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  2. Pilot's Notebook

    Nearly all the important racing of the spring in Australian ended last week, and while in Brisbane a red-hot favorite in Braeburn won the Queensland Cup, the Williamstown Cup saw the popular choice, Kuveru, out of a place. The result of that race was a triumph for public form. Narrowly beaten in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. BETTING AND GAMBLING IN ENGLAND

    A lot of the evidence taken by the Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting in England was most interesting, and the members of the Commission received some surprises. One witness had it put to him whether he thought drinking was worse than ...

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  4. FROM MAIDENS TO MELBOURNE CUP WINNERS

    PETER PAN'S development in a few months will certainly encourage owners to refrain from unsexing colts that were of little or no account at two years. Geldinge are barred from the A.J.C. and Victoria Derbies, and, with Peter Pan as a recent example of what is possible for a young horse in the way of improvement in a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. BRAEBURN COMPLETES THE DOUBLE

    Better to win money at a short price than lose it at a long one. E. F. Walker probably felt that way about Braeburn after the Queensland Cup. When he left for Brisbane he was hopeful Braeburn would win the Derby, but would have probably laughed at the suggestion that he was likely to start ...

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  6. TOUCHING ON TURF AND OTHER MATTERS

    [?] betting is advancing in favor in Melbourne. The fact of the turnover being much greater at the Melbourne Cup meeting than at the A.J.C. spring meeting was not surprising—the difference in attendance would account for that—but it was significant that this year's Williamstown turnover was ...

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  7. NITSICHIN IS ENGLAND'S BEST MARE

    Less than a fortnight prior to the running of the Cesarewitch at Newmarket last month 38 to 1 the field was on offer. Naturally prices subsequently lightened, and at the close of business on the day of the race Sandwich was favorite, at 8 to 1, with Nitsichin next at ...

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