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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
2
A special arrangement appears with The Swan Leader featured on the turf page. The image shows the turf layout and accompanying notes describing the presentation and related events on the page.
Jumbled OCR text references Belmont Park races with names like Warm Pie Sir Tucullus Nardy Boy and Nero San. Mentions May Mandicap and various horses, numbers, and a list of inconsistent terms. The readable items hint at a chaotic horse racing card with multiple horse names and potential events but lack coherent details.
Noted Australasian racing figures Gleaming and Poitrel are reported dead. Gleaming, a remarkable stakes performer, earned 44,100 and raced seven seasons before retirement at nine. Poitrel, the 1920 Melbourne Cup winner, excelled at weigh for age and shone in Sydney and Melbourne races. Both had storied careers and enduring stud influence in Queensland and New South Wales.
The AJC faced funding pressure leading to lower prize money and a shift away from steeplechases. In Victoria the Grand National stake has been cut from £5,000 to £2,500, with other clubs following suit. May racing calendars advertise four steeplechases at about £1,200 total, while horses like Jack's Jason show the sport’s resilience despite reduced stakes.
A jumble of names and numbers appears as racing entries and results surface for the state mandicap event. The list includes Cri tters and horses such as Coolgardie and Betty Hook, with various riders and handlers mentioned among scattered figures and scores.
Fragmentary text mentions a Mr ACG, a scerriars at He WON TA, a fuel mention, and Hetering in the South Wot with references to housing, yet the details are unclear and names are not fully legible.
A Victorian system introduces new handicapping rules affecting Downey and Barcell race entries at Brennan Park and Ernuude events. After changes, horses dropping to minor places must wait months before returning, with four races required at different meetings and stricter penalties for times that do not prove a horse’s speed.
Collingwood's Pride, a long established Perth mare, is noted for third place finishes and high speed. Racing records from 1922 to 1930 show multiple placings in WA events, including the Flying Mule Time Test and WA Trotting Cup where she placed behind rivals Black Childe and Nazimova. She is 13 years old with a lineage including Sire Vid and Wilway, and shares a racing era with Mendican Ratana and The Count.
Fragmented OCR notes list horse names, times, and placements from a historic trotting event. It records distances such as one mile and quarter, yard marks, and multiple horses with official times, including winners and assorted notes about marks and stakes.
The notice promotes cheap embroidery by Mixx Dawson at Bow Marche Arcade Perth. It targets tailors and laity with long experience in Perth firms and offers drawn thread work. Prices are described as very reasonable and satisfaction is guaranteed.
An extensive assortment of roses, vines, fruit trees, flowering peaches, cherries, and potted plants offered at Messrs. Wilson and Johns Barrack Street Perth. Seeds and vegetable seeds available, with plantings of Ran invaslas. address given for prompt delivery.
A long mixed item reports on a Labour Daily court action in Perth touching police and press freedom, plus a May 24 Empire Day procession with 35,000 to 40,000 spectators, and a world motor paced record by Opperman. It also notes Hugh political and international items, including Norman Thomas nomination and a fatal accident in Hyannis.
Advertisement lists onions five shillings per mom, cabbage cauliflower broccoli sprouts celery beetroot lettuce and swedes at one shilling per hundred with railage paid at 3 shillings. Includes WG Alack Bhickland Hill as contact.
A chemist promotes a home prepared cough remedy using sugar, treacle, honey, water, and a bottle of HEENZO. The recipe claims cost savings, safety for babies, and rapid relief from coughs colds and bronchitis, with many letters praising its effectiveness.
The Batyphone brings city radio to the home with a screen grid four valve receiver. Free with octave valves battery and aerial gear, offered at 23/10 cash or via terms. Baty and Co sole WA agents will deliver from Perth in 21 days for £2 10s extra.
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