Inside tips and lucky bets from a racing diarist
A racing diary recounts insider tales of luck at the races. A Yorkshire immigrant bets £5 on Ventura and wins as it finishes first, while other anecdotes cite a Broken Hill punter who doubled his money on Alarm in the Silver City Cup and a Kensington misread of gramophones guiding a Sonora bet at Toorak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dempsey
Yorkshire
Ventura
Henry
Ikey Mo
Canada
Broken Hill
Monte Matto
Kensington
Sonora
Jack Holt
Melola
Braybrook Council aims to beat the bounds by century end
Braybrook Council plans a bound beating led by Dr. Robinson with Drs Tilburn Glendenning and Drayton pushing the project. A Monday meeting mapped Braybrook Maidstone Maribyrnong Sunshine Deer Park and St Albans routes with various councillors offering transport ideas including a quarry engine and bikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braybrook
McKay
Tilburn
Glendenning
Robinson
Drayton
Andrew
Maidstone
Maribyrnong
Deer Park
St. Albans
Drs. Stenson and
Evans
Boundary Road
Dr. Robinson
Milburn
Dobson
Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pioneers AT
Sunshine
Croft Bros
Croft Brow
Hampshire Road
H. W. Tomlins
Devonshire Road
Mooney
James
Anderson Street
M. B. Lynch
Ballarat Road
Empire Street
Footscray North
Footscray
E. A. Tomlins
Tion
Lin Rule
Next National Bank
Morria Cowley and
Oxford
Sunshine Railway Station
E. Gunn
Sun
Barkly Street
West Footscray
Tottenham
ST Albans
E. M. Brown
W. R. Mooney
Liverpool Loadon and
Globe Inverson
Maes Op
Cecreieg
Soe Souelend
Sock
Gina Waempipes
Steves
Strathmore
Fuji
Jeffre Gingham
Penrose
Advocate Office
J. Green
W. Mitchell
Melbourne
Flinders Btreat
Nie Central
Lonsdale Street
Central
V. C. Wagglen
Jolly Ropexbox
Creawen
Drie
John M. Burke
Methodist Church
Bell Street
Coburg
Brunswick
Sydney Road
Modern Motor Service
Sunshine Technical School
Masideg Soc
Earol
Geo. Baxter
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