Melbourne weather Was in its most capricious mood for the opening of the 1939 Melbourne Cup carnival to-day, sultry heal alternating with coolness as a result of cool winds blowing intermittently. Nevertheless racing enthusiasts turned out in their thousands to see the struggle for the Victoria Derby and other events, and they Were not disappointed, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,035 wordsYoungsters by the imported sire Fox-earth have been represented only in the last three years in the Hopeful Stakes and by the victory to-day of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 351 wordsGrey Derby, trained by Jim Pike, at his first start for some time, gave a most impressive performance to win the Flying Handicap at Canterbury Park races this afternoon. In a hopeless -position two and a-half furlongs from home, ...
Article : 316 wordsHeld likely to be a guide to Melbourne Cup possibilities, the L. K. S. Mackinnon Stakes, of a mile and a-quarter weight for age developed into a farcical affair that rightly earned the ire of flat spectators who did not hesitate to give ...
Article : 579 wordsWaking quickly to the fact that the pace was slow early in the D. Victoria Derby, D. Munro raced Reading to the ...
Article : 508 wordsVergure met his first defeat in Australia when he failed to beat Grey Derby in the Flying Handicap at the Canterbury Park races at Moorefield ...
Article : 130 wordsBackers would have nothing but Manrico for the Cantala Stakes of a mile and their judgment proved sound. ...
Article : 260 wordsStarting at 10 to 1, Polgate came away at the finish to win the Brisbane Handicap from Karait and The Albatross in smart time for the mile. He was ridden a most confident race by jockey N. McGrowdie, and although he imprqved ...
Article : 527 wordsCarrying the field along early at funeral speed Brinkburn won the C.A. Morris Stakes at Ascot this afternoon In stow time. Nevertheless his effort was fairly good ...
Article : 161 wordsRacing to the front about a furlong and a-half from home, Spearace and Spear Vale fought out the Queensland Derby issue, the honours going to the former by a head. The winner registered a performance from which no credit ...
Article : 600 wordsWill Right Time, a hall brother, to no less a celebrity than Regular Bachelor, turn out to he as good as that Queensland champion ? The Bonnement three year old has ...
Article : 318 wordsThe Queensland Derby proved to be a two-horse race, spearace winning by a head from spear Vale, with Pantius six lengths away, third. The favourite, Lord Buzzard, failed badly. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsBookmakers operating at Moorefield to-day will ear-mark their first contribution to the additional £36.000 expected from the increased turnover tax for the ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Dally Double at Ascot, won by Pol-gate and Spearace, was selected by an racegoers, each of whom received £2417 for their 5. The Flat dividend was £10 19' ...
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The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Sat 4 Nov 1939, Page 13
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