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Article : 55 wordsTN an endeavor to assist readers to pick winners, it is intended lo publish in these columns each week the names of the horses which were ...
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Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), Wed 2 Dec 1931, Page 3
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