After an inexplicable delay the committee of the Queensland Turf Club on Friday last finalised the inquiries into the unsavory incidents connected with the running of a Purse at Albion Park on January 4. The Sydney jockey, J. Finch, was present to answer a charge that, being the rider of Pretty Joey in that race, he corruptly agreed to accept from another jockey, K. Jeffers (who was not riding), the sum of £25 if Jicky won, and further, that he ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,441 wordsThe honors of the Plate at Albion Park yesterday were all with Lady Abtorta, but the money for first prize went to the owner of Craftdancer, as that horse, thanks to a run on the rails after Lady Abtorta had been carried out by Forceful at the turn, ...
Article : 381 wordsWhat's going to heat Will Yet in the Thousand? The bookmakers will be giving liberal prizes to those who can supply the correct answer, for the William the Silent gelding looks like starting a red-hot favorite for the rich race to be run a fortnight hence. He made yesterday's ...
Article : 446 wordsAfter being off the winning list for a long time the Cagou mare, Lilyburn, was equal to taking the honors of the Second Division at Albion Park yesterday. BACKERS were unable to definitely ...
Article : 370 wordsVery much in the mood in the Purse at Albion Park yesterday Humphrey King made hacks of the opposition in a runaway win of eight lengths. The margin might have been even greater had not Brennan eased him up in the straight. ...
Article : 316 wordsThough Atty had been running an ore or less prominently in most of his races of late. It had been so long space he had that viewed the judge, that backers neglected him is the wagering in the Third Division at Albion Park yesterday. But that made so difference to Atty, who ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 358 wordsWith J. J. Conquest aboard the two-year-old, Tressador, which he was riding when he met up with a term of suspension ...
Article : 263 wordsFor the second time in as many meetings, the Fourth Division at Albion Park resulted in a mishap, English Rose, ridden; by ...
Article : 175 wordsFROM the squeal which arose from owners and trainers of a numbers [?] of Thousand candidates after Will [?] had walked off with the First Division ...
Article : 84 wordsWith plenty of mixed material at his command Mr. J. R. Frazer has handed punters a puzzle more intricate than usual in his Stradbroke, Cup, and Moreton Handicaps. The bookmakers have already issued double charts on the two firstnamed races, and in an effort to select the successful square 'Truth's" choice falls on two locally-owned horses in Eve Paddington and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 865 words"Dope!" said F. Waters, the lessee-trainer of Yacaman, as he sprinkled a pinch of grey powder on the tobacco of the cigarette he was constructing; "If I were accused of doping myself there might be some sense in it; you can see it for yourself, and I cannot do without it--asthma powder" ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 734 wordsIt's as ill wind that doesn't blow somebody's lost off When circumstances arose by which the services of the leading lightweight. J. J. Cosquest, were not available for owners at the May Day meeting. him Evening, E. G. secured those mounts, and in riding three winners an successive races on Monday ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 11 May 1930, Page 2
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