When Scotty McLean took his ancient Seremond gelding, Ymond, on to the Albion Park training track on Thursday morning and tried to work him, the gelding jibbed, and the combined efforts of all the trainers, touts, and jockeys on the track could not cause him to budge. Finally Scotty led him away in disgust. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 702 wordsCourage fairly exudes from the wonderful old battler Seredale, and because of the stock he carries he gave the supporters of the well-backed Warramoowee the shock of their lives by coming again after appearing to be beaten in the First Division at Albion Park yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 375 wordsFred Collins' Amberdown gelding, Julaman, has been racing on the Dowing for some time, so that the general run of backers were unaware of the ...
Article : 233 wordsA STITCH IN TIME.—After Rowladdie had gone to the past for the Albion Cup yesterday his jockey discovered that some of his tackling was weak. The gelding was brought back to the enclosure for a new outfit. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 38 wordsWith jocklet J. P. Murphy working overtime on him with whalebone and steel, the Downs representative, Megus, staged a stirring finish in the Welter Handicap at Albion Park yesterday, and snatched a narrow victory right under the judge's eyelashes. ...
Article : 303 wordsCarninnie presented jockey Jeffers with an arm chair ride in the first division of the Third Division at Albion Park ...
Article : 189 wordsANOTHER successful racing appeal was added to the long list of Solicitor Mr. C. S. McGhie, when before the Downs and S.W.R.A. on Tuesday he knocked the props from under disqualifications imposed by the honorary stewards of the Dirranbandi Jockey Club on the ...
Article : 376 wordsPOSSIBLY because Vaincre boasts Valais as his sire and recently arrived from Sydney he was something of a boom for the second heat of the ...
Article : 210 wordsFantril displayed unexpected pertinacity in the Second beat of the Third Division at Albion Park yesterday, and won in good style, to the huge delight of the army of backers who had supported him as favorite. ...
Article : 333 wordsWHEN the popular jockey, K. Jeffers, was thrown out of the saddle on Willow King at the Albion Park meeting yesterday, and clawing like a cat to the side of his horse, regained the refuge of the pigskin, he not only handed out an outsize in thrills to the thousands of spectators, but displayed a feat of horsemanship the like ...
Article : 184 wordsMICKEY Spencer, rider of Winbow, in the Second Division at Albion Park yesterday, told his friends after the ...
Article : 128 wordsThat it is not the intention of the present Government to depart from the existing system by which full publicity is given to racing inquiries has been ...
Article : 227 wordsTHOUGH his mount, Saybanda, was well clear of the opposition when he turned for home in the second heat of the Fourth Division at Albion Park yesterday, Alec Sharpe pulled the stick and rode him out to the last gasp, for the Amberdown gelding usually stops. ...
Article : 292 wordsBackers were either out of tune with Albion Park form, or they found trouble to hit on a goer in the first race, a division of the Fourth Division, as it took them a long time to establish a favorite at the odds of 5 to 1 the books were bawling against the "Feeald." ...
Article : 337 wordsSHARED IN SEREDALE'S SUCCESS.—Macker Tucker, trainer of Seredale, and Alec Sharpe, who rode him, snapped in conversation after the First Division of Albion Park yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 27 wordsThe Q.T.C. has issued the conditions under which the race for the King's Cup, over a mile and a half, will be run on Saturday, August 17. ...
Article : 175 wordsDo not speak unkindly to the ubiquitous racebook seller. You never know but that some day he may be a loading horse owner or a prominent jockey. ONE of Sydney's biggest bettors and ...
Article : 570 wordsWith a leap from the bridge at Gordonvale into the Mulgrave River, Ben Price, jockey, sought to end his earthly troubles last Tuesday. The stream, shallow at that spot, refused to claim the willing sacrifice. HE waded ashore, walked along the ...
Article : 558 wordsThose in search of bargain racehorses should dwell on the Brisbane bookmaker, Bill Tudor. Bill dearly loves a horse of his own, and buys a bunch every year. But somehow or other there is usually a hoodoo hanging to every one of them until he sells them or gives them ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 445 wordsFURTHER attempts to dispose of "used." Tote tickets as recently referred to in "Truth" were made at the Q.T.C. Cup meeting, but were ...
Article : 238 wordsSHOULD Perroquet depart from the starting post, with his head in the right direction, at the same time as those in opposition in the ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 16 Jun 1929, Page 2
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