THE stipe whose job it is to look after things in the betting ring either neglected his job at the Farm yesterday or he hasn't kept himself posted in regard to some things he should know. The A.J.C. has laid it down that bookmakers operating at a meeting must field on all races; but the "Tommies" have other ideas, and seem to please themselves whether they field or not when a race looks like being a presentation affair. ...
Article : 314 wordsNO WONDER HE SMILED.—Mr. Reg. Allen (left) talks things over with Les. O'Connor, a son of trainer Dick O'Connor, on the eve of Rionscup's buting at the Farm yesterday. Mr. Allen smiled when the importation [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsTHE SMILE WAS MISSING.—Bill Kelso doesn't look pleated as he chat, with A.J.C. Chairman, Mr. Colin Stephen, at the Farm yesterday, just before Fondant was downed in the August Handicap. Was it prophecy ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 35 wordsTHE manner in which Polycletan's half-sister Poilena had finished in six furlong exents conveyed the idea that she would be at home over ...
Article : 270 wordsCOSTER'S win in the Hurdle at the Farm yesterday was like a ray of sunshine on a rainy day. He also won at Canterbury the ...
Article : 273 wordsWHEN Seafit first came to town a few months back, he gave every indication of developing into a champion, but although he won a couple of minor events, he failed to run up to expectations, and his owner lost so much money over ...
Article : 767 wordsON form Laird o' Cockpen stood out like a white spot on a black board for the Farm Stakes at Warwick yesterday, but punters reasoned all sorts of ways that he would be beaten. ...
Article : 418 wordsINCHES only robbed the connections of Bunting Wallace of a good win in the Edensor Park Handicap at the Farm yesterday. THE Wallace Isinglass gelding came on the scene just too late to ...
Article : 356 wordsTHEY'RE OFF!—The thousands in the Saddling Paddock and Leger gave vent to their feelings as the field for the Farm Stakes jumped away almost in the as Warwick yesterday [?] Co[?] and Mytilini dead-beated. but Mytilini won the run-off. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 42 wordsPUNTERS had brine rubbed into a badly bleeding wound at Rosebery yesterday when Prize Feather sneaked the Handicap by a short neck from ...
Article : 83 wordsIN West Australia young Percival was one [?] the stars of the pigskin. He has not had a great deal of riding since coming to Sydney, but NO NEED TO WORRY.—A.J.C. handicapper, Fred. Wilton, frowns at the Farm as he thinks he may have made a mistake with his Epsom ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 253 wordsTHE well-known owner, Mr. Tom Hannan, was not present at Warwick Farm yesterday to see his horse Bacagi run. ...
Article : 99 wordsTHE wiseacres thought they knew something before the Denham Court Handicap was run at the Farm yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 252 wordsWHEN the late Mr. Harry Chisholm died it was reported in the press that he had left Winalot in his will to Mr. T. J. Marks, who ...
Article : 72 wordsTHE boy who rode Birdie in the Warwick Farm Hurdle Race yesterday must have once seen the old time war poster bearing the ...
Article : 107 wordsFOLLOWERS of Teddy Ellis forgave him his woeful handling of Laird o' Cockpen at Canterbury on Monday when he steered Valparaiso to victory in the Warwick August Handicap at the Farm yesterday. ...
Article : 304 wordsWHEN betting opened on the Guildford Handicap yesterday the books were smothering up for safety and letting the punters do the leading. Holbrook Belle looked a certainty and the only question was how much money would ...
Article : 283 wordsERIC CONNOLLY made two bites at the Handicap cherry at the Farm yesterday and missed with both barrels. HE had £1400 to £200 about Mak Siccar and £1000 to £100 about Bagpipes, neither of which was equal to winning. ...
Article : 233 wordsIN La Belle France Rionscup made a name for himself as a stayer. Since his arrival in this sunny land, however, he has had two runs in six-furlongs flutters. The second was at Warwick Farm yesterday, in the Denham ...
Article : 138 wordsWHILE the third race was being run at Warwick Farm this afternoon, a Black Maris, driven by Monte Tickle, a local blacktracker, and loaded with police, pulled up at the door of Charlie Tighe's tobacconist's shop. ...
Article : 106 wordsIS the A.J.C. hard up for money? Judging by the prize-money at Warwick Farm yesterday anyone would be justified in thinking so. When the A.J.C. first started to race at Warwick Farm it gave big ...
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Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), Sun 7 Aug 1927, Page 2
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