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  2. PUNTERS' HOPES DASHED TO THE GROUND IN AUSTRALIAN HURDLE

    Coster followed up his Canterbury Park success by taking the Warwick Farm August Hurdle Race yesterday in good style. At one stage of the trip he was giving the leaders nearly a furlong start, but in the last round he moved up so smartly, that he had the race ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 377 words
  3. SUNCOIL'S SUICIDE

    Some people think that jockeys receive presents on too big a scale, but a jockey who uses his head is entitled to all that comes to him. Too frequently do we find races thrown away merely because of the faulty tatties adopted by the boy on top. ...

    Article : 523 words
  4. MURRELL'S TRIPLE

    W. Murrell rode his third winner of the Wilgah Steeplechasers Flat, when he scored on Formible this afternoon. Murrell won the race on ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. KING VAL AGAIN

    King Val won the Edensor Park Handicap, at Warwick Farm yesterday. At the previous Warwick Farm meeting this fellow was a ...

    Article : 208 words
  6. THE FAVORITE'S SLIP

    Backers of the favorite, Areadius, were strikingly unlucky when the gelding fell at the last jump in the Australian Hurdle Race. For weeks past Roisel was the popular pick, but Arcadius had ...

    Article : 389 words
  7. SCURRY FOR SHELTER

    The manner in which bookmakers at times open up a horse of unknown quality as favorite is surprising to many backers, with the ...

    Article : 165 words
  8. FOR THE SPRING

    Owners availed themselves of the opportunity to give certain of their Spring charges an outing in the Denham Court Handicap. The distance ...

    Article : 289 words
  9. BONNIE GELDING

    Mr. Sol. Green's imported mare, Gallantry, was the medium of a spirited betting plunge for the Crimea Trial at Caulfield to-day. ...

    Article : 265 words
  10. SOURCE OF JOY

    "The bet of the day" was the manner in which Holbrook Belle was described in the Guildford Handicap yesterday. Unlucky more than once of late in her races, the Eaton Lad lilly had little to beat yesterday, and the even money laid by some bookmakers represented a ...

    Article : 264 words
  11. OPEN HANDICAP

    Punters were between the devil and the deep sen in the Warwick August Handicap. They save everything in the race bar Coello a chance, and supported their opinions with so much cash that belting was "lives the field," and only one runner at double figures. ...

    Article : 245 words
  12. CLASSIC LADY

    When Lady Thurza hung on well and went under by only a head to Killarney a few weeks ago it was made abundantly clear that the Euderus mare had improved to no little extent of late. Lady Thurza was racing in restricted classes only recently, but she beat a ...

    Article : 216 words
  13. NYANGAY NICELY

    Leading over the last mile and a half, Nyangay further enhanced his Australian Steeple prospects by scoring a brilliant win in the Moondah ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 274 words
  14. SQUEEZED OUT

    At the Rosehill meeting a week ago, Minjero[?]ah, a mare by the same sire as Limerick und Commendation, was given her, first race over 10 furlong. This was more an experiment than anything else, and when ...

    Article : 382 words
  15. STEEPLE BETTING

    Nyangay was a roaring hot favorite for the Australian Steeplechase after the nice to-day. Clan Robert is second fancy. Both these horses have been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  16. GREENIE'S LONGSUIT

    We have seen some decent "stoppers" in Sydney in the past few years, but Greenie, just about capped the lot of them yesterday at Warwick Farm. The Greenstead mare was out so far after going a couple of ...

    Article : 336 words
  17. LIKES TIES

    After yesterday's happenings in the Farm Stakes, those people behind Laird o' Cockpen should feel like giving up the job as it bad one. It ...

    Article : 299 words
  18. Caulfield Casualties

    Namera strained his near fore tendon towards the finish of the Jumpers' Flat, and was very lame after the race. Hingston, who fell on Welcome ...

    Article : 101 words
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