THOUGH many astute judges declared that Royal Chief would give the mighty Ajax a tough race in this afternoon's mile and a quarter L. K. S. MacKinnon Stakes, the "Red Flash" recorded one of the easiest ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 740 wordsACE three-year-old Nuffield won this afternoon's Victoria Derby, but only his gameness and the dogged perseverance of Darby Munro enabled the colt to score an anything but convincing victory over the South Australian, Tempest, who had the local champion flat out for 50 yards with less than a furlong to go. Adios, who had been ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 wordsVeteran South Australian Jockey, George Medhurst, who steered his home State's best three-year-old, Tempest, into ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 220 wordsBacked for a fortune by several of the big Sydney punters. Including George Tancred and Joe Harris, Early Bird made the books ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 526 wordsSPEAR Chief shocked Flemington to silence when he won the Hotham Handicap this afternoon. He improved tremendously on what he had shown in the Caulfield Cup, but just lasted long enough to drag it ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 537 wordsTHE great Nuffield "mystery" is still on! Though [?] didn't appear on the track with crutches the olt was able to account for this ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 301 wordsGeneral canvass of well-known racing figures for Melbourne Cup views after the last race this afternoon pointed clearly to the fact that the majority expect the issue to be between Royal Chief, Marauder, and St. Constant. ...
Article : 320 wordsAn hour and 40 minutes was wasted by a deputation of owners and trainers to the Q.T.C. stipes on Friday to discuss the burning bit question. ...
Article : 361 wordsSYDNEYSIDERS received a real "belting" when not one of six smart two-year-olds from the Harbor city was able to gain a place in the Maribyrnong Plate this afternoon. Two of the six, Merry Smile and Beau Mari, started first ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 416 wordsThis is how Ajax travelled the various furlongs this afternoon One in 13 1/2; two, 26 1/2; three 39 3/4: five, 1 min. 6 sees. six, 1 min. 18 ...
Article : 112 wordsTHIS afternoon's Cantala Stakes was a regular boilover. The Melbourne Cup candidate, St. Constant, just smothered the rest of his field over a distance which few fancied he could manage, while the heavily-backed Gold Rod, after being the leader, wide out, at the top of the straight, later dug his toes in and failed to beat one home. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 477 wordsFORMER Victorian The Card was labelled as a certainty for the first division of the Flying Welter at Moorefield to-day. George Browne ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 30 Oct 1938, Page 2
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