Canning Park to host metropolis sports rendezvous tomorrow
Canning Park will be the rendezvous of sportsmen in the metropolis tomorrow afternoon. Local clubs and teams are expected to gather for a series of events showcasing agility and competition.
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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
8
Canning Park will be the rendezvous of sportsmen in the metropolis tomorrow afternoon. Local clubs and teams are expected to gather for a series of events showcasing agility and competition.
The Dowerin and Pingelly Race Clubs applied to Mr Horace Withnell for race meeting dates. Nominations for a forthcoming meeting are due February 14. The carnival is set for February 6. Merredin has a dozen horses in training including Valerious and Haliburton. Jack Healey brought Alto Bob to Northam with an injured shoulder and weak forelegs. Mrs Dempster of Grass Valley has a promising two year old filly by Fidelis and a colt foal from the same mare. Fleurant, sold to Mr Shepherd for 1000 guineas, won a recent race and is now four. A break-in at PK Padfields’s Malvern stables led to eight horses missing, with Home Rule and Vielima returning. five others remained at large before being captured. New Tipperary, Hand, Mindoola and Acctivity have arrived in Melbourne.
At a Wednesday meeting the Northam Race Club accepted the tender of H and H Withnell to provide a farrier for all horses at the racing carnival. The March reunion programme framing was postponed to a future meeting. Desert Gold, the champion mare, has returned to New Zealand and would have attracted crowds if she had stayed for autumn meetings.
At Canning Park a meeting lists entries across classes including Jumpers Flat Volumen 1 Liberator 2 Squall 3 First Clase Plate Mervi 1 Blue Rain 2 Berego 3 Second Class Plate Wattle Leaf 1 Duke Merv 2 Epson 8 Park Handicap Isle of Arran Har Hatch 2 Oven 3 Third Class Plates Lady Moreen Caminary Height and Dhu Master Gauze High Hand True Shot plus Walter Handicaps Driry lane Forts Strathiaver.
There is a strong chance a boxing bout will be held soon at Northam between Stan Pearce, heavyweight champion of the Australian Away and Navy, and a first class Perth boxer. Promoter Dick Tan, with substantial experience, will handle arrangements at Spencer's Brook.
A St Patrick's Day club meeting scheduled for Wednesday March 19 1919 was announced. Members are invited to attend at the usual gathering place and time with plans for upcoming civic and social events.
Divided into several stakes, the programme lists Six furlong and One mile races with specific handicaps. Notes include weight adjustments, entry rules, opening course changes, and conditions for Galloways and two-mile distances. Secretary W Weston announces nomination closes February 14, 1919 with bookmaker fees and telegraphic confirmations.
Nominations close Saturday March 8 with weights declared around March 12. The notice sets penalties for winners of any Saturday race after weights are declared, bookmaking fees capped at three guineas, with details from My Calcutta Sweep and AP. H. Lee.
A. W. Sowden of Belby Street Northam thanks all helpers of a Saturday Working Bee held at his home. He praises the few hours of labor for improving value and comfort, and expresses deep gratitude for the ungrudging effort of the workmen. Dated 28 January 1919.
Contracts will be received by the Minister for Works until noon February. Proposals cover Courthouses at York and Northam, Merredin State Farm Buildings, and related works. Bids invited from contractors for renovation and construction at specified sites.
Printed and potlighed by A. E. War man for Victor Jusetey and Co at the Courier Printing Works Fitz gerald Street Northam.
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