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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
14
A detailed survey of stallions, progeny, and breeding trends notes high earning sires like Beau Soult and others from Australia and New Zealand. It highlights top performers, pedigrees, and price ranges, with emphasis on bloodlines, and foreign imports shaping current stud plans and market demand.
A garbled listing of horse names, breeds, ages, and entries appears. Names like Achilles, Land at Sang, Teathersuleh, Yeomen Gag, and Hinting various stalls and paddings are shown with cryptic numbers and notes. The page resembles a racing or stud listing with incomplete data and misread OCR.
September meet at Randwick runs from the 29th to October 6 with races including first-day feature events. The card counts up wins for notable jockeys and trainers, with emphasis on performance at Cowes and surrounding venues. Officials note shifts in schedule and prize allocations for the season.
A garbled OCR page presents a tangle of names, dates, places, and phrases. It references War Seley, Tura Thea, Beeters, and various proper nouns with dates such as March 24 and October. The text includes unclear references to legal or public notices, and scattered military or wartime terms, but the overall meaning is obscured by heavy corruption.
The report from Newmarket England lists numerous names and races in a convoluted form. It references cups such as the Sin umes cup and the Emperor's Cup with scattered phrases about horses handlers and entries. The OCR yields many garbled terms and stray capitalized names.
A detailed account of morning gallops at Randwick with many horses named including Windermere Prince Vindix and Wedding Day. Notable efforts span six to seven furlongs, with Medley Urney Sabrina and Westcourt among those pacing steadily along the track.
A fragmented Western District racing report notes plans by J C Koowararto to hold a meeting for the Goonamble club and a potential benefactor. It lists upcoming meetings, show dates, and racing events with results including Miss Dowry and Promised Land, and mentions track work and preparations by owners, trainers, and jockeys.
In a local report unusual spellings and garbled text obscure names and places. The fragment hints at a street or street names discussion involving William Inglis and Som, with unclear details about a jig or event in a small community.
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