| 1897 CAULFIELD CUP | |
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| 12 furlongs (Saturday, October 16) | ||||||
| Handicap of 2500 pounds. First: 2000 pounds; Second: 350 pounds; Third: 150 pounds. |
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| 1 | 20-1 | AMBERITE | (b c 3y, Carbine - Duenna) | Tr: W Duggan | 7.7 | M Harris |
| 2 | 6-1 fav | PARTHENOPAEUS | (ch h 5y, Splendor - Atalanta) | Tr: F Fielder | 7.12 | F Fielder |
| 3 | 14-1 | AYRSHIRE | (br h 5y, Dunlop - Hinnomungie) | Tr: J Cripps | 8.9 | J Stevenson |
| Then followed: | ||||||
| 4 | 16-1 | Paul Pry | (b h 5y, Lochiel - Busybody) | === | 8.0 | W Powell |
| 5 | 33-1 | The Grafter | (br g 4y, Gozo - Industry) | W Forrester | 7.4 | C Power |
| 6 | 12-1 | Key | (br f 3y, Padlock - Governess) | J Wilson Jr | 7.3 | W Walker |
| 7 | 25-1 | Metford | (ch c 3y, Carbine - Marchess) | T Peyton | 6.11 | J Sixsmith |
| 8 | 33-1 | Devon | (b/br h 8y, Musk Rose - The West) | P T Heywood | 8.0 | T Swan |
| 9 | 50-1 | Acton | (ch g 5y, Martini Henri - Acme) | Jas. Scobie | 8.2 | P Guinane |
| 00 | 33-1 | Foliage | (br g 5y, Malua - Verdure) | C Quinn | 8.3 | W Lake |
| 00 | 11-1 | Rosella | (b m 6y, Trenton - Pardon) | J E Brewer | 6.8 | R Lewis |
| 00 | 12-1 | Gaulus | (ch h 6y, Gozo - Industry) | W Forrester | 7.5 | S Callinan |
| 00 | 33-1 | Water Color | (b m 4y, Niagara - Cerise and Blue) | L A Cooper | 7.0 | W Redfearn |
| 00 | 25-1 | The Chevalier | (br h 5y, Lochiel - The Oaks) | I Foulsham | 8.6 | H G Dawes |
| 00 | 25-1 | Straightfire | (b h 8y, Grand Flaneur - Crossfire) | I T Carslake | 7.11 | G Murray |
| 00 | 15-1 | Trent | (blk g 6y, Trenton - Sumatra) | J O'Loughlin | 7.10 | T Pegrum |
| 00 | 25-1 | Bundook | (b h 4y, Carbine - Moonga) | H Bellamy | 7.2 | J Carson |
| 00 | 33-1 | Mischief | (b m 6y, Commotion - Lady Teazle) | T Rawlings | 8.1 | A Luckman |
| 00 | 25-1 | Dreamland | (br h 6y, Trenton - Nightmare) | Jas. Scobie | 7.9 | H Holmes |
| 00 | 100-1 | Luster | (ch f 3y, Splendor - Equation) | H Bellamy | 6.7 | S D Fisher |
| 00 | 33-1 | Sunbury | (blk g 7y, Sunrise - Bowbelle) | M Carmody | 7.6 | J Cunninham |
| 00 | 33-1 | The Hypnotist | (br c 3y, Trenton - The Charmer) | H Prestwych | 7.3 | N Leek |
| 00 | 33-1 | Canoona | (b m 7y, Gang Forward - Small Talk) | W Moran | 8.1 | A Brown |
| 00 | 50-1 | Malto | (b h 5y, Malua - Lady Vengeance) | trained privately | 7.2 | R Walker |
| 00 | 200-1 | Bonnie Heather | (b h 6y, Middlemarch - Fair Nell) | W C Bain | 7.9 | H J Gardiner |
| Won by: length, 1/2 lengths. Time: 2.37.0. Note some results say 26 runners. Can only find 25. | ||||||
