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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1939
Page
5
The Sydney racing card lists multiple events with entry names across distances from six furlongs to fourteen miles. Notable runners include Lord Bine Beau Eroil Petruchio and Marauder Bristol Final Handicap features. races span from 1.30 p.m. to 4.50 p.m. with plates and handicaps at various venues.
Sydney selections list includes Rous Handicap with Bradley or Pet ruchin, Woolahra Handicap Forestage Cherry Bar, Cropper Plate Ajax or Gold Rod, Danger Handicap Feminist or Ripley, Fernhill Handicap Marengo or Dagmar, A.J. Plate Mosale or Spear Chief, Final Handicap Malagel or Bristal.
Entries for the Newburn Hurdle over two miles and the Avon Handicap for two year olds list a field including Dornford Heroic Chief Cape Race Taveur Old Jack Bridge of Dee Quinnat Quite True Red Girella Muraille Munrad Espinosa Mirella Hectare Mul reen Maintenon Miss Gallant Night Legend Sheer Joy The Progeny Zasu Parkavenue Great Patrol Snr
Sydney race notes report Ajax questioned for doping after Rawson Stakes loss while A.J.C. stewards say doping unlikely. White Bandit offers refused for £1000 by Harry O’Neil ahead of English Derby. High Caste, New Zealand champion, draws praise despite oddities in mane and tail. One Day Cricket tests proposed as England Australia debate daylight matches. King Cloud sets 620-yard world record at Casino Tattersall's meeting, with Young Lightning and Merle Cin among notable performances.
Backers have misread favourites in the Doncaster Handicaps with Pamelus King’s Head Grand Mogul and Young Idea failing to place in 1937 and Evening Mist Mohican and Bradford repeating the pattern last year. Racing in India features Marsden and Calcutta winners with prize money around £8,000, while Hawkesbury College note sheaf tossing records. Umpires in Bolton cricket face new rules and indoor soccer debuts are planned in the United States. Wigan’s Hector Gee stars in a cup run, and Moaman beats Glebe in cricket as Stan McCabe shines for Mossman in district cricket. Ernie Roderick steps into the limelight in boxing as Arthur Kilrain’s bout looms in April.
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