IF ever a thoroughbred deserved to win the honors of a big race, the chubby Lodi horse, Serlodi, merited his success in the historic King's Cup at Ascot yesterday, when he beat the opposition pointless, and, running ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 932 words"Now, Where's that Lough Neagh bloke?" Serlodi demands to know as, streaking away in the straight, he lands the King's Cup at Ascot by four lengths from Regal Star. Neptune was two further back third, and Soft Step (on the rails) a close fourth. Lough Neagh (and the rest) were never in the picture. At his two previous outings Serlodi filled minor places each time ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 75 wordsSOME Brisbane jockeys are credited with amassing fortunes, but Ted Tanwan declares emphatically that he is not connecting with more money than he can carry. While awaiting the deliberations of the stewards at the inquiry into the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,372 wordsGood judgment in not being "kidded" to by opposing hoops landed the second division of the Trial Handicap at Ascot ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 217 wordsIN accordance with custom. His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) will transmit to His ...
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Article : 244 wordsThe ploughman immortalised in Grey's "Elegy" was no more weary as he plodded his way homeward than the runners at the finish of ...
Article : 282 wordsRUN of bad luck that owner Bill Tucker is having with Soft Step is persistent, to say the least. ...
Article : 84 wordsThough the conditions of the track was made to order for Warwickeye, winner of the Flying Handicap at Ascot yesterday, it ...
Article : 140 wordsBy the time the horses got on to the track at Ascot yesterday for the last race, the going looked as though some of the Show cattle ...
Article : 119 wordsBacked from sixes to favoritism at 3 to 1 for the second spasm of the mile Trial Handicap at Ascot yesterday, Two No Trumps, despite ...
Article : 187 wordsTHOSE five-year-old frogs in Western Queensland who have not yet learned to swim, could hardly have enjoyed the slushy conditions prevailing at Eagle Farm yesterday more than did Warwickeye, winner of the Flying Handicap. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 320 wordsFADEOUTS at the talkies usually come on a happy note, but the fadeout of the Q.T.C. Exhibition Meeting at Ascot yesterday was anything but happy for punters, the general run of whom neglected the winner of the Nundah Handicap, ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 25 Aug 1935, Page 2
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