14 Sep 1904
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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 14, 1904
Page
1
Derby day notes report Sylvanite wins the Derby at A J C Spring Meeting. Contests at Epsom draw attention with favorites Koopan and Lord Cardigan among fair barkers. Australasian W F A contest noted. Palmist and Regio headline Epsom outsiders as attendance records broken.
The outsider Tarzan tops the field as Port Jackson and Birida Demas score two wins: Dingo and St Simmer. Local bettors watch the midweek race meet with keen interest as Aliases ride gains momentum.
A sprawling, garbled OCR page fragment blends names, places, and scenes across multiple events. It hints at political or social upheaval, with scattered mentions of people, locations, dates, and actions, but readable context is limited. The dense jumble preserves few concrete facts.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at boxing and other athletic mentions with names like Jeffries and Munroe, interspersed with garbled phrases. The jumbled lines suggest a historical sports page with mixed events and stray references rather than a clear single story.
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