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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
11
Maitland Jockey Club announces races scheduled for Saturday and Wednesday events on August 28 and September 1 1920. Entries include several clubs and notable horses with entries listed under amateur rider conditions. The meet features various stakes and novelties as entrants prepare for the season.
Race news from Rosebery highlights heavy track conditions. Racing was impacted by rain with several favorites successful in the first division, while Weather and ground conditions caused delays and some horses underperformed. a strong attendance preceded the day’s weather disruptions.
A historical horse ranking from 1919 20 lists Distour with eight wins seven seconds and seven thirds leading a season end table. Precious Dust dominates with seven wins one second and a standout progeny listing Cesarion sired by Imp. Gold Dust is noted as a top performer among a field including Eubny Toca Hep Sn Little Poppy and Gaby Declys. The piece notes the season near wrap up with a summary of top runners and placements.
An OCR fragment promotes Bakers Liniment as a cure for rheumatism and related chest threats. Mentions a chemist and invallable teas, with garbled wording indicating a dubious advertisement style and damaged copy.
The article details 1519-20 riding honors led by P Rubin, with A McCabe Haz Best Average. It notes rider counts, apprentices' progress, and fluctuating win totals across mounts, seconds, and thirds, citing March 31 flat engagement and February results.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered phrases and names including Kedron Park and a series of unreadable traces. The readable bits hint at a public or local notice-like record with unclear elements such as amounts and names, but no coherent event or outcome is present.
A highly corrupted OCR text fragment lists numerous garbled names and phrases, mentioning places like Sedron Park Trots and Mund Ure hil, with scattered references to people such as Wanita and Jom. The legible content is minimal, offering no clear event or context to summarize.
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