20 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 20, 1889
Page
1
A garbled OCR page mixes horse racing results, stalls, and advertisements with scattered names, dates, and figures. The readable portions mention Canturbury Park races, the Flying Handicap, Life Boat, and various stakes while peppered with questionable fragments and stray captions.
A garbled reminiscence recalls a gathering at Warwick Farm and Mou Teould with mentions of rain, dust, and memory of a journey. The prose hints at preparations, observers, and the passage of a day marked by old stories, without clear events or names.
Fragments describe a boxing scene with names like Nat Cangham and Tom Gayeen, hints of amateur versus pro, and a chaotic narrator voice. The piece references famous fighters and the culture around boxing, though many words are garbled. The overall mood evokes old sport column prose with scattered anecdotes.
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