SOME HAIR-RAISING tales are being told regarding recent happenings on Brisbane's racecourses. The average racegoer is an inveterate gossip so far as the game is concerned. He could give cards and spades to any housewife who has contracted corns on die chest from leaning over the back fence, and still start an odds-on favorite. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,109 wordsShades of Abe Barrington. Jumbo Barnett, and other great bookmakers and sterling citizens .A race ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 246 wordsDOMINATIONS for the Brisbane Thousand are due tomorrow, and entries for the Stradbroke, Brisbane Cup and More ton Handicop must be ...
Article : 98 wordsIf a vote were to be taken from the regular racegoers, in Brisbane a large percentage of the apprentices who have granted permits to ride in races would be declared unfit to ride in a cart. An increasing unsatisfactory feature at metropolitan ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 596 wordsThe disqualification of trainer W. Ron Stevens over the running of Snowcapped at a recent Roekbampton melting and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 200 wordsFOLLOWING a report by the stipendiary steward on the race meeting at Mt. Isa on April 4 and 6, at I which Jockey Dinsmore was Injured. ...
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Advertising : 565 wordsROMAIC was running on well at his last Albion start. He will be improved a ton by Thousand day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 23 wordsNOW that her conqueror in the Derby has gone amiss Poy Patrol looks a cinch for the St. Leger. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 27 wordsNot only has Billy Hill ridden the most winners at metropolitan meetings during the nine months of the present season, but he also has the best average. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 398 wordsA review of, the racing at metropolitan meeting from a statistical point of view during the nine months of the ensuing season discloses the fact that ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 360 wordsHad jockey Tommy Brennan kept a promise he made to himself he would, still be enjoying the freedom of the race courses instead of finding the bars against him. In November of last year the jockey, smarting under a grievance against the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 519 wordsThough the nominations for the Stradbroke and Cup do not close until to-morrow several Brisbane backers have already lint a tidy sum over that double. The breakdown of the Derby winner, Monash Valley, means that they lose their money ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 572 wordsMONASH VALLEY, who was being backed for the Brisbane Cup before the nomination closed, has gone wrong and will be spelled. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 24 wordsROYAL, SMILE, who failed to shown her, true form during her recent trip to Sydney and Melbourne, has been nominated for the Q.T.C. meeting. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsTHE added money to the Rocky [?] race will this year be the [?] £ 1000 and the program which extend over four days carries £4000 in stakes ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 26 Apr 1931, Page 2
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