Whew! The Victoria Derby is all over, and Theo won it. But neither Ned Moss, Maurice McCarten, nor the thousands who laid odds on the Sydney colt want it re-run. Sylvandale, stable companion of the winner, hung on tenaciously all the way down the straight, and it was not until the absolute last stride that Theo was able to poke his nose ...
Article : 750 wordsFavored by the angle from which this picture was taken. Leolit a looks to have lost the Brisbane Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday. But judge Drury declared for him with a neck to spare. Amberfelt, on the inside, made a bold as well as an improved showing, while Winni Arra was a good third. Rivalli is the only other to come within range of the camera. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 67 wordsMiss Olga Burgess enjoyed a seat in the sunshine between races it Ascot yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 16 wordsPanto has hurled himself into the Cup limelight! He improved on his previous best Victorian form by winning ...
Article : 363 wordsDISREGARDING trainer Johnny Donohoe's suggestion to start her in the Cantala Stakes this afternoon, Arachne's owner (Norman Robinson) insisted on the filly taking her place among ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 496 wordsONE Melbourne book-maker who evidently couldn't see Theo winning the Derby was Bob Jansen, ...
Article : 94 wordsstead of staging a tug-of-war with him. So when they went along the river side. Theo had bounded into fourth ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsFrank McGrath went within an ace of landing a double this afternoon, when Australia Fair just failed to collar ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 541 wordsMiss Moya McCarthy gazed into space as she concentrated on the problem of the winner of "the next" at Ascot yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 21 wordsAll the alleged "good things" in the Marlbyrong Plate went the way most good things go, and some of them ...
Article : 501 wordsMost disgusted man at Flemington to-day was Frank McGrath, trainer of Peter Pan, and what he had to say about the sensation mongers ...
Article : 258 wordsChatham will definitely retire from racing in the autumn. Owner Gus Blair made this statement at Flemington ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 wordsDESPITE all the excitement of interstate racing carnivals, local turf followers aren't forgetting ...
Article : 48 wordsThough naturally elated at winning the judge's verdict over Sylvandale in the Derby to-day, Maurice McCarten Kerned a trifle ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 184 wordsFinishing like a shot from a run and as straight as an arrow from a bow, Peter Pan won this afternoon's Melbourne Stakes with Darby Munro sitting up in the saddle. It was Peter at his best—the Peter we saw win this same ...
Article : 534 wordsHeads apart, the three placed horses in the Q.T.C. Derby flashed past the winning post at Ascot. Glen Spear (nearest the camera) gained the verdict as a result of a strong finishing effort from Wide Bay, whose head is Just discernible. The favorite, Pandion, was third, with Sir Monarch, nearest the rails, a close fourth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 wordsThough he failed to get a place in to-day's Hotham Handicap, the Queensland bone, St. Valorey, isn't being altogether discarded here as ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 4 Nov 1934, Page 2
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