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ADMBRAL SPEAR
Q: (i) When did the trotter
Admiral Spear come to this
State? (ii) What State did he
come from? (iii) Who used to
drive him when he first came
here?
A: (i) With Berry Down
for the 19^6 Championships,
(ii) Victoria, (iii) Mat Kelly,
of Victoria.
RICHMOND PARK
Q: (i) When was Richmond
Park re-opened? (ii) What
was the name of the .horse
brought over with Diamond
Globe when the Inter-Dor
minion Championships were
held here?
A: (V November 5, 1949.
(ii) Pronto Boy.
TROTS DRIVER
Q: How old must a person
be to own, train and drive a
trotting horse at Gloucester
Park?
A: More than 18.
PHRASE ORIGIN
Q: From what did the
phrase 'As ships that pass
in the night' originate?
A: Longfellow's Tales of a
Wayside Inn. The poem reads:
Ships that pass in the night,
and speak each other in
passing
Only a signal shown, and a
distant voice in the dark
ness. I
DAME ENID LYONS
Q.: Does Dame Enid Lyons
receive a pension from the
Commonwealth Government?
A: She was granted an an
nuity of £500 a year in May,
1939, after the death of her
husband, but it was stopped
at her request after her elec
tion to Parliament in 1943. .
BRISBANE RACES
Q.: Did the racehorse Phoi
bos win at Brisbane on Satur
day, August 5?
A: Phoibos was last in a
weight-for-age race won by
Spellman. Only four horses
started.
JUMPING EVENT
Q.: Did either Pandini or
Phobian ever win a jumping
event at Melbourne?
A: Pandini won the Shoubra
Hurdle in December, 1946, at
Caulfield. He started at' 6/1,
can-ied 9st. 51b.
AURIES STAR
Q.: Was the racehorse
Aurie's Star a gelding or a
mare?
A: A gelding.
THE UNAFRAID
Q.: Did Burt Lancaster and
Joan Fontaine star in the
film The Unafraid?
A: Yes.
STUD BOOK
Q.: Would you suggest a
good book on horse studs?
^4: The Thoroughbred, ob
tainable from Albert's Book
shop, Forrest-place, Perth.
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