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Newspaper
Fremantle Herald
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
8
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A busy racing and sporting brief outlines midweek fixtures at Goodwood and Perth. Inter-League football postponed indefinitely. A.R.O Birthday meeting opens in Adelaide with City Handicap over seven furlongs featuring Western Australian horses. Jockeys Mrs Kelly and Mrs Burgess win at Perth. tote totals near record highs.
The Sydney Sportsman notes a brutal Saturday football with five injuries including a broken collar bone arm leg clavicle and a head wound with concussion. Intense club rivalry and new players eager to prove themselves fuel rough play. The piece questions if football should be for hard players only as 1914 season looms and warns of a long off duty list.
A clergyman tells of a doctor advising a barometer used as a chest reading and a wife giving beer instead. The tale ends with the patient going back to work, while a local pharmacy advertises smart attention at Parry's Pharmacy on Alliet Street.
Tomorrow evening the W A Trotting Association holds its weekly electight meeting at the Association Cricket Ground in Perth. The first race starts at 8 pm sharp with seventy three entries across five events. Key horses listed include Buffy Pinjar Rimple Maid Goldspray Boxer Daisy W Annie Laurie Burnley Boy B Greygown Albury Loy Yang and Miss Satellite in various handcaps.
Fremantle Racing Club held a fortnightly meeting at Bicton on Wednesday. Jockey Sherwood won twice on Pakeba from Geo. Every stable, Zal won the hurdle race, and Gaibra and Screen traded places in the 614 furlong events. Nominations for next week's Goodwood races are due. The WA Trotting Association pledges 2000 pounds in Christmas stakes and charity donations. Football League picks coastal carnival team for Sydney with Joe Webb as manager.
Acceptances and anticipations for tomorrow's programme at headquarters outline hurdles for two miles. Entries include selections and expected contenders for the event, with attention to form and conditions likely to influence outcome at the meeting venue.
Fremantle ad from 93 High Street advertises Bateman & Andressen supplying and installing motors dynamos electric bells lamps and every electrical item at low prices.
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