Racing Notes and Upcoming Meetings in Western Australia
Sporting notes report race meeting postponement due to unfinished course and list upcoming meetings in Merredin Kellerberrin Northam Dowerin with nomination deadlines. It notes Joyance blood stallion location, cautions readers on horse betting systems, mentions Fortrait as Westcourt's half brother, and NZ based horses bound for Randwick with J O Shea riding. It highlights arcing trend of aged horses dominating Australian steeplechases.
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Caibye
Kalgoorlie Racing Meeting Hurdles and Placing Anticipations
At Kalgoorlie a racing meeting is under way with acceptances not yet in hand but early results and expected placings for the morrow’s events are listed. First Division includes Federal Plate with Aptitude Mannequin Rent Roll following. Second Division features the Hampton Handicap with Carngham Wattle Leaf Hampton. Third Division lists Federal Plate with Four Kings High Hand Flint mine Farewell Osceo Bobsris Post Lady among contenders.
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Kalgoorlie
Bashful Bay
Carngham
Hampton Handicap
Macadam
Palisade
New Tipperary
Federal Plate
Four Kings
High Hand
Flint Mine
Osceo
Bobsris
Post Lady
Dowerig Race Club October Pic Meeting Handicap Details
A special train will depart Northam returning after the races. Handicaps set at £16 divided into two £8 races. Entries include First Class Plate for horses 7lb and under 7lb? details state two classes. Six furlongs and seven furlongs distances with nominations, weights, and start times. Prizes: first £6, second £1, with conditions for horses that have never won and proximity rules to Doworin Post Office. Flying Handicap details with £8 prize and five furlongs distance and start time 5 p.m.
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Doworin
Aly
Picnic Meeting In Aid of the Local Repatriation
A community gathering organized as a fundraiser in support of the Kellerberrii Repatriation Committee and its relief efforts. Speakers outlined aims to assist returned residents and coordinate aid across the district. Local organizers encouraged attendance and donations.
Race Programme and Handicaps Listed for September 18 1918
Details of First Second and Third Class Plates with distances from five to seven furlongs, weights, nominations and acceptances, plus specific handicaps for horses based on weight. Includes GALLOWAY HANDICAP and REPATRIATION HANDICAP with prize breakdowns and conditions such as height certificates.
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Galloway
Races Open to Outside Metropolitan and Goldfields Owners
Under WA Turf Club rules, racing committee may cancel or vary events for insufficient entries. Nominations due by 9 pm Wednesday Sept 24 with Hon Secretary and Horace Withnell District Association secretary. Entries must include pedigree and color details and comply with WATO Bale 140 provisions.
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W.A. Turf Club
Metropolitan
Goldfields
Hon
Eastern Districts Racing Association
Horace Withnell
Race regulations and weights published by WATC and EDRA 1918
Nominations close with the undersigned on Saturday 7 September 1918 at pm. Winners of flat races after weight declarations carry penalties of 7lb. Bookmakers fees set: three or under £5, up to six £3 9s, over six £2 6s. Dance at Night Handicap listed. PH Lee, Secretary.
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Weighta
Ie Ae
PH Lee
Secretar
Open Handicap Races at Kalgoorlie Boulder Districts 1918
Regions outside the Metropolitan area host multiple handicap events for thoroughbreds. Races include five and a half to six furlongs with weights adjusted for prior wins, plus conditions for horses never winning and those with two months training. Entries specify renomination, acceptance, and eligibility by date and ownership.
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Cnel
Metropolitan
Kalposte
Boulder
Foxt
Bona Fide
Kalgoorlie Boulder
Ince
Bonafide
Merredin Race Club Nominations and Weights Notice
W A T C nominations for all events close with the secretary at 9 pm Monday September 1918 in Merredin. Weights declaration about Thursday September 14. Acceptances due by 9 pm Monday September 9. Un scratched horses at acceptance time become acceptors and owners liable for acceptance fees. Penalties may re handicap winners of handicaps after weights declaration. Club reserves right to reject entries. Officials listed.
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Merredin
Hace
Parmers Withnelly Report Clipped By Fragmentary Text
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Parmers and Withnelly with scattered letters and unclear context. No cohesive event or names other than the two garbled terms are readable, leaving a partial, unusable item to summarize.
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Sporting Notes
Man o.War
Goomalling Race Club
Kellerberrin
Westonian
Northam
Dowerin
Northam Race Club
B Burch
Joyance
Bob Fullwood
Cunderdin
Tammin
Meckering
Murphy Cunderdin
Fortrait
Westcourt
New Zealand
T H Lowry
Desert Gold
Estland
F P Davis
Dominion
Randwick
J O'Shea
Sydney
Melbourne
Dowerig
Race Club
Pam
Liz
C. G. MacKay
How
Dowerill
Kellerberrii
WATC
Eastern District Reciog Association
Smpt
Tember
Merredin District
Nice
Merrudin Cup
W.a't.c
Favy
I J, Cook
We. Hunter
Rae
Parmers
Deat Ollwer Steel
A. E. Warman
Victor Riseley and Co
Courier’ Printing Works
Pitzgerald
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