HARRY FISHER, Sydney's most spectacular punter at the moment, again cleaned up a fortune at Randwick yesterday, when Hope led the field home in the Waverley Handicap. Operating on a cash basis, he tore money off the books in remarkable fashion ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 778 wordsMOST pleased gentleman at Randwick yesterday was Mr. Norman B. Thompson, chairman of the Hawkesbury ...
Article : 137 wordsTHEY DID WHAT LIGHTNING NEVER DOES. Connections of Hope, winner of two races at the meeting. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but Hope struck the judge first in the Sydney and Waverley Handicaps. And connections of this dual winner are shown. On the right is Mr. T. J. Burke, owner. On the left is Queensland's ace horseman (J. (Billy) Briscoe, who was on Hope on each winning occasion, and in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 80 wordsTHE A.J.C has had a bumper meeting. The profit has been big. And the question arises whether some of this profit could not be allocated to renovating the hurdles in use for the Hurdle Races. The accompanying picture shows one of the jumps in the straight. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 276 wordsTHERE were sensational stories concerning Fly in the Chester Handicap yesterday. It was freely rumored that Dick ...
Article : 435 wordsWhen W. J. Briscoe first sighted Randwick as a rider 12 months ago he little thought that his record on that track within a year would be so ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,072 wordsCRITICISM was levelled at the Australian Jockey Club yesterday by a section of the racing community which delights in ...
Article : 203 wordsIT WAS in cavalier fashion that Dashing Cavalier treated Mosaic, Old Rowley and Company in a fast-run Randwick Plate yesterday. He had previously won in w.f.a. company—in a Rawson Stakes. That had not attracted any great ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 550 wordsSYDNEY'S leading apprentice, Jack Thompson, apprenticed to Frank Dalton, will be among those present at Flemington for the big ...
Article : 138 wordsTHE A.J.C. didn't put the Clibborn Stakes on for Ensign yesterday, but the ease with which Mr. Keith Mackay's cold ...
Article : 339 wordsIMMEDIATE connections of Mannerheim had a splendid line on the possibilities of the Canonbury Stakes. When Mannerheim ran in the Breeders' Plate, to finish sixth, it was reported to Charlie McLoughlin, the Queensland trainer, who brought Mannerheim to Sydney, that the colt was side-ways on when the starter said "Go." ...
Article : 529 wordsMOST FREELY RACED COLORS IN SYDNEY. Here we find Mr. F. W. Hughes, together with his trainer, Jim McCurley (right), just before Highborn went out to finish second in the Waverley Handicap yesterday. Highborn was ridden by A. Podmore, who's wearing Mr. Hughes' red ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 wordsNO man at Randwick yesterday had his right dook more freely shaken than William (Bulla) Franklin. It was the big commissioner's first ...
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Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), Sun 13 Oct 1940, Page 4
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