THIS year’s Melbourne Cup is just a triangular duel. The Cup looks like being fought out between Phar Lap, Nightmarch and High Syce. They are the three besr horses in the race, for the rest of the field is composed of moderates, with more than a sprinkling of absolute rubbish that looks as much out of place in a race of this kind as hobnailed boots and bowyangs would at a Government House Ball. ...
Article : 1,704 wordsTHE FIRST DAY’S PLAY IN THE GAME BETWEEN ENGLAND AND Western Australia was disappointing. The weather was more suited to football, while apart from Horrocks, who batted in his own inimitable style, the performance of the local team was most disappointing. ...
Article : 2,093 wordsALTHOUG THE CLUB HURDLES AT THE .TATTERSALL’S FIXTURE was one of the finest jumping events in recent months, the race was marred by a series of nasty accidents, in which two well-known hurdler boys in C. Dawson and E. Roberts had bad falls at the hurdle in ...
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Article : 720 wordsThe Centenary Trotting Cup of £1500 with a gold cup valued at £100 added, attracted the attention of owners and trainers on Monday last when ...
Article : 379 wordsGREEN WAVE IS FAR ABOVE THE REST OF THE OTHER LOCAL two year olds. Nothing could have been more convincing than his win in the Maribyrnong Plate to-day and it is only sheer bad luck that he hasn’t an unbeaten record to date as when he was licked by ...
Article : 397 words“I’m sure that he will win the Cup now,” said Jimmy Pike as he went back to the jockeys’ room after weighing in after winning the ...
Article : 217 wordsPunters started off well at the V.R.C. Spring meeting, as Lineage winner of the Maiden Plate, which served to set the ball rolling, was ...
Article : 194 wordsONE BRIGHT MORNING RECENTLY A BRIGHT YOUNG MAN WALKED into Billy Edwards’ Music Store in Murray-street and introduced himself as A. Morris. With almost reckless abandon he bought gramaphone records. He bought, in all, ten pounds worth. His means for this ...
Article : 521 wordsEveryone who parks his car in the street is running a risk of having it stolen, and its being left in some out of the way place broken and damaged. ...
Article : 283 wordsAccording to the general view of punters the Maribyrnong Plate, Derby and Melbourne Stakes were just “Jackies” for Green Wave, Phar Lap ...
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Truth (Perth, WA : 1903 - 1931), Sun 3 Nov 1929, Page 2
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