ALTHOUGH he ran the slowest time--2.44¼--in 35 years Spear Chief, under a real acid test, assayed full 24 carat in winning the Queensland Derby at Ascot yesterday. Had he not been all that his admirers claimed for him--the best three-year-old ever to be sheltered ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 88 wordsA first-class sensation was averted by inches only, compara- provided at Ascot yesterday, when, two of the Hopeful Stakes ...
Article : 231 wordsThe Q.T.C. gave £3700 away in prize money yesterday, to which nominators added £150 in sweepstakes. ...
Article : 160 words"Gee, he's all the horse I said he was!" was the "manner in which Jack Booshand greeted trainer Bill Tucker as the latter approached to ...
Article : 184 wordsThe ex-Queensland old-timer, Downham, was all the rage for the second division of the Flying Welter at ...
Article : 170 wordsIf breeding counts for anything, you can page Saffron. This chestnut gelding has more "blue" in his veins than you'll find in Monday's ...
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Article : 450 wordsSHEER stamina enabled Sally Smart to win the first division of the Trial at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday. She had to travel wide all the way, and concede the leaders a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 240 wordsToowoomba form received some mud in the eye yesterday when Abastor, backed off the card for the Tattenham Welter at Ascot on ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 393 wordsFIRST of the Fox Earth youngsters to race in Queensland, Dainty Fox, in winning the Q.T.C. Hopeful' Stakes yesterday, gave that sire a big boost. The dam, Terentia, was not in need of it, as she had previously produced no less a galloping ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 589 wordsVivat Rex has developed a track habit which is likely to prove a blessing in disguise for his connections. He works like an old cow ...
Article : 323 wordsJockey George Browne declared that Horlmako was a certainty beaten at Canterbury last Saturday week. But he made no mistake in ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 7 Nov 1937, Page 2
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