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FACTS CONCERNING THE MELBOURNE CUP. In the first Mebournc Cup, that of 1SG1, the added money bv the Victorian Racing Club was ,000; in 1100 it was $."0,000; today it is 0,000. The richest cup was that won by Carbine in 1S90, with 145 nounds on his back. The total stakes amounted to 1913.sh0,150, of which 1,100 including a trophy, value 50, went to the owner of the winner. . Carbine, which was purchased by the Duke of Portland from Donald Wallace for ,250, is still in the possession of the Duke; Though the Mcllwnrne Gup has been run every, , year since 1SG1, Only "three .mares Briscis in 1870, Anraria in 1S05 and Acrasia iu 1904 have finished first. James Wiltons mare Briseis was the first to bring off the Derby and Cup double. She won the races in 1870, and her example was followed by the Hon. James Whites grand colt Chester a year later, when the ring was given a severe knock. Grand Flaneur like Chester, a son of. Yattendon Martlni-IIeuri, one of the early Musket champions Newhaven, Merriwee, Prince Foote and Poseidon also won the Derby and Cup double. Grand Flcneur was never defeated, Poseidon is the only horse which ever pulled off the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup double. In 1900 he won at Caulfield with 105, and, after winning the Derby or the same year, followed with the Cup victory at Flemington with 104 on ills back. Grace Darling, in 1SS5, won the Caulfield Cup from Britisher and Coriolanus, and was beaten by only about a nose by Sheet Anchor for the Melbourne Cup. Only one horse has won" two Melbourne Cups, viz., Mr. E. De Mcstres Archer, which won the first two races, those of 1SG1 and 1SC2, carrying 133 and 142, and winning by six and ten lengths respectively. Carbine and The Grafter each won and had a second, and the famous old weight-carrier, Commotion, had a second and a third. Gaulus and The Grafter, brothers, by Gozo Industry, were first and second in 1S97, and The Grafter went one step better a year later by winning the Cip.
