The 1919 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 4 November 1919 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.
[2] This was the 59th edition of the race, it was the first year in which the three-handled Loving Cup was presented to the winner.
[3][4] This race was won by Artilleryman, trained by P. T. Heywood and ridden by Bobbie Lewis.
[5] The win set a new race record time of 3 minutes 24.5 seconds.
[6][7] He secured victory by at least six lengths ahead of Richmond Main.