Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 18 November 1911, page 23


THE 51st MELBOURNE CUP-THE PARISIAN'S EASY WIN FROM FLAVI/N AND DIDUS.

Tho judge said ilint Tho Parifian won by two lengths, but the margin to thc onlooker appeared much, greater thon this Thc Parisian won with a lot 'n hand, and had he been, really pushed the time, instead of being a quarter of a second outside thc record, would bnve been "con .idernbly infido it. Tho victory was a most popular one, but thc demonstrations of approval were mild to what they would have been had Trafalgar oaught the judge's eye first. The cup field this \ear was really a pood one. Cla^s was well represented bv Trafalgar, Comedy King-, Cadonia, The Parisian, Bridge. Aurofodina, and Lord Kolan. The three-year-old6 were hardly up to the mark, but there were a few other good handicap hör,«*, niiionptt thc 331 starters. " ' Photo" by J. E. Barnes, Melbourne.

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