JOLLY HANDSOME is something of an enigma to those who go down to the courses to punt. Sometimes she begins with a brilliance which gives nothing else a chance, while on other occasional her toes do not twinkle with the expected celerity, with the result that she isn't as safe an ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 328 wordsWERE horses owned by the Northern Leviathan bookmaker Don McInnes equal to the task every time he backs them the bank rolls of Brisbane's bookmakers would be sadly diminished, for McInnes plonks it on in large parcels. ...
Article : 250 wordsNONCHALANCE, one of the best lonkers among the present crop of maidens, ran a race in the Second Division yesterday which ...
Article : 237 wordsHAVING suddenly struck streak of form, Bell's Folly ran up to it in the Novice Handicap at Tattersall's meeting ...
Article : 201 wordsONE of the fastest run minor races of recent years was the first division of Tattersall's Maiden Handicap yesterday, the winner arriving at the deciding point one minute thirteen and three-quarter seconds after the barrier had been released ...
Article : 278 wordsBACKERS were well on the spot when they installed Arabist favorite for the second division of the Maiden Handicap yesterday, for the Bachelor's Persse mare did all that was expected of her. ...
Article : 251 wordsTHE perversity of fate was demonstrated in the first division of the Maiden Handicap at Tottersall's meeting yesterday, when, with the choice of two mounts, jockey W. Blundell chose the one which went under by a short head. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 259 wordsJUST when his high class horse-manship was being recognised by Brisbane owners the lightweight jockey, W. Blundell, met with an ...
Article : 162 wordsMUCH money had been extracted from the ring by the win of Rowladdie in a fourth-class race at the last Albion Park ...
Article : 166 wordsHAD Jockey Mike Gibbons been of a melodious turn of mind he could have accompanied with ragtime the arrival of Linaway in the First Division of the Welter Handicap at Tattersall's meeting yesterday, so easily was the win accomplished. ...
Article : 220 wordsTHE business end of races has always been where the Shepherd King horse, Cheviotdale, has been putting in his best work, and ...
Article : 243 wordsWHEN backers take even money about a horse in a field of a dozen they usually expect that horse to put up a respectable ...
Article : 227 words"Bob" Gillespie, the live wire behind Tattersall's Club, had the pleasure of announcing still another record meeting ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 27 wordsIN her Southern races the Seremond mare Rhymond had done best over the mile and a quarter distance, yet until ...
Article : 180 wordsIF there is a more cheerful loser and optimistic owner than the "uncrowned King of The Valley," Bill Kelly, his colors are not known ...
Article : 195 wordsHIGHLAND, the dual Stradbroke winner, was made the subject of a big plunge at Tattersall's meeting yesterday when from fives he was backed down to 7 to 4. It is doubtful if ever Brisbane had ...
Article : 270 wordsWHEN the finishing run of any horse is interrupted in the straight it takes something to get 'em going again, and generally spells disaster, but Kitty Paddington overcame such and obstacle in the Novice at Tatt's meeting yesterday in a manner which stamps her as being ...
Article : 178 wordsCrowborough would, no doubt, have started favorite in the first division of the Maiden Handicap at Tatt's meeting yesterday, but he gave that race a ...
Article : 90 wordsAcacia Belle, the four-year-old daughter of Charlie McGrowdie's good chestnut galloper, Pardoned, of some years ago, has much to learn about ...
Article : 70 wordsAN offer to give his horse, Linaway to the stewards if they could find one that couldn't beat him i na gallop at Albion Park was made by Don McInnes yesterday. After Linaway had accounted for a division of the Welter at Tattersall's meeting the stewards remembered that the same ...
Article : 606 wordsTHE pace displayed by Lyondown in the Three-Year-Old Handicap at Tattersall's meeting yesterday, added to the manner in which he has previously run on in his races, makes him appear to be a serious rival for Chryso in the forthcoming ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 248 wordsNINE pounds of excess avoirdupois carried by the Fourth Divisioner Clydemont at the Kedron Park meeting on Monday brought about a 12 months disqualification of the lessee-trainer-jockey, Frank Voight. DEPARTING from the usual custom. ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 24 Oct 1926, Page 2
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