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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1947
Page
3
The Cairns annual meeting featured a tight race with notable competitors. Local sports figures and officials attended as contestants contended for top spots, with wins and near misses shaping the event's final standings.
Whitlend selections list for Eagle Farm events on Saturday with divisions and handicaps. Names mention Susie, Pelt, Vandrese, and Cullrague among entries, along with Party figures like Mr Rose and sponsors.
Doomben and surrounding venues feature brisk sprint and distance trials. Dormidras Ave clocks 134 furlongs in rough sand while Sagi wheel and Garr Sil show sprint readiness. Kitt akean five furlongs on sand in 3: lee atf-mile and Bombadier notch five furlings of the two year old trades.
The Rosehill card features Beanie versus Yankee Lail with other contenders like Galler, Torment, Vousbresk, and Nebby shaping betting, while Guncoats mix in. Players discuss Conductor, Regal Light, and Mischief stakes as 9 furlongs and 12 furlongs races promise tight finishes and potential price changes.
Carey selected for the team with aims to win the upcoming contest. The article notes possible improvements and urges confidence in the squad’s performance and setup for the race.
A long list of horses, stalls, and handicaps fills Caulfield race day notes. Crowded entries include Cyclades, My David, Wonder Bird, Kind Link, Noble Thene, Azam, and Prince, with multiple handicap and stakes races such as the Inverness, Anglesey, Chesterfield, and Ascot Thousand.
London August 13 AP Jockeys fade four winners at the Lewes meeting with Edge r Britt taking three wins and another claiming a win as the card concludes. It marks Britt's third daily treble within a week as the meeting winds down.
Fragmented OCR of a racing meet program lists numerous horse names, handlers, and placements such as Prince Uy, Brave Leader, Sun Eagle, My David, and Kind Link across divisions, with handicap and race notes. Some lines resemble animal pedigrees and sponsor tags, but the text is garbled and inconsistent, hindering full interpretation.
Dutch news agency reports more than £50,000 worth of diamonds disappeared from a sealed bag aboard a passenger airliner from Amsterdam to Prague. The gems, placed in the sealed bag at Amsterdam, were found missing during a search in Waracht after authorities noted a tampered tag and removal of a label.
Fragmentary OCR text describes advertised events and locations with garbled names. Readable items mention Townville Cairns Bowmerang Cats Surdverale Subbranch and RARALUA with hints of a gathering or meeting. No coherent dates or actions are discernible. content appears damaged.
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