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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 26, 1920
Page
6
The notice lists Ascot races for Wednesday June 4 and highlights nominations closing tomorrow May 27. It mentions Primaries, a low programme, and references officials and events with uncertain OCR text.
A local nomination roll closes by 6 a.m. Tuesday for a planned meeting. Public officials and program organizers will discuss casters, perter, and related nominees in a formal review session.
The readable text mentions places like Longreach and Bend Queensland regions, with references to racing events and meetings. Names such as Renova and Stradbroke Handi surface in a garbled context, suggesting a local sports or racing recap. The passage lacks clear structure or complete details.
The piece lists winter entries for the AJC meeting with names like Melbourne, Silent Way, Shadow Dancer, and Hurdle entrants including Vater Lene Lind Geel Batebar and Mybeclose. It notes principal races such as the Prince of Wales Gold Cup and Chester Plate, with owners and horses from Australia and Britain.
Anticipation builds for Moorefield races this Saturday with seven events. Notable entries include Murdle Rach Taralie Two Lights Lying Handicap Mamley Fluency Kogarah Stakes Ecarth Prince Marvelock Klargoon Jack's Day Al a Worti Fleurant Welter Handicart The Trish Volt Ray Watlag.
Abbreviated, unreadable OCR text references Bathurst Turf Club and ACT entities, with asset and payment mentions. Lacking clear events or dates, no coherent narrative or actionable details emerge from the fragment.
Fragmented OCR text references Band Sports at Kempsey Park with names San a Walter and four trom players, entry 1 6 acopianre 1 creets Ye Ney Pree, unclear specifics of event or outcome.
Hospital Sports at Taree on June 8 features multiple competitions including handicaps. The meet highlights participants Franklinanda, Nena Udei, Rea ay opis pe My as ele, and Hank Thine Poetrmaion with Hom phatte PP keen ANTEILA noted.
A long passage reviews horse breeding trends from New Zealand to New South Wales, noting early foals often outrun later batches. It references Antonio silveres and several horses such as Sylvaunte, Mountain Knight, and Tressady. The piece discusses Champagne Stakes contenders, Derby candidates, and performance patterns across two decades, highlighting Stephen and other sires/plausible lines, with India and Australian mares entering markets.
Selection list from Moorfield features TARALIE or CAMPANIFORM in the hurdle event, NAUTCH GIRL or MYAMLEY in the flying handicap, ACARTE or FRAIL in the Kogaram Stakes, JACK'S DAY or BRETAGNE, SANDBEE or FLEURANT in the sandbee hurdle, with FLUENCY or CRAGROSE in the welterandcap.
Hy Lee 119 and Tio mor out headline a perplexing scoreline as team notes from a partial cricket or club match appear. The fragmented text mentions players Haley and Lee with high scores and a mysterious final wicket count, suggesting a sketched sports brief with incomplete context.
A dense, garbled OCR fragment lists names, places, and topics from training notes and items across varied domains. It mentions Randwick, Van, Phaonig, Sam ai ea, Ted Shug, Sinemet, Meats, and several unclear entities. The text blends potential product names, people, and places with incomplete phrases and stray quotes, lacking a cohesive narrative.
Fragmentary sale ad listing a few phrases about a six week old item and various unreadable terms. The readable parts indicate a general sales notice with scattered names or places and unclear details.
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