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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
12
Long, dense notes cover training, racing, and breeding moves across Randwick, Sandown, and Melbourne. Mentions Del Monte, Three Star, Prince Pie, Mombassa, Pommern, and various breeders, owners, and jockeys. discusses Derby and cup prospects, stud plans, and managerial shifts amid a busy season.
The notice outlines a December 27 racing program featuring Christmas and December Stakes events. Named horses include PAM ACRE and BRITISH BELLE among others, with various handicaps such as nursery and British Belle events listed for the day.
A letter from the Commissioner for Stamp Duties alerts bookmakers and racing clubs in the metropolitan area to stamp duty on betting tickets. It requires licensed bookmakers to forward betting tickets to the Stamp Duties Office in Phillip Street, Sydney, with payment to cover stamped value, or face penalties of £2 to £10 for noncompliance.
Country racing report notes the death of Lora Heian a veteran rider who had been active at Wavea VRE meetings. It recounts events from recent races with Garnawen and Schooner among others placing well while Tremantaytapi Music was ridden by Tavermaytapi. The piece mentions a rainstorm affecting racing prior to Hurle Race, and references Darren Hawre steering The Wotea LV. Race Cluly with mixed results and several horses achieving notable finishes including Penny Manlhcan and Ravernizer.
The readable text lists scattered names and phrases, mentioning Haden Veen, Wray Pewurkar, and Pack details like pages, panels, and dates. The fragmentary OCR provides no clear event or outcome, leaving only disjointed references and partial proper nouns.
A pony racing program begins this afternoon with special tram service to the gates at Gilead Otervals. The first race is at 12 30 pm and features divisions and stakes including Anticipations Flying Handicap and Maiden Handicap with horses such as Mescal Hot Air Norwi Star Porter Lady Poseidon Mazarillo Glorious Athol Knight Rose Soult and Victoria Park Handicap Linette Flambard Wherry Fourtern Two Handicap Fire Division Melton Mald Leigh Caress Miss Myra.
Jew Boy surprises backers as Happy Lady wins the 4-1 Handicap. Cherry Grate scores again in the mile event while Rosebery card features several close finishes. Jockeys Guiding tracks show late pushes with mixed results across the card.
Nominations and entries for the Victoria Park Racing Club meeting and the M A Oddfellows Pony Razing Club race at Canowindes are listed, with names such as Nearan Jew Boy Cherry Graft Briesiz and Margarit. Interference and suspensions are noted for F. ih Thomas after Rosebery events. Results from February meetings include Royal Banner Duke Merv and other runners with stakes and betting. detailed purses and placings are recorded for the Fitzroy and Croszan Parke meetings.
A garbled OCR passage mentions racing and teams with scattered names and places. It references Elion Spa and Menken, with hints of a drum Uae carne igarm and a signa 4me. The text lacks coherent facts or a clear event to summarize.
A fragmented report covers several horse races with names like Bundong, Preshfield, Woodwork, Margarita, Caress, Mirzan, and The White Chief. It notes near neck finishes, leads changing hands, and favorites underperforming in the Rosebery Handicap and related events, plus multiple horses and riders in heavy detail.
Partial readable lines show scattered names and phrases unclear context. The text references multiple likely proper nouns and a page fragment, with no complete event or clear narrative to summarize.
The note outlines Gosford race meetings with numerous racing terms, horse names, and event references. It mentions sunset, wind conditions, and various horse entries, times, and venues across multiple meet days, reflecting a busy race program with details on participants and outcomes.
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