. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1886. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR Sporting Notes. Of all days in the year November 2, 18S6, was the prime in the Southern world. On that day the race tor the Melbourne Cup was run over the Flemington Course near the Saltwater river four miles from Melbourne. It has no couuterpart in this country. The Epsom Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris are the only racing events that may be properly com- pared with it. All London turns out to see the Derby, and Parisians desert their lovely city to see the French racing carnival. Th
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1886. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR Sporting Notes. Of all days in the year November 2, 18S6, was the prime in the Southern world. On that day the race tor the Melbourne Cup was run over the Flemington Course near the Saltwater river four miles from Melbourne. It has no couuterpart in this country. The Epsom Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris are the only racing events that may be properly com- pared with it. All London turns out to see the Derby, and Parisians desert their lovely city to see the French racing carnival. These cities have, respectively 4,000,000 and 3,000,000 inhabitants, and of this number 100,000 to 200,000 turn out to see the great racing events of the year. Mel- bourne has but 300,000 people, yet on November 2d, 100,000 assembled on the Flemington Course to see the Cup race. These figures show how thoroughly the Australian public are imbued with the racing spirit. It is not Melbourne alone that contributes to swell the imposing multitude. The Island Continent is moved to its centre, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, Tasmania, Western Australia, and the group of adjacent islands all coutribute their quota of patrons, and make up one of the grandest spectacles ever seen on this dirty planet. Iu Melbourne the sun always shines and on Cup day with a refulgence that cannot be equalled in any other quarter of this oblong globe. The details of the grand event will be found elsewhere. Mr. Nat Carry has been in the sporting harness for nearly thirty years in this city. He is about to retire, and every lover of a good dog and good judge of a tine gun hopes that in private life the veteran may find the solace which his years demand. In works of private charity the veteran Nat has few equals, of his public acts of beneficence the chronicles of the city for the past quarter of a century are full. The hero of many a brilliant day's sport wishes to close his public
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