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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jan 02, 1948

Page

2

Cairns Jockey Club New Years Day Meeting Report

Cairns Jockey Club held a New Year's Day meeting at Cannon Park attracting a good attendance. Heavy scratchings and multiple divisions featured Flying Handicaps with Silver Scent and Sepal triumphing in tight finishes. Injuries were reported to several riders, with one jockey hospitalized, and betting favored Prince Calid and Gold Gale among others.

Cairns Jockey Club Cannon Pack Toy Vision Great Dawn Se Flying Base Chcap Nin Devin Turiong Twa Chartere Ube Turk Biswten Prince Calid Gale Krot Melarsey Tockie Fog Wialene Macy Ieniha Finsy Division Flying Bae Sree Ovision Mum Wien UCAP Calid Evertin Dhaai Erfugarsta Oak Sea Tre Fursees Raat Renal Sy Oon Chattaleg Tsmc Brown Trojan Frashman Dal Melarus Jacobse Kon Ashton Coonbeam Silvermons Bering Hack Co Furs von Fade Home Vale

Arerba Turf Club Draws for Saturday Meeting

Members’ tickets for 166 beves not spt bees issued and tickets for today may be used at this meeting. No jockeys must be in the jockeys room.

Rtanda Mareelos Pam. A. Memners Uckets Tiekate Jockere

Mareeba Turf Club January Members Tickets

Mareeba Turf Club announces January meeting details. VHT Members tickets valid at the meeting. All rockers must be in the Jockey's Roof by 115 pam on the day of meeting. W G O'DONNELL secretary.

W. G O'Donnell

New Year’s Gift Fails To Flourish In Clashing Handicap

A garbled race card fragment outlines an 11 furlong contest with Jean Buzzard and Gail among noted runners. Concluding placings include Conquest and Master Plume, with a course record hinted at and odds or jockeys sparsely listed amid the damaged text.

Townsend Oie Prince Bex Jean Buzzard Morgan Onidine Light Madeock Gail R. Conquest Turner Plume T. Brown N. Stephens Roland Wier Bussard Lillie Cory Futongs Lord John Cooke To Mandhela Madcock Barene Fiona Otters Denis Doreara

Randwick Tattersalls Cup to Srif Bomber

Randwick meeting features nursery handicap divisions and trial stakes results. Winners include Discreet in the trial and Skip Bomber in the Tattersalls Cup with close finishes among a field of notable horses and jockeys at Randwick.

SRIF Sydney Randwick G. Moore Ty Peneardale W. Cook Bosmie Prince S Sellwood Westie Philtresa Jerathe Newborough Walker Micheal Kismet Frithead NEW Years Gift Munro Belle Cheriea Willie Grheer Reval Lad Woyen't le Petit Port Rion Lengua LEY U. Thompson Discreet N Sellwood Hi Ideats T. Mullane Othe Bienia Case Peter's Peace Laurette Buclar Mt Slencrag le Darla Ay Firth Prince Galahad Carenot Prince Brueghel Pennicuik Tattersalla Skip Bomber i Tompson Ti Crumber Mulley Kerry Ladifs Moore Mowoon Cape Neddick New Cashmere Cisco Alfred “Hill Chatlock Cook Edinburgh Debesture Homelaigh Dick Strathdurr Indarra Marshal

Flemington Yesterday's Racing Results Summary

Melbourne meeting report lists New Year Hurdle results with Bell Lower winner and others. Stradbroke Handicap details note UnGar favored, Delhi, Powell and Archers among top finishers. Additional races include January Handicap and Bandicar events with multiple placers and times.

Melbourne Jan Getlers Eoolanurre Prince Dann Ungar Delhi Ta. Powell Sun A. Smith Gubers Gay Archer Lady ‘Sinclair Rembrandt Cyndora Lord Olive “Maris Antonel SUN Lyric Wiliamscas Brass Pride Its Jobe Wlooe Monta Camino Badger

Welter Handicap One Mile Finish Matches Odds

In a crowded field at the track, Baf Yon Bay ridden by W Bhipton won the welter handicap over one mile. Odds listed as 9s with end results near 71. Other notables include Laud ate and D Barclay among the top finishers while HL Badgers contributed a third place.

Bafyon Bay W. Bhipton Odwell HL Badgers Laudate Til D. Barclay

Jockeys grapple with barrier fault in open hurdle race

In a chaotic finish at the Open Han dicap, Nobleman F and rivals clashed as the starting barrier tangled with the riders. Colleague and Callaghan described ropes catching Mas Tees in the incident, with barrow faults noted from the prior meeting when barriers failed to function.

Brisbane Saab Rees Perm Colles I Faber Leesh Colpe Ak Townsend Flett Prince Bent Mac Leesh Callighan Monty EK. Robinson Callaghan Maa Leesh Mas Volisca Orem

New Year’s Gilt at Eagle Farm

In Brisbane on New Year’s Day Jean Burnard won the QTC 21000 New Year’s Gilt at Eagle Farm by five lengths in 10.5. Seap Busard finished second with Guiding Light third. Trainer A Higgins claimed a leather strap caused the upset, a claim stewards later reviewed. Guiding Light and Gail were among top finishers as plans to race in Sydney’s Autumn carnival emerged depending on weight allocations for the Brine Cup at Randwick on March 3.

Briebane Toowoomba Jean Burnard Eagle Farm Seap Busard Falcom Kinigat Guiding Light Gail Ley Weay Wes Jean Bumcid Careal Jean Bucard A Higgins Renner Jean Bus Sydney Mitchill Tas Randwick

Porter Migh Flay APD Blacs Law Heads

Fragmented OCR text shows names and terms like Porter Migh Flay APD Blacs Law. Mentions a gathering at RESATLA rooms and a Monday date with unclear context. Contains garbled phrases and nonstandard spellings, no clear event or outcome.

Uncertain Fragment Reflects Local News Yet to Clarify

A garbled OCR fragment lists names and titles such as Thompson, Smith, and Diomed along with scattered phrases like War, Glory, and regional references. Core facts are unreadable, leaving a partial sketch of people and places without a coherent event or outcome.

Silly Handicap Card of Names and Results Totals

A phonetic style list presents numerous names and race results in a chaotic handicap card format. It reads like a telegraph of runners, placements, and stage names with repeated AUP tags and scattered numbers indicating positions or points across events. The readable facts are scattered. no coherent narrative or single outcome emerges.

Advertised Events and Public Tenders in District

Fragmented OCR text reports upcoming auctions and public tenders. It mentions farm sales near Upper Barua School on January 6, furniture and household goods, and multiple public sales. It notes vacancies and tenders for local councils and hospitals, with dates around January and February.

Ranans Antes Ete Sains Ui 'Um Tumedur Jencary Upper Barua Callie Amd Obvat Tee Muigrase Bows Hospitals Board Kol Proserpine Collinaeitie

Unreadable OCR Summary of Racing Entry List

Fragmentary text shows racing产 entries with horse names and odds. Several lines mention weights, distances, and race numbers but most data is garbled. Core entities include horses such as Ben Youn and Diobey with figures like 12 and 29, yet details remain unclear.

Moorfield Probable Riders for Raturd at

A garbled listing of names and horses appears to reference Moorefield track entries and probable riders for a Saturday program. The text includes many misread names and odds style phrases, with scattered references to horses such as Sanction, New World, and Lady Jolie, plus numerous owner and trainer annotations scrambled throughout.

Sedney Handy Ae Fordsees Duper Etesal cPaarnlat Horseas Podmore Sanction Williams Bulentell Gsraatian A. Wards Prange Cisen Walenard Wierfeuera K Loop Peptondaie W Vasive de Peierag Annan Lee Ekpell New World Selinwood Viela Feir J Waternoua Bean Tigh Lordas Moore Mice Hom Olen Ferrinton Kang W. Tir Bier Graik I Berendr C. Laycork Smith Rky Bewu X. Sel Lady Bevroo T. ‘Mullane Walker Burbank Amik Ennis Thoatpeam Sas It Taurine Sallwood J. Rab Bree Eddystome Fortongs Peter Fierne Eerie Macordaneke Berth Natin Persoo Solkrng Wurryson A. Harel Fog

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