foregone con>lusfon tills, year, and the off chance may «nint several outsiders, so that it would I «fc*D©<flur,prising to see 25 runners come ii^po||. The market movements on been of an uneventful &*racte v 'r <I wlr,oughout, and there have been ia Startling changes or " knockings out ." # ofirOhiole. The first favorites when the vMghta appeared have given way to the lulblic performers of the season, and that sj^KH|t the only change of note. During tih TfiAter Echo, 5 yrs, 8 st j Dilke, I .t^^lts ;. Neotsfield, 6 yrs, Bst 21bs ; aged, Bst 61bs, stood quotations. They have .^"Supplanted in the betting, by JWJteavy weights, Goldsborough, 9st 41bs ; C&gsborough, Bst 11 lbs; Melbourne, Bst i]asi Imperial, Bst 21bs; the leniently roofed Bichmond, 6st 31bs ; and KingSner, 6st4lbs. Of these, Goldsborough, vingsfcorough, and Richmond, have enaittes for wins this year, so that they ill to put up a few lbs more than ie vteight appended to their names. .The '.test betting quotes : Imperial and Kingsorough, equal favorites, at 7 to 1 ; Kingsher, Bto 1, and 10 to 1 ; each against lelbourne, Goldsborough, and Richmond, here can be little question that these orses are justly entitled to their position, 1 spite of tHe heavy weights which the c*Sater number^ of them haye to carry, heir performances early this season stamp lem as animals of no ordinary class, oldsborough the tremendous favorite of alt year, after being mysteriously beaten 1 the Hawkesbury Handicap, won the [etropolitian, carrying the crush ci; of 9st. lbs, and beating Kingsborougn, Bst lOlbs, vho, according to the assertion of many, as purposely shut out) and Kingfisher, sfc 81bs. The time was 3 mins 32£_secs, le fastest on record, or 3 sees faster than 'agwortji's, which is the next fastest, hen ia the Spring Stakes^at the A J C feeting, Kingsborough, Goldsborough, id Imperial met and ran a tremendous ice, finishing close together in the order imed, Imperial was in this race, meetg Goldsborougb, on 11 lbs worse terms ian he will in the Cup, and Kingsborough over a stone difference, so that ifs Sir ."ercules Robinson's colt only won by a ngth, and Imperial was only a neck >hind Goldsborough, the Gup chance of nperial is decidedly the rosiest of the ree. His impost of Bst 41bs is only a cc racing weight for a six-year-old, and ill enable a man to ride him instead of a >y. The gruelling Kingsborough ceived from Richmond in the Randwick late would indicate that staying is not c forte of the Governor's Colt, and, iough he is the better favorite of the ro, I see no reason why Mr Branch's >ise should not repeat the dressing in c "Cup." The turned-loose, Kingher whoso constant running in the awkesbury Handicap, and the Metro>litan, must not be lost sight of, is actually moving up in the quotations. iis horse is 7 years old, and belongs to r Fowns, Although lie ran very differently last season, he has been a od performer, and his recent running dicates considerable improvement. If c ground is heavy, I shall expect to fcee m win outright, and in any case he wil 1 dangerous. Messrs Chirnside, who 3n last year with Haricot, have up to c present, made no signs of their intends, and as they have several engaged, eluding the heroine of 1874, their cloae•ss considerably puzzles the talent, aricot is favorably treated with only Bst b, and if the brothers have anything uch better in their stables they will be T j near the mark again. I - should y that if Haricot is not their reprentative on the day, Newbolt, aged, 7st >lbs will be. This horse has some ry respectable credentials, and last year 1 the Hospital stakes, at the Y. R. C utumn Meeting, gave Imperial 31bs and dressing over lj miles. In the Cup, ewbold receives 61bs from Imperial, so at if public form is vindicated, Mr Cox's lding should be again defeated. But 3 know how vastly Imperial has imoved, and therefore it would not do to too much by this line. Still, it must evident Messrs Chirnside are again to had in reverence. Dilke, who has ured prominently in the betting throught is a Tasmanian, 4 year old, who won nost every race he started for last year his own country. The Tasmanian bnn" cannot be very highly estimated ien a winner like Dilke get» into Jup" with 6st 121fes. He wsm backed • large sums whea the weights first ftp- j

peared, and it is very probable his quiet condition at present is simpjiy owing to his party havidg executed all their commissions. Don Giovonnij Bst <6lbs ; Neotsfleld, Bst 21bs ; Echo, 9st ; Wollomai, 7st 81bs ; Break of Day, 7st 41bs ; Polidorij 6st 41bs ; Burwood, 7st ; and Maiquis of Lome, 7st; are all spoken of in a mysterious manner, and it is more than likely one of them will become very sultry before the day. The most likely to effect a surprise, I believe to be Break of Day, whose hoi-, low victory in the B.ajlarat Cup^ last year is not forgotten. v Talking of Ballarat, it is somewhat strange that Southern Cross, Ml* Leng's 4 ye=ir old, just telegraphed as having won the Ballarat Handicap and Cup> did not accept for the Melbourne Cup, although his impojfcwas only 6st 21bs; A rumour is current that Marquis of Lome is the Don Juan of this year, but very little has been heard about him up to the present It is no use wading through the rest of the claimants. The race is, in my opinion, as I have already said, a very open one* There is no great public idol, although Imperial has held his position as first favourite very steadily for more than two months. The two " Boemybs" I shall not stand at any price. If Mr Tait wins, it willbe with Melbourne, not the " grand colt." . Neotsfield, Stirling and Don Giovanni, I think slightly overweight 1. The lot I should take against the field are Imperial, Kingfisher, Messrs Chirnside's best, Dilke, Wollomai, Break of Day, and Marquis of Lome. Selecting again from these, I shall make Kingfisher or Imperial my tip "to win" and Dilke and Break of Day my tip for places. The Y. R. C. Derby looks like being reduced to a match between Richmond and Maid ©f All Work. The filly was the best two year old in Australia last season, and beat Richmond in the Maryborough Plate at fie Y. R. 0. Spring Meeting. She has only sustained one defeat, viz. : at the Y. -R. 0. New Year's Day meeting in the two year old stakes, when she was beaten by Canterbury. This running was afterwards reversed on the Produce Stakes at the Y. R. C Autumn Meeting, where the pair met again. Maid of All Work is the favourite in the betting, but taking the proverbial fickleness of the sex into account, and the lato convincing proofs Richmond has given of being in clinking form, I shall give my voice in favour of the colt. — Foxy.