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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
7
Detailed race card and results from Albion Park with GOWRIE MERLE, HEADGEAR, and other entries. Includes divisions, handicaps, times, margins, and winners such as WARENDA and MT BATTEN, plus notes on place payments and decimals.
Sydney December 18 reports Ascot racing results with two year old stakes at Bruegalong and Widden events. notable horses include Bruegalong La Junta Conaignus Divs Miss Poppy Electra Petruchio and Miss Pentheus with several divisions showing close finishes and weighted betting totals. Second line includes detailed placements, times, and betting odds for multiple races.
Brisbane December 1 notes the Christmas meeting of the B A T at Doomben with races including Cry Orban Felt Yer and Rivarobe. It tracks recent form from November including Cry Orban narrowly missing top positions and a best away effort, plus Ascot results and next starts for Glen fear and Rivarobe as the Doomiben meeting approaches.
The report compiles scattered results and events from racing, cricket, and fishing notes. It mentions November 30 performances, various divisions, trials, and observers, with mentions of tracks, names, and venues across Albion and Ascot meetings, alongside unsettled results and upcoming events.
Fragmented OCR text mixes player names, teams, and events with garbled phrases. It references bowls and multiple individuals, but readers cannot extract a coherent narrative or outcome. The piece appears to be a chaotic sports-item fragment with many unreadable portions and mis-OCRed names.
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