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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
5
A folded verse-narrative on racing bets and the hunt for the dinkum oil news source. It travels through wires and whispers about touts, bookies, and the allure of a sure thing, naming gamblers and figures like Ted Edmeades and Tim and Brookes as it chases luck.
The Meekathana Telegraph reports broad rainfall across North Murchison and Pilbara with Fitzroy River in flood but Ashburton and Gascoyne still dry. At Ethel Creek 3 inches disrupted Easter services. Peak Hill 50 points and Belele 80 points noted, Meekatharra 24. Light rain later recorded at Peak Fil 14 points and Meekatharra 11, with minor washaways delaying the Meekatharra train on the Murchison gulf field line.
The Toodyay Race Club held a successful meeting on Wednesday with perfect arrangements under stipendiary steward Mr McDougall. Gate receipts reached £34, tote total near £100, and twenty one bookmakers paid two guineas to operate. Results list multiple races with close finishes and varying odds, including the Toodyay Handicap won by Walina by a neck, and other plates featuring Fatalist, Petrovsk, and Battle Eve among the winners.
Splendid entries pour in for the Northam Race Club April meeting with nearly twenty for the Rockliffe Handicap and seventeen for the Country Stakes. Forty horses are nominated for the Divided Handicap and twelve for the Tris Snakes amid fine weather expectations for a successful program.
The Beverley Race Club meeting results list multiple races with top finishers and betting odds. Winners include Errida and Kazin with distances ranging six to seven furlongs, ridden by jockeys Whelan Bowler Percival and Cantilever, among others.
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