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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
2
Racing notes confirm Harold Badger will ride Ajax in all engagements and Nuffield in the Melbourne Cup, aligning with his mounting plan for the season and big event.
A long list of horse names and entries for an October 29 Moorefield handicap meet. Notable horses include Grand Prix Bona Fide Wimbledon Invention Sir Bar inpl Gold Woll Lady Ouro Snturin Gill bring Plane Keogh Burdie Mayer and Forward Cragute with various stakes and events noted among the sprawling roster.
The Commissioner for Road Transport notes a likely shift to buses for Kensington meetings. A test service will operate to evaluate replacing trams at all stilarr lund meetings if successful. Fares will be T return and Gi single.
At Victoria Park Sydney yesterday Hovel Ensign in the Flying Wandling Teles Kid in the seven division of the Welter Handicap and Winning Post in the Victoria Park Handicap starred. Royal Ensign, favored in Liebette, ran clear in the straight though questions linger about staying power. Winning Post led from the start, outclassing rivals to win decisively, while bets on Barak and Osculum faded as the race progressed.
Newcastle Jockey Club outlines its Great Northern Cup meeting for November 1 on Melbourne Cup day with prize money £760, including £360 for the Cup run over a mile and a quarter. Secretaries say metropolitan horses are likely to participate while nearby clubs prepare early meetings as racing revival follows coal strike restrictions.
A Victorian racing list shows horses including Amigo Coronation Day The Trump and many others in the Velobes Stakes lineup with entries like Hold Vellog Prophet and Postponed. The page lists numerous stud names, weights, and probable fields for the race day card.
A scraped OCR shows a long list of horses for the Melbourne Cup with numerous names and numbers, including Royal Chief, Artelio, Dannevirke, Sir Harold, Nightsuard, Marauder, and more, along with fractional odds and notes. The text reads like a race entry field with many mis-OCRed fragments and partial captions.
The Saturday program lists numerous handicap races and stakes at Gawler with names like Flying Wandigar, Verina, Silent Tip, Centenery Star, and Jumpers. includes multiple horses, odds notes, and trainers. Notable entries include Troredalh, Ampottess, The Boss, and Proclamation among others. Race descriptions hint at field sizes and form cues across Welter, Maiden, and Trial events.
A scrambled and dense listing of horses, weights, and odds from Gosford for Tuesday racing. Multiple entries include Gay Buezard, Hasola, Denon, Harmony, Lady In Gold, Tapioca, Submaster, Cutoron, Return Ticket, Lion Hunt, Barley Water, Tricolor, Dawn of Tape, Monte Carlo, Golden View, and numerous others with weights and codes. The noisy OCR mixture references stakes like Kneoorage Stakes and various trainer notes, ending with a jumble that resembles a racecard record.
Racing page lists Monday trotters handicaps at Vic Park with numerous entries and horses including Buckwood, Exiat Elmo, Marble Bon, The Radiosay, Channing Billy, Kip Lowth, Great Cross, Abbey, Tidyde, San Frisco, Prince Havelwood, Burn a Boonie, Golden Joe, Ray Morle, Lady Bi a, Bob Tingle, Reedy Creele, Ixion ta Farner Pride, Siniosh, Dainty Dow Ch, Wyvda, Leckwood, and Giim as entrants in the day’s card.
The list shows selections for Monday race events including the Tropepers Handicap General Lalu as stewardess 2, Rolly's Miss 1, Queen Minton 1, more. It includes trial handicap Queen Minton and Bome Gold 2, Golden Too 8, and unhopped Dis mited Lady 1 Sneah 2 Westarla in improvers division Newrea Lad 1 Brown Minton 2 Head To se 3. Second divisions feature Guy Bignit 1 Vyora Girl 2 Moon Rock 4. Flying Handicap lists Earl's Peter 1 May's Machine Lucy Again 3.
A fragmented OCR list names many horses and handlers including Amazing Jewel, Sivda bd, Geld Crest, Queen Nest, Noursa Gal, Witvarlay Dilteoc, Machine Bong, Lord Minton, Delevan Boy, Indian Bells, Brown Minton, Lord Wilver, Wollawill, Royal's Brother, Rock Site, Rex Belly, Moon Rock, John Monty, Dalla Boy, Gay Blonde, Flyin Wandionplm, Childewood Direet, May Atach, Victor Derby Wyde, Locy Avala, and others, with references to improvers and wallodlung racing terms, in a jumbled listing.
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