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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1913
Page
1
The record lists major races for 1913 including Broken Hill Cup in July, Adelaide Grand Nations Hurdle in August, Kalgoorlie Cup in September, Spring Handicap in September, Metropolitan in October, Caulfield Cup in October, and Carrington Stakes in December. It notes weights and prize funds, with Autumn Meeting nominations for Charters Towers Club including trials and handicaps with multiple entrants.
An early 20th century advertorial touts Warner's Safe Cure as a cure for rheumatic and gouty affections. It blames uric and biliary poisons in blood for pain and claims the remedy restores kidney and liver function, offering post free literature from A B H Warner Co Ltd.
A historical table of entrants across multiple handicaps includes Beechworth venue horses such as Warwick Lass Denise Faginiea Khantona Magy Mag Warchant Tullybrecker Lady Splendora Black Cap and selections like White wood Kantry Buddha Music Glass Mad Jack and Executrix in races including Goldfield HandicAr PACE WELTER and FAREWELL HANDICAP with entries varying by horse and driver. Subject to additions from authorized sources.
The 1913 Wix tos Jockey Club weights for the March meetings include Vindex Handicap entries with weights from 10.9 to 21.0 and the Leeson and Ladies Bracelet stakes with horses such as Infuction Moscow Little Glitter Callid and Brown Phil. Also listed are Narangie and Werna Handicaps with multiple entrants including Induction and Florestan.
Reports from St Louis Atlanta and Fort Wayne describe knockouts and ten round beys with Nelson Whitmer and Willard listed. Pronson stopped Kelly in the second round in St Louis. Willard halted Leon in Fort Wayne.
A long OCR fragment lists Captain G. T. Hall and travelers from Melbourne names including Jack, Gange, Gilloghy, Howitt, Fowles, Kelly with children and infants, plus numerous others such as Trevorrow, Laurins, Gitfedder, Wileamith, Lehimpuhl, Willis, Hay, Beal, Hamilton, Morgan, Brown, Park, Cohen, O Keeffe, Harris, Arthur, Quiller, Cimailio, Freeman, Land.
March entries show Barrier with Captain Ritchie bound for Sydney, Adelaide Company as agents. Monitoro bound for Java via Petts with Bates Philp and Co agents. Bottommons bound for Townsville with Burns Philp and Co as agents.
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