"We haven't got a harbor, and we haven't got a river, but, thank goodness, we have got a Melbourne Cup!" Thus a fair melburnian to "Sydneysider" and a Brisbane ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 162 wordsThe railway traffic yesterday to the Flemington racecourse was slightly less than the traffic on Cup day last year. The total number of passengers booked at Spencer-street ...
Article : 277 wordsAs might have been expected, the jockeys' room was in a ferment as the lad entered who had just ridden the Melbourne Cap winner Revenue to a glorious finish. A score ...
Article : 524 wordsAlthough it is many years since the Melbourne Cup was contested by such a small field with so few stars as represented the contestants of this season, public interest was as ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 2,294 wordsA dozen hurdle racers, including the cream of the jumping talent at present on the turf, faced the starter for the Cup Hurdle Race, with which the day's proceedings were ...
Article : 3,241 wordsWhat promised to be a record Cup in the way of attendance was cut down by the vagaries of the weather in the earlier part of the day to only just above the average ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 6 Nov 1901, Page 6
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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