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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1921
Page
9
A partial listing of sailing and turf fixtures appears across regions including Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and New South Wales. The notice mentions December meetings, previews of events, and local racing schedules with venues such as Warwick Farm, showing a wide spread of fixtures and associated riders and participants.
Notes on weights and entries for the summer meeting, listing the shoes and seats, along with participants' names and arrangements. The garbled text shows miscellaneous abbreviations and partial entries, with several proper nouns partially legible.
Fragmented OCR reports a Richmond Victoria pony event with mention of individuals such as Hani, Wa, and Aviva alongside references to a scandal. The readable text is noisy and incomplete, but hints at a meeting with misdeeds or concerns affecting participants and local coverage.
A garbled OCR passage lists scattered fragments of names places and terms including mentions of MMA CTS Ga ned sig and various initials. The legible items resemble a random collage of personal names organizations and dates with no coherent story or event.
A garbled recounting of racing history cites Archer’s Cup win at 10.2 miles per hour, Sam Grimwood’s travels to West Australia, and anecdotes from Joe Thompson and Donald Wallace. It mentions Melbourne and Caulfield Cups, trainers, patrons, and wagers around 1860s Australia with vivid, though tangled, reminiscences.
A dense block of garbled text, names, places, and fragments. The readable bits hint at dates, people, and events but lack clear coherent facts or an identifiable center.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a horse racing meeting with names like Norah and Spin. The readable bits show indecipherable segments, dates, and places, yielding an unclear event but implying a turf racing context in the Western District with multiple unnamed participants.
The notice lists five events with closing dates and entry deadlines. December 24 details, with November 28 4 pm as cutoff for nominations. includes Dover and Meise regions, plus miscellaneous place names and sponsors.
Fragmented report covers event at Melbourne with horses Babadu Bobina Stage Boy and Pistol mare, plus Port Adelaide selections for Oaklands meet. Mentions Welter Handicap, hurdles, steeplechase, and a general racing scene with riders and officials, noting betting and entry lists.
A garbled passage references boxing and film work with vague mentions of Landen Sparraman, a heavyweight boxer, and a planned future engagement. It alludes to a mail event in Ilide i NP Ntve amos and a filmer, with scattered names and places, but provides no clear event, date, or outcome.
The Western Australian Turf Club notes eight races at Tatt's Meeting with mixed results. Winners include Mountain Heath Lilleymian and The Green Mongeainn Auataally, while favorites faced interference and close finishes in several divisions.
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