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NIGHT WATCH WATCHTHE THE VICTOR Iff THE MELBOURNE CUP OF THIS YEAR The world famous Melbourne Cup at two miles was run over the Flemingtoii course at Melbourne Australia November 5 It was won by the lightly weighted fiveyearold gelding Night Watch by St Alwyne Wakeful carrying 91 pounds The fouryearold colt Kennaquhair by Kenilworth Cal linia 120 iwiinds was second the sevenyearold Gadabout by St Denis Gadfly 119 pounds bring ¬ ing up in third place The three placed horses are all of English blood Night Watcli was an out ¬ sider in the betting Finmark was fourtli and King Offa was fifth fifthThe The 25000 Victoria Derby for threeyearolds at a mile and a half was run over the same track November 2 and resulted in the success of the fine colt Ensebius by Eudorus Lager Outlook fin ¬ ished second and Fiumark third thirdWakeful Wakeful the dam of Night Watch is one of Aus ¬ tralias famous mares Commenting about the race and Wakeful Mr Allison in the London Sports ¬ man writes writesWakeful Wakeful herself was only just beaten for the Mel ¬ bourne Cup of 1903 when she was carrying 140 pounds and Lord Cardigan 92 pounds won Seaport 100 pounds being third That was Wakefuls last race and it was as glorious as a victor She was not put into training until she was four years old and she may fairly be described as the best mare that ever ran in Australia for all distances were alike to her She won the Newmarket Handi ¬ cap of 1901 threequarters and the Champion Stakes of 1903 three miles and that too in r r29j 29j Her son Night Watch must have matured slowly for though lie ran as a two and threeyearold he never won Last year lie started once only and that time he won but it was a mile race of no great importance and there seemed little reason to anticipate that lie would ever win a Melbourne Cup However the St Simon on Musket combination seldom fails altogether and Night Watch has added one more to the many successes of animals thus bred In this country St Frusquin grandsire of Night AVatch did well with Trenton mares from one of which he got Rosedrop dam of Gains ¬ borough and from another Tullibardine winner of the Goodwood Cup The pedigree of Night Watch will be studied witli some Interest so I give it here I Vedette Flying Due Duchess St Frusquin St Angela j Duej King Tom TomI I Adeline I Joskin Isabel i Joskini Queen Elizabeth ElizabethParmesan f St Alwyne ParmesanArcheress Archeress Parmesan Cambuscan j Newniinster NewniinsterThe Camballo The Arrow ArrowOrlando j LittleLady Orlando Lady Alwyne VolleyMelbourne Volley OrlandoVolley Florence i Young Mel Melbourne MelbourneClarissa Aislabie fj bourne ClarissaMalcolm Clarissa I Mary Aislabie Malcolm MalcolmDaugh Daugh of Actaeon ActaeonLongbow Toxophilite Longbow LongbowIgerdeniain j I Musket Igerdeniain IgerdeniainWest j Daughter of West Australian AustralianBrown f Trenton Brown Hess HessFireworks t Goldshrough Fireworks FireworksSylvia Frailty Sylvia SylviaNew j Florence Mclvor New Warrior Warriorlo lo loFisherman Robinson FishermanMarchioness Fisherman Crusoe Marchioness MarchionessStockwell j Chrysolite Stockwell Insomnia 1 J Juliet StockwellJuliet JulietAlarm j Panic Alarm Nightmare Queen of Beauty Tnril Hlifilpn J Maid of Derwent
