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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
6
Warwick Farm on Saturday offers divisions for several paces with races listed including hurdling and mile events. Notable entrants include parmen currie rice lord bardolpi amazonia bourbon louvetier and irish duck in handicaps and stakes.
The betting market shows shifting positions for horses including Abhourh and others in a crowded field. Key runners such as Melboune Cup entries and named contenders like Vestry and Amadis are listed with varied odds, reflecting unsettled expectations ahead of the event.
A fragmented racing page lists slot selections including Hurdle Race with Carmen or Frigate Bird, Liverpool Mile with Amadis or Lord Zardolph, Pace Welter with Huhie or Bridal March, Threes A Old Handicap with Wewe Guinea or Neville, and Farm Stakes featuring Uribaldi or Braille.
A garbled OCR style notice lists mixed phrases about draws and payouts. It mentions names that resemble Satta and Aare, various currencies, dates, and locations, with unclear references to bets, winners, and sales. The fragment offers no coherent event or outcome to confirm.
Saturday training reports from Randwick and Victoria Park describe several horses pacing, galloping, or working over furlongs and miles. Cetiane and Poitrina led steady runs, while Poitrel and Bronzeth showed strong morning form. many horses completed six to seven furlongs with times noted, including Daya, Promised Land, and Mon Repos in varied efforts.
A garbled report outlines the Adelaide Grand National meeting at Victor Bark starting Saturday with the hurdle and steeplechase events. It notes horses trained by Scobie and Ruin, mentions notable runners like Moon and Merrie, and lists races such as the Pulham Bark Plate and Adelaide Guineas along with a general sense of the opening day lineups and stakes.
A fragmented OCR notice from the International Horse Agency and Exchange Ltd lists a London address 4A Pall Mall and names managers and partners including William Allison and Craig & Aitrea. The readable text references export and auction activities in horse trade, with unclear details due to garbled source material.
The Parket LE reports a crowning of Western district winners for the season with Mudie as a likely club meeting host at Mudgee. Park relief shows a year end credit balance 2/1479 with debits 87/10/7, fixed deposit 4480 and 200 War Loan investment.
An OCR heavy fragment portrays a chaotic listing of events, people, and notices from a historical newspaper page. It references performances, senates, theaters, and various public notices with scattered names, places, dates, and actions, including missing friends notices and calendar items.
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