WHEN the woorak gelding, Woomala, shuffles off from this mundane old mud ball and others that equine elysium where whips and spurs are unknown, Brisbane's bookmarkers should erect a monument to him rivalling any in Venice, for he has been a meal ticket ...
Article : 283 wordsVERO, beaten by a roughie last week, was installed favorite for the Parse again yesterday, when he finished some distance in front of his conqueror of the previous week, but unfortunately for his backers, some distance in arrears of another rough un. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,667 wordsFAYDORA finished fast in last week's Third Division and gained the minor situation but she finished faster in the first edition of ...
Article : 226 wordsVACILLATION was made the medium of a heavy plunge in the second division of the Third Class race at ...
Article : 176 wordsPROBABLY because Admetus had done so well in an earlier race, Brown Polly, who shares his stable and was carrying the same ...
Article : 215 wordsRECENT performances of the Bachelor's Persse gelding Bach created the impression that he was one that took some catching, and ...
Article : 226 wordsON the strength of the last performance of Frostbite at Ascot, there was good backing for him in the First Division at Albion ...
Article : 225 wordsIT frequently happens that when any horse looks a pretty good thing for a race, the majority of other awnere make it a better thing ...
Article : 211 wordsLOOKING as if another run or two wouldn't do him any harm. Admetus was a starter in the First Division at Albion Park yesterday after a long absence form the racing track, when he cost backers partial to betting in running quite a parcel of their ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 285 wordsFyrish Blue renewed her acquaintance with a First Division at Albion Park yesterday, and finished third, with only two lengths ...
Article : 76 wordsFROM the manner in which the ring was bombarded with bets on Carolus Magnus, at Albion Park yesterday, it looked as if the ...
Article : 245 wordsFLYING Malka took out the Albion Park Plate again yesterday, with the other placing filled by the same ...
Article : 180 wordsJockey L. Tilbury spends most of his spare time at Toowoomba, visiting Brisbane for the usual week end meetings. ...
Article : 75 wordsWHEN Billy Gleeson and Gordon Draper emerged from the sacred precincts of the board room of the Associated Racing Clubs ...
Article : 290 wordsWALANTHUS, whose earlier efforts found her possessed of considerable of pace but mighty shy of pertinacity, is apparently ...
Article : 181 wordsTHE two-year-old daughter of Highfield and Babyl, Babylora, won so well at the recent Warwick meeting that ...
Article : 222 wordsRHYMERLE ran a good be in Bow Tieto a head in the second Division of the previous meeting at Albion Park, but backers allowed ...
Article : 204 words"HAS-BEEN" says he has been backing horses for 40 years without ever picking a trier, which is perhaps, a bit rough. He says the only winner he ever backed was Blue Spec in the Melbourne Cup, and he got on after it won. Many years later he had another try for ...
Article : 826 wordsA Brisbane hotelkeeper, who has been betting well at Kedron Park of late, has been notified that he will not be admitted to the course ...
Article : 57 wordsTHE two-year-old Piastre gelding Catastre, who had run second to Evening Chimes in a youngsters race at headquarters recently, was one of the best backed for the Fourth Division at Albion Park yesterday, when he acted up to expectations. ...
Article : 269 wordsWHILE the lightweight H. Lappan is noted as skilful rape rider he lays no claim to the Tom Mix ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 162 wordsALTHOUGH George Tucker has not been seen in the saddle in public for some months, he has loct none of his vigor, as was ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 188 wordsTo any man who hasn't been "big-docked" four kings look worth emptying out on. There are exceptions, however, ...
Article : 87 wordsAs the apprentice rider, W. Bushell, who was injured in the fall at Albion Park last week end, has recovered sufficiently, the ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 18 Apr 1926, Page 2
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