09 Apr 1953
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1953
Page
1
On Sunday April 12 at St Margaret's Cobram the program includes 8 a.m. Holy Communion 11 a.m. Sunday School and 7 p.m. Evensong led by Colin G Burgess.
General training was not held on Tuesday as players had not returned from the holiday weekend and several rested minor injuries from Sundays scratch match. Tonight final arrangements will be made for the game at Rutherglen on Sunday April 12 with 26 to 28 selected for a final practice before the first round.
Gay Felt, second in the Sandown Cup, plans a repeat bid in Caulfield's mile and a half Glenhuntly Handicap on Saturday. The Queensland stayer surged in Riversdale and faded late at Sandown, with Arabist edging him near the line. Prince of Fairies, Durham, Quite Talk, Spearfolio, Royal Radiant, and Tres Vire also feature as contenders.
Just Caroline, after a close Sandown Cup finish, is favored to win the Neerim Handicap for three-year-olds. Durasta failed in Sandown but led a strong Eltham Trial Stakes field. St Joel, strong at seven furlongs, seeks distance success. Petrograd and Empiric eye potential boosts. Chestnut Lady and Diplomacy also hold chances, with Friar's Hope and Boy Cheval aiming for place spots.
Victorian horticultural experts note that delaying broad bean sowing to June or July reduces wilt virus impact. Early March or April plantings in southern Victoria often fail to set pods and suffer virus damage. Infected plants show flattened growing points, wilt and die, with blackened roots. late sowings are less affected due to fewer virus-carrying insects in winter. Remove diseased plants promptly to curb spread.
Neerum Heep Just Caroline and Glenhuntly Hep Gay Felt lead a field that includes Prince O Fairies Dur Ham and Olympic Girl in a Brighton meeting. Odds and placings appear for each race with multiple runners such as The Beau II Chestnut Lady Diplomac y and Pearl Ring in a packed program.
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