ALTHOUGH cattle, which if fat would be worth a couple of pounds per leg are turning their toes heavenward as if in muted protest and sheep are changing into dried mutton in their thousands in consequence of the existing drought. Western and Northern squatters attended Rockhampton's carnival ...
Article : 278 wordsAMONG the many Brisbaneites "Truth" met at Rockhampton was Jack, Landers. the ex-Spring Hill picture show proprietor and one time ...
Article : 275 wordsThe Rockhampton hotelkeeper, Copey Adair, who races Lenol and Maitland Bell, is the proud father of triplet girls, now about eight years of age. The principal pastime of the triplets is playing poker for pennies. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Rockhampton races produced a mystery horse last carnival, but this carnival it went three better, for in addition to ...
Article : 274 wordsTHREE furlongs of the finish of the Rockhampton Cup one of the riders in the much behind the leader, Delytta. called out ...
Article : 317 wordsWith, both Newmarket and Cup going to the favorites, the Rockhampton ring had a heavy settting, and many good winners are reported in connection with the double. The Brisbane bookmaker. Bill. ...
Article : 296 wordsALTHOUGH most of the' squatters from the drought stricken West were present at Rockhampton's carnival, the fact that many station employees who in previous years have been in the habit of playing up their cheques were on this occasion forced to remain at their jobs in an ...
Article : 247 wordsOF the money to nothing which was offered in connection with the Rockhampton Cup. the Brisbane owner-trainer. Tim Smart, ...
Article : 257 wordsTHE death of the Seremond filly, Wiseling, was the sensation of the Rockhampton Cup carnival, and as is usual following on such affairs,, all kinds of rumors were afloat and various theories were advanced. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 364 wordsBrisbane jockeys who visited Rockhampton carnival. have had some, interesting experiences, and Syd Bennett tells a good one. ...
Article : 115 wordsIf the crack lightweight jockey Arthur Davis. is in[?] to believe in omens or "offices," be must have felt confident of his evince in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,090 wordsMANY sinister stories are being whispered in connection with the Rockhampton Cup but such things are common after every race of importance. There was of course the usual intrigus shelfing and scheming ...
Article : 285 wordsTHE big clean up of the Rockhampton meeting went to a prominent Western punter, who gave the bookmakers a severe ...
Article : 151 wordsALTHOUGH it is probable that the accident would not have happened had the well-known Brisbane jockey, Barney Page, been on Brown Polly on the morning of the C.Q. Derby, Page only missed the ride by a few minutes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 335 wordsJOLLY HANDSOME and Scholarly are likely to figure prominently in a double connection at the forthcoming Townsville meeting. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 836 wordsMr. Frank McGi officiated as stipendiary steward at the Rockhampton Carnival, in the absence of Mr. Wylie Wilson who ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Rockhampton Jockey Club is hopeful of making a four figure profit over the meeting and this is nothing short of marvellous ...
Article : 34 wordsTEXAS CORVEN pulled out a race on the concluding day of the Rockhampton meeting and as the gelling was well backed as second ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 166 wordsSix years ago [?] landed in Rockhampton, w[?] hope in his heart and little [?] -18/- to be exact—in his pocket, to-day is one ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsSome of the urgers picked up a punter who was betting on a large scale at Rockhampton, and endeavored to induce him to back the ...
Article : 70 wordsApparently unregistered, racing at Bowen is conducted on novel lines. At Rockhampton "Truth" heard of a Bowen man recently backing two winners of the one race and losing £1 on the pitch. The punter had laid £6 to £4 on the first of the three runners to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 27 Jun 1926, Page 2
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