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MELBOURNE CUP NOVEMBER 3 The Melbourne Cup, Australias greatest and one of the worlds most famous races, will be run on our National election day, Tuesday, November 3. The race, at two miles, and worth about 0,000 to the winner, has approximately 148 candidates still cligi- ble. Sylvandale, the top weight, with 131 pounds, may not rule favorite, as he has ! not been training so well. The post of honor ; may go to the sensational three-year-old ! Gold Rod, though the last seventeen winners of the race have included only one three-" year-old, the immortal Phar Lao. . . J
