THE MELBOURNE CUP RACE. (From the " Australasian")

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 696, 30 November 1876, Page 2

THE MELBOURNE CUP RACE. (From the " Australasian")

The toilets of the 32 competitors haying been attended to, the customary preliminaries were indulged in, and amid iuteni* excitement the largest field tliat «rer started for ft Melbourne (Jap walked down to b« taken charge of by Mr Georgo Watson. Nerer during Ibe whole courie of that gentlemaa'a long career has he acquited himself better, for, having marshalled, hu forces at the poat, h# without the slightest delay aent them off to a splendid start, and as they oatne tear* ing up the straight the colours of Aiding* in the centre, Timothy on th« right, Southern Cross, Sultan, and Janitor looked moit conspicuous. Janitor, Aidinga, and Timothy were the first past tke stand, and the three year old led round the turn, whatever chance he may have had being completely spoilt through his making running with Spring Jack along lh.- back stretch. At the abattoir* several horses appeared to have a chance, »nd m they awopt past Iho sheds nothing ■ooked more dangerous than Irish Btew. The tff rt, however, was only a Bach in the pan, as he quickly retired, and Aldinga and Spring Jack tiring, Sibyl entered the atiaight with a clear leaJ, and for a time ihe race seemed to be at her mersy. But Phelps hud made his effort too soon, and below the carriage paddock BristU, who was running in company with Impudence, Emulation, and Timothy, gallantly answered the repeated calls of her tiny rider, and amid a stentorian roar iho caught and challenged the other daugh* ter of Tim Whi filer. The struggle was short and sharp, but the gaoienets of the old Musidora family was neTer better illustrated, »a Bnseis drew away at the mci of the stand and won & most exiting race by a couple of lengths. The winner was loudly cheered by her frien Is, and as the little boy who rode her emerged from tha weighing enclosure ha was mounted on the shoulders of a few excited winners and carried in triumph rouud the paddock. Ihus Mr James Wilion was the first to

ao-om,,'i,h thefcat of •Lining the Cup tun a i....r0, anrt w.lh one of bw own T l, „ too In ottr re P° rfc of tlie I)Tb ly - »nve (ally referred to the br-edUof Bn*ii, whose double victory ] "undoubtedly the greatest ever acoom. T^nZT^oDJy, Afield ,»...! Jl^u r Th.ti«e wa, only the J fraction 'of • m*"* -^r thw Don , JuWs but »• there wi half a gale of ; wind blowing direct down the etraight, ho | Mrfo mince of Briseis w.t a mperior one .-ibjl cowed herself with glory by tUc manner in which *he performed, and bad nut Phelp* tnarf^ hw effort $o far »way from home, th« «truj{gli> at th« flui.h would hare been muoh oloMr. The boy who n-joioe» in the name of St Album —which, wo pre uuie, i« merely his "norn do cour'ie " — rode splendidly, litting down and dririug Brwm homo in a manner that would have reflected credit upon Hnlet. Ounouily enough, hand* tomo Timothy, who gained thirl honours,' ii aho a ton of Tim Whiffl r, but not the imported home of that na^ie, hit •ire beina the fam-m Tim that yon the M lb..mme Cup in 1867. Th« two much Le mded animal* F< nd' Artifice and^park were never daiueroiu, the former nsver K e tia^ n«arer the front than seventh, anl Ha'et ha 1 to ride her de-perately to cet her into th»t poaition after pamng ihe ihedi, but «he died away a«ajn f and £bark who was never in the hunt, tin.shed bahmd h^r. Impudence and Emulation ran u»to their form, and the dar* Spring Jack at one time threatened a surprise, but although Aldinga was promiuent-far too pnnninent-duriug the firrt portion of the race, his ohano« wm thereby effooteally tettled. We resNl to say that Ulifton, who once .mTrle a dei^rste offort to get to the iron! broke down badly, and it was with difroulfcy that he could hobble back to the paddock The myttenou. Deer, who wm to ru« tb« dwtanoe in 3m 34<», had not the Kbe^6ti«bow, nor had D.lke. By Bn«ei»'» viotory the ring a^ain reaped • rioh harwt, (<* t.KMigh certain follovrfl't of the St. Albaoa stable quietly backed the filly to win a nice .take, her •ta'ile c impanieni was ao pertinaciouily thrmt dewn the throws <4 'the \ ubhc that the general run of backers atood npoa the ' nrnral ccrtamty,' F^ud'\rti. tfic.,'or failed to get on except at short od-ln The result was a proud triumph for Mr BT B*ruard, the handicapper, for though tho four year ulds ran third, fourth a-id lifth, thetUrMyearoldn gained ! th^ chief p "it* of honor, and thus upset Ahe nation that they would not furnish a Qpiace 1 horse