SKIPTON OUTSTAYS SPRING CHAMPIONS. Running to the front more than a furlong from the post, Skipton won the Melbourne Cup by two and a half lengths from Son of Aurous, with the favorite, Beau Vite, three-quarters of length away third. Skipton was running away from the two older stayers ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 121 wordsOn the final day of the V.R.C. Melbourne Cup meeting, the C.B, Fisher Plate, though bordering on the farcical at one stage, developed. ...
Article : 636 wordsSydney, Saturday.— Seatonic, a thorough bred horse imported from England by the late Mrs. S. O. Wood, was sold for one thousand ...
Article : 45 wordsIN HEAVY RAIN, the 1911 Melbourne cup, won by Skipton, was presented to mr. j. j. Kitson by Lady Dugan, wife of the Governor of Victoria. Skipton's owner, Mrs. J. J. Kitson, did not go to the course to see her horse run, left to right, Miss M. Kitson and her father, Mr. J. J. Kitson, W. Cook Skipton's ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 75 wordsMelbourne, Saturday.—A. Wilson (Preston-Northcote) caused a great surprise to-day at the second of the series of inter-club sports, held at Olympic ...
Article : 172 wordsAdelaide Saturday.—Keith Prior showed a return to form with a treble victory at the Sturt District Amateur Cycling Club track meeting at the ...
Article : 62 wordsHobart, Saturday.—About 100 sailing craft took Dart in the manoeuvres at the opening of the Yachting season on the Derwent to-day. The weather conditions ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. Lou Sluice, bookmaker-owner of Son of Aurous, said after the Cup on Tuesday, that his blunder in changing jockeys cost his horse the race. ...
Article : 296 wordsw. ("BILLY") COOK returns to scale on Skipton after his great win. It was Cook's first success in a Melbourne Cup. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 14 wordsFred Henneberry signed an agreement on Thursday night, with the promotors, to fight Ron Richards at the big War Funds ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Sun 9 Nov 1941, Page 6
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