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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
4
Belmont Park programme lists multiple flat races with names of horses, odds, and the race details including BELMONT HANDICAP seven furlongs and WELTER HANDICAP six furlongs. The card features horses such as Gunga Dan Spanish Burn Som Vin and Gun Carriage among others with drivers and weights noted.
The Belmont Club presents a Saturday program with open Breeders Handicap over six furlongs featuring Breakers Mons Talisman and Lord Proctor. Belmont Plate contenders include Chesergin Eridon Sweet Devon Fernridge Maybe and others in a tight race. The Trial Stakes over seven and a half furlongs should suit Fernridge Nicotian Gun Carriage while Coolspear joins the money list. The Welter six furlongs shows Denhill returning from caspel and promising a strong showing.
Giant Killer, leased by trainer W Burke in March last year, overcomes a healing setback to win the Steeplechase by five lengths. Deckard fell while leading. Turf Boy and Wakerife chase in near second and third as Last End weakens. Other non-finishers include Sir Bains and Grantley.
Chesergin and Eridon place in Plate and Welter as Sweet Devon eyes a win in Plate Mon day. Saladin shows form with Purse victory and strong recent outings. Galerius Gunga Das and Spanish Burn noted as top rivals for the main mile and a quarter race. Grand National Steeplechase details list Turf Boy Wakerife and Alex Fullarton in the field with Giant Killer marked as paratat e Kingsburgh five years.
The annual round of the Boulder and Kalgoorlie Racing Clubs will distribute £3400 in stakes as the meeting opens on Wednesday. August.
A Canberra Publicity Department blurb mocks the Menzies Government’s pep and aviation transport talk, while Australian football results dominate the North and West. East Perth and Claremont win. South Fremantle holds fifth. Fremantle benefits in the premiership table amid grim weather and crowding.
The schedule outlines three days of racing at Boulder starting September 6 and includes two meetings at Kalgoorlie. The Boulder Cup carries £465 for nine furlongs on September 6, the Hannans Handicap is £300 over one mile on September 9, and the Kalgoorlie Cup £650 plus a £40 gold cup over one mile and a quarter on September 13. Entries close July 24. a £3 subsidy per horse applies to coastal horses arriving July 4 to August 29.
World record holder S C Wooderson won the mile at White City in the British Amateur Athletic Association championships. He beat D B Pell by a yard and a half, overtaking Pell 25 yards from the tape. His time was 4 min 114-5 sec versus his world record of 4 min 62-5 sec.
Somerville Victoria nursery offers large stocks of all fruit trees. Free catalogue and price list available. Further particulars can be obtained from the firm in Somerville.
Notice from the Postmaster General forewarns Tattersall residents that letters addressed to Tattersall Hobart Tasmania will be carried through the post under the new arrangement. The department states mail to Tattersall will now be delivered via carrier routes and post offices.
To Ride on the Fields, jockey A G Read plans leaving Perth for the Goldfields this week and remaining there through the annual carnival. Read has secured several victories there earlier in the season following his recent success at Toelie.
Boxi King outpointed Billy Hamilton delivering a clear victory as Paddy Boxall waits. Hamilton pressed hard with bursts of attack but King steadied, scoring with sharp uppercuts and solid defense to win on points. Prelims featured Moran vs Shepherd ending in a first round stoppage. Cain outpointed Gosech, Richie beat Ketchel, Tanner won on points over Basile, and Southey stopped Moore in the second.
Boxall gets a chance to reverse the March 24 decision in a rematch with Snowy Clarke. Crowd believed Boxall won and he now holds the Australian title, while Clarke has lately defeated Sydney lightweights Ray Haddigan and Tommy Morris. Jack Munro with Ron Richards and Tommy Kelly plan to depart for England late August.
F E Kersley tops the trotting season as leading trainer and reinsman. Brother Fred is runner up in both, with 17 wins as a reinsman and 17 trainer wins. Clarke, McLean, Aera, Woodworth and Richter follow with notable win and placement totals.
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