The Grand National Steeplechase was remarkable for the sudden change of complexion that came over the race in the last three furlongs. In the final stages Berribee set up a substantial lead that it appeared impossible for the opposition to reduce, and approaching the last fence the race seemed all over bar ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 248 wordsPeeping over the shoulder of a prominent bookmaker on the first day of the Grand National meeting, we noticed two bets against Fingon ...
Article : 380 wordsIn last week's issue, Saltworthy, a two-year-old racing in Victoria, was referred to as a colt likely to improve sufficiently to become a classic ...
Article : 177 wordsYears ago a few enthusiastic breeders used to raise Arab horses in parts of N.S.W., and a special Cup was put on every season for this strain ...
Article : 140 wordsSteeplechasers' flat races, such as that run at Flemington on the middle day of the Grand National meeting, give owners a good chance of farming horses ...
Article : 247 wordsBut for a smart move on the part of jockey S. Reid, there might have been no Mountain God for the Grand National Steeplechase. ...
Article : 131 wordsFive Sydney bookmakers who heard that there was a likelihood of N.S.W. ringmen losing their positions on the rails at ...
Article : 133 wordsThere is quite a romance attached to the acquisition of a site upon which a seven-storied building costing £67,000 is being built by Tattersall's Club, Melbourne. Noonan's Building, in Swanston Street, was under offer to the Club ...
Article : 682 wordsSome steeplechasers are wonderfully nimble on their feet and stouthearted to boot. Mountain God hit the second last fence in the Grand National with a force that left his jockey little hope of recovery. Few would have ...
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Smith's Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1919 - 1950), Sat 15 Jul 1922, Page 5
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