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LONG ODDS AGAINST CUP WINNERS 4050 to 1 Quoted About Kinj Offs and Night Watch in Australia SYDNEY N S W Australia November 24 At he time the weights wen declared for the Ciulfield and Melbourne Cups King Offa and Night Watch were maidens and it is doubtful wuiUier cm any previous occasion the double has been pulled off by two horses with so little to recommend them at the time of closiui of entries In running over some tatting lists issued by a 8yd nev firm shortly after the apixarance of the weights I came across one in which King Offa was quoted at 33 to 1 for the Caulfield Cup Night Watch at 00 to 1 for the Mellxiurne Cup and the price of that particular double was 3331 to 1 I believe that with another firm the combination of King Offa and Night Watch was at 4000 to 1 each The 200 to 1 quoted against Night Watch was quickly snapped up but up to the middle of August the good price of lKTiO to 1 was ob ¬ tainable about the double of King Offa and Night Watch WatchOne One punter with the double stood to win 30000 after King Off had won but laid off more than half of the amount amountMollys Mollys Kobe the new rcconlutaker at one and threeeighths miles is a granddaughter of Micro ¬ phone a sister to the phenomenal Megaphone of ls and thereabouts so there is little wonder that se knows how to gallop Megaphone was described in his threeyearold days as a colt able to give any of his age fourteen jKtunds and a beating lie certainly was a wonderful colt and made old Carbine run faster than be ran before to keep ahead f him in the Craven Plate of 1890 Some idea of how far Carbine and Megaphone stood over their two opponents Cuirassier and Cardigan may be gauged by the fact that while Carbine bent the olt by threequarters of a length after a great race there was a gap of twenty lengths between Mega ¬ phone and Cuirassier which was third thirdInclusive Inclusive of a trophy valued at 750 this years Melbourne Cup was worth 29130 to C L Mac fintiald owner of the winner Night Watch Mr Macdonalds previous winner of the race was Reve ¬ nue in 1901 while two years later his great mare Wakeful dam of Night Watch was second to Lord Cardigan CardiganFrancis Francis Foy one of the leading Australian breed ¬ ers and trainers died a few days ago while on his way from Sydney to Melbourne Important winners that carried his colors included Ilayaway Caul field Futurity and Newmarket Handicap Lord mills Daughter Australian Cup Voyou was another good horse owned by Mr Foy
