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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
5
A chaotic OCR text fragment describes turf hiring rumors, financial figures, and unnamed individuals. The garbled lines reference multiple people, events, and dates without clear coherence, suggesting a noisy page segment from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper.
Brisbane Tattersalls accepts for Saturday features including the Two-Year-Old Handicap and Welter Handicap with horses like Novice, Dagmar, Dagmar and Osco among entries. The program lists acceptances for the Williamstown meeting with horses such as Bonalla, Porticoan, and Lyn Curt and notes near-term favorites, post positions, and weights.
Notes from Sydney on June 27 report hurdle and steeplechase entries for Canterbury races. Events include the Canterbury Handicap and Bee Highweight Handicap with entries listed and organizational details from the club and secretary, plus references to entries received and forthcoming confirmations.
Melbourne June 27 reports the Camspie Handicap field at Port Prime Hurdle meeting. Our Bay Dark So Rests and several others contest a strong lineup with Honey, Roy and bench rivals noted. The event promises a competitive run over the jumps with several horses yet to race over these hurdles.
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