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O'Brien Wins Easter Monday Race For £200 Prize
Description from the Bega Gazette covers the Easter Monday race at Queenscliff Bay between O'Brien and Backhouse for £200. O'Brien gradually overhauled Backhouse, with steady pacing and expert riding, amid crowd interest and judges, while Backhouse showed stubborn effort before finishing second. Also noted are Britain Russia war speculation items and a tunnelling project for Mont Blanc, plus Cyprus finances in the later column.
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Bega Gazette
O'Brien
Backhouse
O’brien
H. Walker
Commercial Bank
W. Rixon
Sydney
C. T. Stiles
J.P
Payton
Rawlinson
W. Wren
Henderhill
Patee
Peelyeas
Lordyards
Beckhouse
Peta
Agean
Russia
Herat
Cabul
Chitral
Cashmere
Afghanistan
Alikhanoff
Mont Blanc
St. Petersburg
Cyprus
Great Britain
India
Canada