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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1952
Page
2
Cairns Jocks Club advertises opening day of its carnival race on Gatorday July 18 with the Patron's Handicap £73 for seventh and lower divisions. Four and a best race to be run over four furlongs with nominations due at 10 am Monday July 14. barrier practice noted.
Race card fragment lists Whiftler 3 selections across novice handicap events including Plashwiee of Trua Mark and Amberstream 3 with notes on horses such as Truwise 2 Flying Handicap Heedin of Mr Standby and Lamp 7 Companion.
Marjorie Jackson was declared fit by a London doctor at Charing Cross Hospital this afternoon. The physician said she was fortunate to avoid a twisted rib and ordered the plaster on her lower ribs kept until the weekend. She had a good morning and was in good spirits.
Calas Jockey Club announces a Saturday race meeting on July 19 with multiple divisions and prize money including Cairns Handicap and Patron's Handicap. Nominations close a fortnight prior. secretary C. Carr lists P O Box 383 and phone 2381.
Racing details from Canterbury meet feature a mix of two year olds and mixed stakes events. Notable entrants include Hithkes and Rosehill placed runners, with Ocean Bound Grand Monshre and Ashbury Mixed Stakes names appearing among fields and scores.
Partial readable OCR snippet mentions names and places in a garbled manner. The readable bits reference a sequence with names such as Geos and Sageat with unclear roles. No coherent event or date is present to form a full summary.
A local racing page lists five furlong Handicap with Tunic Elastic Bracelets and River Handicap results led by Elastic and Bracelets, plus a four furlong Handicap detailing Gold Rod Taric Kally and others. The purse is noted for the four furlong event with entries including TARIC and MINISTER among four others.
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