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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 06, 1946
Page
3
Reports from Cairns Hack Club's race meeting at Senn Fark recount a series of crowded finishes and close battles. Jockeys AL Berider, W Murphy and the field battled for honours across six divisions, with Best Treasure and ToTem Star among winners as Thoroughbreds competed for prizemoney and prestige.
Result summary from Beaudesert November meeting covers Seventh Division Handicap main event with May Kare 82 M. Unwin, plus Fourth and Fifth divisions with Main Fan Blue Lady Actuation and Lord Melfort entries. Anniversaries and other divisions list winners Amber Tale Wise Ruler and Arvableu with times and protest notes. Mixed fields include Oceanette Loch Fy Feo, Temprance Arvableu, and Elangowan entries with multiple bettors and weights.
Historic Melbourne meeting results list several events at Flemington including Byron Moore Stakes over three furlongs with Beau Gem winning and heavy field names such as Carnage Camnon Ghal El Arena Fiorella and others. Railways Handicap over six furlongs shows Burnevore winning ahead of Verdict and Richmond. Linlithgow Stakes at one mile features Attley and Royal Gem in a tight finish. Melbourne Cup over two miles lists Russia On Target and a long list of contenders with Russia prevailing by a length and a half.
Buck for the mam.final cup race at Eagle Farm produced a two length victory over Grapevine with Wild Buck finishing in mid-pack. The event, held November 5, featured steady early pace and a closing sprint that settled the decisive result in favor of Buck.
A fragmented report covers multiple Brisbane Bay and Bramble events with skippers Joy, Ajax O, Prove It, Heather, and Culex I L Wytts among winners. Other races note records at Mavora, Sally, Nim, Phantom, Miss Dignity, and Blomoma with clear margins and near two minute gaps.
Sunday afternoon race on Cayrat waters featured eight boats in a memorial event for Jack Cubans. Fred Black led NBS to a decisive victory, with Mavora second, Sally TTL third, Nim fourth, and Blomnom later positions. Worsening breeze affected several boats as Phantom and Winorl chased the leaders to the finish.
The notice lists multiple agency actions including invitation for tenders and hires. It mentions the Works Committee, East Towneville, Atherton Hospital, Tully Co operative Sugar Mill, Babinds Central Nill Ltd, and requests bids for timber, electrical line equipment, domestics, harvesting equipment, and firewood cords.
Innisfail hosts a race day with the NOVEMIES DIVISIONAL HANDICAP listed. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate entries and weights, with general racing action expected in the event.
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