SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 366, 19 October 1889, Page 2

SPORTING.

Melbourne, October 17. Ohaldean has been backed tor the Caulfield Oop to win £5OOO. Manton is slso well sun. ported for tlie same event, and promises M harden still further. The following are the latest quotations fat the Caulfield Cup 100 to 20 against Bravo, 100 to 10 Moorebank, Sinecure, end Chaldean, 100 to 8 Meteor and Don Giovan, 100 to 7 Charmer and Dunkeld, 100 to 6 Manton, 100 to 5 Oakleigh, Chicago, Pakeba, Boz, and Scottish Chief, 100 to 4 Knight of the Qarter. At Caulfield the best work is being done by Meteor, Moorebank, Boz, and Manton. Green Isle is doing splendidly st Flemington. Sinecure had a strong gallop st the latter place yesterday, but it did nnt please the touts. At TatterssU'e this evening there was q good deal of betting over the Melbourne 'Cup, 5000 to 750 was taken about Singapore, 2000 to 200 about Carbine, #nd 4000 to 400 aboqt Ant bus,

POVERTY BAY TURF CLUB’S SPRING

MEETING.

At the settling in connection with the above race meeting the following amounts wen paid away:— W. Tatham, Ist Spring Handicap, £llB 15s; 2nd Flying, £6 10s; £l2B ss.' J. Farrell (for Mr Alex. Dodd), Ist Flytag £6l 15s; 2nd Spring Handicap, £2B 15s; £B3 10s. Currie and Hogan, Ist Handicap Hurdles, £57. W. Walsh, Ist Maiden Plate, £BB. D. Hepburn, let Forced Handicap, £23 lO'. 0. Soft, 2nd Handicap Hurdles, £9 10s. E. Smith, Ist Hack Race, £9 10s. T. Oarroti, Ist Hack Hurdles, £9 10s. Total: £865

We an informed that five out of the seven winners at tbe Poverty Bay Turf Club's spring meettag wen worked on the Park Company e new course, and of tbe seven horses one waa an outsider.