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  2. DROUGHT BREAKS FOR THE BOOKS AT ALBION PARK

    THERE are some weird horse trainers in Brisbane. There is the trainer of the tough kind, who, when he legs his jockeys up prior to a race, tells them he doesn't care a continental what they intend to do so long as they put him in it. ...

    Article : 632 words
  3. KEDRON PARK BETTING BUNGLE

    RECENT happenings at Kedron Park racecourse bring to mind an incident when an eccentric owner failed to place his commission after planning it out with almost mathematical precision. ...

    Article : 571 words
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    WIVENHOE. A week ago this fellow gave the impression chat he had been juvenated, but he wasn't nearly as good a horse yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  5. WIVENHOE FAILS AGAIN

    WIVENHOE, who had improved a more matter of 10 lengths between last week's meeting and the one proceding, proved to have ...

    Article : 212 words
  6. WAYWARD BUT SLIPPERY

    Little if any better behaved at the barrier, Anne of Cleeves gave a lot of trouble prior to the Second Division yesterday. She ...

    Article : 216 words
  7. ROSE THAT DID NOT BLOOM

    When Rose Marco won a hackrace at Warwick last September, she accomplished the trick in such taking style that several metropolitan sportsmen, who were present were desirous of purchasing the King Marco mare. ...

    Article : 299 words
  8. POPULAR PRAD PUSHER.

    Less than a year ago, entitled to an allowance as an apprentice who had not ridden three winners, Tommy Brennan the Kedron ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 139 words
  9. WALKED HOME AND WON

    With a lead of eight lengths, and only two furlongs of the Third Division remaining to be covered at the B.A.T.C. meeting yesterday, it looked as if Hay Dell could walk home and win. He did. There was very little money in ...

    Article : 267 words
  10. ELOQUENCE OF NO AVAIL.

    Popular opinion had it that the Kedron Park Jockey, H. McFillen, could talk his way out of anything, for Mac is anything but ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
  11. CHANGED HIS ADDRESS

    SEVERAL trainers found their strings shortened after the Albion Park meeting last week-end, but the greatest surprise of the lot was the change of quarters for the Halberd gelding, Lord Berd. Lord Herd had started favourite with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 255 words
  12. TOO SLOW TO BEGIN

    Mary's Jem, the gelding, who wound himself up by bolting round the horizon at lest week's meeting, was a solidly backed ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. KEPT TOO LONG?

    UNDER explicit instructions Lilyburn was ridden behind in yesterday's Second Division, but although she raised the hopes ...

    Article : 209 words
  14. "RE-HANDICAPPED!"

    POPULAR opinion credits jockey Syd Bennett with possessing a bank roll of such dimensions that nothing less than a 30 x 3 1/2 motor tyre would be of any use as a rubber band. However, Bennett's balance is likely ...

    Article : 217 words
  15. "KIDDED" HIM ON

    Although Jim McGuire had five fifties about The Moonlighter, who rung up No. 1 in the Fourth Division at Albion Park yesterday, the popular boniface isn't nearly square on his numerous investments on the Highfield gelding. ...

    Article : 301 words
  16. LONG STRONG PULL

    Recognized as the smartest boy at the barrier that Brisbane has seen for years, Charlie Milford fell foul of the Kedron Park stewards on Monday last by his habit of jumping his mounts into the clear. Milford had agreed to purchase ...

    Article : 174 words
  17. NOT YELLOW

    Samphire gave a lot of cheek in the Second Division at the B.A.T.C. meeting, but was unequal to participating in place money. ...

    Article : 160 words
  18. A FALSE FAVORITE

    JUST about a year ago Levento. running in the nominatic naf W. Bates, who and something of a breeze behind him, strung five wins on end in Brisbane. Although she has been un absentee ...

    Article : 220 words
  19. SHIFTED OUT

    FAILURE to steer a straight course after heading for home has cost Kings Mart many races, and yet another was added ...

    Article : 111 words
  20. "TRUTH'S" SUGGESTION ADOPTED

    Following on the suggestion advanced by "Truth" last week, the officials of the Kedron park Club announced in the betting ring at Monday's meeting that the rider of a certain horse was to be changed. Our suggestion was that a notice board should be placed in the [?] ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. WHO'LL BE THE NEXT?

    AT one time consistency was the strong point of trainer Tom Wilson's stable. He would regularly no minate his horses, duly accept, and then withdraw them on the course. Now things have taken a change. ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. WAS THE WAY MADE EASY?

    Faydera, who had run third in last week's Plate at Albion Park, put up a much improved performance yesterday when she ran to the front three furlongs from home, and continuing the run was four lengths clear of the nearest of her pursuers at the peg. ...

    Article : 224 words
  23. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?

    Polensis finished within a length of Polonium in the Goodwood Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting on New Year's Day, but unfortunately for quite a number of those attended the B.A.T.C. meeting yesterday, she had been severely smitten with the slows in the interim. ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. NEAR THING.

    Finishing strongly to win a recent Fourth Division, Near Thing looked likely to pull off a Purse, but she his stood pat on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  25. BLACK SPEAR.

    It has taken Black Spear a long time to take out another ra[?] at Albion Park, but the "Thousand" winner did the trick yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
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