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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 02, 1945
Page
2
Tickets for admission to the course wall are available at the secretary office this morning. Owners of horses not started at Cannon Park must present them in Gate paddock for certificates. Train service leaves Carma at 1 pm and 1:38 pm. Mareeba Hack Club meeting postponed.
Toowoomba meeting features a 51wood Handicap and a 1000 yard event with Mouthpaw and Yeoman in the Maiden Weetwood. Red Shield caused a mishap when jumping with Landy Moux, while Grant and The Image faltered, leaving mouthpaw in contest for the Cup selections.
Brisbane April race meeting featured maidens and notable entrants including Wattle Boy Ay Maddock Museen and Star Hot Guaiate Tee Rem. Event list mentions Blue Label Pendulum Nivram and Prince Ted with Mareabe Turf group noted among attendees as officials and owners.
Fragmented OCR shows a race betting page listing horses, weights, odds, and placements. Names like Valor, Lady Tas, Gaine Some, and Mountbetora appear along with distances and bet lengths. The readable portion lacks coherent structure and outcomes.
A lively betting scene centers on Craigie and Rays with strong support for Pear. The report notes Taare quotes and changes in plans from Saturday, while Ser did not attend, and Trevor remains a focal point amid ongoing speculation.
A damaged OCR page lists numerous names and partial results from a racing event. Winners and placements are hard to read, but mentions of competitors such as Sir Mans, Wonder, and several others appear alongside scattered times and notes, indicating a busy but unrecoverable results page.
Sydney reports yesterday's race results at Sandwich including the Vaucluse Handicap and the Produce Stakes. Notable finishers include Magnificent Third and Lucky Stream, with detailed placings and winnings listed for multiple events and horses.
The page lists multiple horse racing events and handicaps including Maiden Handicaps, Juvenile Handicap, and Novice Handicap. It names horses or jockeys such as Prince Lim, Master Mintia, Noble Aero, and Mas ue, with times around 218 pm and references to betting terms and event divisions like First Division and Carnival.
A fragmented OCR item mentions a capture on March 31 and references mules and a vain attempt. The readable text is limited and lacks clear names, places, or concrete events to form a fuller summary.
A fragmented OCR note describes flies entering a room and causing nuisance. Readers are urged to note repeat intrusions and seek mitigation. No clear dates, names, or locations are readable. The item reads as a casual complaint rather than a formal report.
Fragmentary report describes a horse race story with references to riders and horses such as Melkero and Abhevilla. The passage is garbled with many misread words, hindering clear names, dates, or outcomes.
Weather favored Cairns Courting Cis mesting as twelve bookmakers reported a lively Balaclay Park greyhound meeting on Saturday. Nine races featured heats like FIRST MEAT Waltar and SECOND HEAT Silver Welle with bets leaning to favourites before upsets in the heavier events. Exotic Lady and Ming Rufus among top contenders, while Ma ranel and others battled through multiple heats with close margins and a two-dog finish in one event.
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