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  2. BIG BOOKMAKERS DIVING FOR THE ASPROS

    ANOTHER retired grazier has found backing horses at a profit more difficult than fattening cows arid sheep. THOSE long lucerne patches paid him Well, but then he came to the city and had a dream. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 591 words
  3. GONE

    AT Canterbury yesterday the Greenstead gelding Backwith had his first outing in the trainership of L. McNeil. ...

    Article : 161 words
  4. RAW JOKE

    FUNNY almost made a joke of yesterday's Canterbury Handicap, and the laugh would have been on backers. ...

    Article : 187 words
  5. He Was Lucky

    A ROLLING stone may gather no moss, but Jocklet Ross gathered some graft at Canterbury yesterday. ...

    Article : 106 words
  6. Dirty Gear

    THE stipes at Canterbury yesterday reported that Royal Welcome met with interference, apparently caused by Totala, but ...

    Article : 87 words
  7. WORTH WATCHING

    The fact that Gay Monk did not fill a place in yesterday's Park Stakes should not deter punters from befriending him next up. Going out of the ...

    Article : 50 words
  8. AMASSED

    Ex-New Zealand trainer Telford amassed a small fortune when Nuptial won yesterday's Park Stakes at Canterbury. The filly had no form to recommend her, ...

    Article : 48 words
  9. DESERVED V.C's

    HAD all the soldiers in the British Army been punters in the Great War the military authorities would not have been able to make enough Victoria Crosses. THIS certain section of the ...

    Article : 358 words
  10. ROYAL SUN WAS SORE

    IF anyone had congratulated Peter Keith after Royal Sun had won the last race at Canterbury yesterday he wouldn't have been exactly popular. PETER likes to see his horses win, but Royal Sun has been sore ...

    Article : 276 words
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    HOME ON THE BIT.—Preposterer was on the bit when he won the Canterbury Flying yesterday. He won by half a head. If he'd been l[?]eat[?]n half a head, well—but be won't beaten. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  12. Loves the Starter

    BEING a filly, Merry Chris cast loving eyes at Starter Tom Watson. On Wednesday, at Ascot, she let the others go ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. No Room

    AN inquiry was held into the cause of interference to the hot favorite, Silent Queen, in the second division of the Flying ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. PIKE AND PREPOSTERER

    THOUGH die Highweight. Handicap was brimful of [?]strants and acceptors, the Flying Handicap was as free from starters as a make is from hip-joints. ONLY seven survived final acceptance ...

    Article : 362 words
  15. RING RADIOS

    Over the first half-mile there was a total eclipse of the Sun in yesterday's Compile Handicap, but the Veil lifted in the straight and his finish was so strong ...

    Article : 212 words
  16. RING RADIOS

    Pomsal, the first of the Salitros progeny, raced at Canterbury yesterday. He finished nearly a furlong last, and punters are now wondering if he’s a ...

    Article : 247 words
  17. HOW THEY CHEERED

    WHEN imported Nuptial weaned backers from their, cash at Canterbury yesterday, grief was tramps. NATURE supplied the tears. WHILE the bones were at the post for the Park Stakes, the ...

    Article : 228 words
  18. CHRIS KNOWS HOW

    CHRIS O'ROURKE lost a lot of real money on Little Lady at Ascot on Wednesday last, but the genial Mascot mentor made more than reparation at Canterbury yesterday per medium of Hazel Boy. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 349 words
  19. Dan Lewis' Very Latest Mascot

    DAN LEWIS, who is recognised as the champion fortune hunter among the trainers, hat got a new mascot, so now the bookmakers can look out for squalls. Meeting a colored gentleman of the name of Black Tommy, ...

    Article : 215 words
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    [?]ND THE L[?]PUTIANS.—Mr. Theo. Marks is a big man in racing in more ways than one. His following isn't always as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  21. We'll All Get a Ride

    DICK WOOTTON did not start Irish Prince yesterday. He would have been a red-hot favorite, but that was not the reason of his withdrawal. There are not many thousand pound races on the suburban ...

    Article : 206 words
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    TENNIS ? [?]UFF[?]—J. C. [?]nde son's troubles who won the Australian singles title. He went to Canterbury in quest of winners. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  23. Does Anybody Know More Than Dick ?

    A MAN who has been right through the game from Lillie Bridge to Ascot (England) is Mr. Dick Wootton, whose turf experiences, if they are ever ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 364 words
  24. POILENA'S A FALSE PRETENCER

    IF Poitrel could get a tight of the apparent dud he has foisted on to punterdom in the shape of Poilena he'd use his heels to such purpose that there'd be a vacancy for another thoroughbred on the racecourse. ...

    Article : 318 words
  25. BRAKES, BRAKES

    WHEN Happy New’s owner gets tired of him and decides to give somebody else the privilege of feeding him, who will say that he Trained before his time. THE Rossendale candidate and gallop, but he won’t do it at the ...

    Article : 337 words
  26. The "Office”

    A PUNTER whilst proceeding to Bundarra race, was following a wellknown "Lizzie," No. 81746 As the numbers corresponded with ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. A Fairy Present

    THE nymphe and elf[?] of the forest will probably be waving their star-tipped wends in the near future, and proclaiming ...

    Article : 119 words
  28. NOT SO OLD

    Despite the fact that he'd sprouting grey hairs all over Woodville ran respectably in yesterday’s Canterbury Highweight. He started at any old price; ...

    Article : 37 words
  29. BACK AGAIN

    Imported Drawbridge returned to hard work at Canterbury yesterday. He was never sighted, which was not surprising considering the breadth of his [?] ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. A HEADACHE

    Totola was considered a good thing for yesterday's Park Stakes at Canterbury. He was labelled down to favorite, but the gelding, ran like a spavined snail. ...

    Article : 32 words
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