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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1946
Page
2
A fragmented OCR from Mareeba racing cards lists multiple division handicaps across distances from 4 furlongs to 6 furlongs and noted races including Maidstone and El Ramsay Stakes. Jumbled horse names and weights populate the page with divisions labeled First through Seventh, plus several feature races and stakes.
A garbled Racing card lists Cherie Marie and Royal Gift among entries with handlers Breasley and Kinderlass. Other names include Keep Smiling and Lady Switch with various riders and sponsors. The text also mentions a 0 mile walking statistic of 25 peps, indicating data noise or transcription error.
The Gordonvale Hack Club’s annual meeting will be held today with high hopes due to large sums received. A special Cairns train departs at 12 20 p.m. for Gordonvale with return at 3 55 p.m. First Division: Lepton Star. Second Division: Miss Regula or War General. Third Division: Sliprock or Valpate. Muigove River Handicap: Persian or Haxlaw. Fifth Division: Ben's Image or Treasure Fox. Sixth Division: Brown Trojan or Phoenix. Seventh Division: Pale Pace or Hard Times.
Seeteh Monarch leads the Piying Handicap with a second division option being Lough Geil or Kinlostre. Red Tip or Seeteh Star are listed for the third division with Field Despatch or sevisth in the fourth. Kaffador or Trixie appear in the fifth, Good Fairer or Hero in the sixth, and Womedes or Lege in the seventh.
The field for the Mulgrave River Hack Handicap features multiple divisions across five furlongs to five and a half furlongs with horses such as Naldis Silver Pride Persian Ol Hariew Double Tune Carr Red Com and Jer Blue among entrants. Races list riders, odds, and gate positions with several heavy favorites and long shots noted.
Partial OCR of a horse racing card shows ENCOURAGE HANDICAP entries across divisions with horse names such as Graceful and Jenny Rah Brave. Also mentions values like 7.0 and 15.0 and various riders or owners, but many words are garbled.
Brisbane Dec 31 Whiffler's selections for the New Year's Day meeting at Albion Park list entries in multiple divisions. Ramesy Stakes Top Money or Landsman Maiden First Division Garrn Grande or Noble Queen Second Division Prince Andres or Buzzard Third Division Hartwood or Muse Glen Novice Handicap Warmate or Welcome Pal New Years Gift Noble Hero or Bah theon Encourage First Division Brave Legion or Second Directory Buchanui or Atch
The Albion Park program lists numerous horses across divisions for Eiders Stakes and Maiden events. Entries include Landaman, Lady Pegasus, Our Force, Prince Andres, Apple Boy, Warne, Maiden Handicap divisions, and Novice Handicap rivals. Several runners are flagged as doubtful or unlikely, with several owners and jockeys repeatedly named.
A chaotic list of horse names, stables, and handlers appears in a racing card style from an older issue. Entries include Tivolonie, Flying-Tea Hick, Good Ides, Invictus, Hogs, Ascot Bie, Robina, Union Jack, and many others with various owners and futures noted in a dense event lineup.
Sydney December 31 Bernborough Nightbeam and Gold Ross are definite non starters in Tattersalls Cup to morrow. Cordale will also be unlikely to run. Good Ides is hot favourite at a fraction better than even money.
Fragmentary OCR text lists horse names and numbers such as Britannic Four of Denison The Artist Young Veai Mond and Tribesroe with various cryptic annotations. The readable portion resembles a racing form or listing of runners for a race day event.
Far North defeated Toowoomba by two wickets as opening day action runs across districts. A. Millard, G. Gorrie, J. Girdham and B. Ryals starred with bat and ball, while Stevens led the bowling for the day. The Country side announced a four-district opening lineup for tomorrow’s match against Brisbane at Cricket Ground, led by J. Barnes and L Jenkinson with a strong equally matched squad.
The Cairns Swimming Club hosted the Kellerman Trophy event at the municipal baths drawing enthusiastic crowds to support the University of Queensland Women’s College Building Fund. The gala program featured standard club races, Kellerman Trophy finals, a relay, and diving displays, with Mayor Ald. W. A. Collins presenting trophies and thanking Cairns for raising funds toward a Cairns Students’ Room in the St Lucia campus building. Proceeds totaled £85 0s 0d from raffles and £1618 0d from the event, with results listed for Senior A and B, Junior, and sub junior races including Kellerman Trophy finals.
The report lists event results from a swimming meet with multiple strokes and handicaps. Notable placements include A Negina and V McKay in backstroke capitals, R Swinburn in breaststroke handicap, and the senior relay team Webb Pollard Webb. Final times range from 25 to 50 seconds with several other starters noted.
The Cairns Courting Club stages day two of its double meeting at Parramatta Park with six Consolations and finals for the Club Handicap and the O J Meyers Handicap. Key contenders include Sparkling Glen, Golden Compact, Orion Lass, Nickie Clee, Holmark, Miss Geeandee, Babinda Lass, Movie Blend, and Madam Morn among others, with selections listed for each consolation and final race.
Scotsmen flocked to Euston Station for the final dash to spend Hogmanay at home. Queues for the 9 30 p m train to Glasgow formed by early evening as fog closed in, delaying northbound trains by hours and leaving corridors crowded with kilts and rattles. Road traffic stalled and conductors guided buses while pedestrians rode the pavements in the heavy pea soup fog.
An OCR fragment notes a meeting on January 1 and mentions travel times. It references Cairns with a 945 pm departure and a 6.69 pm arrival, indicating a sequence of transport details. The readable items suggest a local travel or meeting notice with times and places.
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