Although he moved very short in his preliminary—evidence that the foot trouble which had prevented him from fulfilling the expectations of trainer Fred. Williams in Sydney had returned—Sum King found the heavy going to his liking, and, trained to the minute by Jack Kahl, he had the Queensland Cup won two furlongs from home yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 879 wordsConsistency met with a fitting reward when Budgerigah was successful in the November Handicap, with which the Q.T.C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 326 wordsAn ambition of jockey Arthur Davis, dating back to the days before he was given that spell in Sydney over Royal Howard, was ...
Article : 210 wordsBrisbane's smallest jockey, the apprentice Tommy Snyders, showed the old hands an old trick in the Third Novice Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday, when he scooted away like a scalded cat immediately the barrier went up, and was allowed ...
Article : 349 wordsAmbershire, favorite for the Two-Years-Old Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday, showed his backers two sides to his character in a very short space of time. IN the hands of Barney Page the ...
Article : 299 wordsIF the scare regarding the attempted nobbling of the Cup favorite, High Syce, was broadcast with the intention of stampeding the bookmakers and enabling someone or other to secure a better price, it fell flat, for even those who got in weeks ago and secured as much ...
Article : 251 wordsBaracre being in the mood yesterday, and backed as if he had broadcast the news, he made most of the runners in the second division of the Trial look very ordinary. He went out favorite at fours. THE Roseacre colt was always well ...
Article : 342 wordsLes Jurd should change the name of his Three gelding from Quite So to Not Quite, for the several occasions on which he has been backed in Queensland has found him wanting, and although yesterday, he ran his best race to date by going under by a narrow margin to Amberlitre ...
Article : 297 wordsTrainer Tim Brosnan will not have the most pleasant recollections of the introductory two-year-old races this season, for in the Hopeful and McDougall Stakes his representatives each went under by narrow margins. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 349 wordsAt long last Brisbane is to have [?] legitimate Trotting Club, and the program of the initial meeting to be held at Coorparoo racecourse ...
Article : 243 wordsOlive Boy recently failed to act up to expectations when produced at the Albion Park course, but he made amends in the Second Trial ...
Article : 262 wordsWhen Texas Corven gets a horse well it is well, and if any proof of this were necessary, the Seremond gelding. Civetta, supplied it in the Welter Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday. ...
Article : 309 wordsWhen, three years ago, the Q.T.C. introduced a race for fillies into its November program, this was named the C. E. McDougall Stakes, to perpetuate the name of the deceased stud master, who had done so much for the breeding industry ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 351 wordsIt transpired that the well-know in jockey, Paddy Foley, hadn't been lost or stolen: he had merely strayed, as suggested in "Truth" at the time the search party was dragging the river. FOLEY had gone on board a ...
Article : 253 wordsSTAYERS AND STOPPERS.—When the last couple of the 16 furlong of the Cup had to be negotiated some of the starter fell back a if shot. Sum King came on full of running, to win easily from Canning Queen, with the Derby colt, High Syce, in third place. Snowman headed the also ran. That once great mare, Mountain Song, was last. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 74 wordsShortly before the start of the Ormond Stakes, a mile sprint, in which apprentices are allowed to display their skill, a young fellow who looked like a bank clerk strolled casually over to Harry Youlden and— ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 13 Nov 1927, Page 2
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