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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
4
Belmont Park on Saturday Northam on Wednesday were cited as backers profit at Goodwood where five favourites led the wagering and one co-ditto aided gains in Turf Topics.
The afternoon card featured Miss Acclivity and other long priced winners amid muddy conditions. Fremantle jockeys Cooper Miller Chadwick and Brooks rode winners while Prince McDonald fell rider O'Rourke drew scrutiny from stewards.
Bill Geinsford rode the aged gelding Hankey to victory in a mile race at a Sydney meet on the 7th inst. The chestnut showed pace at a 2 154 rate against a top class field. Odds and exact placements for hurdles plates and trials are listed as possible entrants.
On the 13th instant supplies of fruit were forward to a ly mand with oranges selling well. Average quotations cover apples and pears, navels and flats of oranges, lemons, mandarins, and other fruits. Vegetables were short with peas, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflowers and potatoes priced per dozen or case, noting egg prices for hens and pullets.
Fremantle Cycling Club held a 15 mile road race on Rockingham road last Saturday. Fourteen riders started due to bad weather. Results: G Long handicap Armin 24 sec 2. G Gauntlett 13 time 36 25. S McFarlane fastest actual time. Planned weekend ride to Jarrahdale on June 18–19, leaving Swansea at 2 pm, with 10 expected to cover all expenses.
Woods announces Great Pit Cure For Coughs fifth place as MF pace sets chances for back-markers. Rock Mac started favorite in the Leonora Handicap where Numurbah Greyfoot Speed Merchant and Craboon were well backed but Doris Roy prevailed. C J Clarke adds two more driving wins with Michael Simmons Hough Kelsey and Brit Jones among others. Ted Hallion again places two seconds and a third as outsiders.
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