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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1952
Page
4
Doomben field entries include Pulne 399 J Standfield Barry R12 Tindall Bi Wowie 682 Sayer vs Turner Lord Creah T Livingston Precon 7 iV Faggotter Tree tee nin 5 sya Standfiela BeBambl 2 dobn Baborough.
Carioca favored to win the £ 2500 Villiers Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, leading Forest Bean in a near rival match. The likely field includes Rosehill winner Forest Beau and other contenders such as Waterlady and River Cam, with selections stressing Carioca’s form, weight, and straight run advantage.
Toowoomba accepts entries for a Saturday race meeting with divisions including maiden and handicap events. Notable runners listed include Rimson, Pharae, Royal Sieteor, Simple we, Noonday, Top ope, Star Echo, and Elucidate among others with varying weights and payouts across divisions.
Flemington previews highlight Free Kick as a top chance in the Fund Handicap at Flemington with Arbroath named best bet of the day in the Caton Handicap. Dashing Beau and Brillant Jane show odds, while English and Lucky Mascot struggle to impress. Divisions and balloting are averted with several acceptors in Maroon Kingsville and Benefit Handicaps, and the card features other notable contenders like Don Pasquale and Welkin Sun.
Mare entries and odds across multiple races at Sea Girt and Kingsville hand icaps. Notables include MAROGNDAH JANDI at 5 furlongs, CATANI HANDICAP 13 miles, and SUZON HANDICAP 1 mile with riders Purtell Hutchinson Laird and Winks. Multiple horses, weights, and jockeys listed for each event.
A dense OCR style ledger lists numerous horse names and numbers such as Peace 2187 Mitchell High Value 1665 and Keesong 181 EL 3h, with values like 7.10, 7.3 and 88.2. The fragmentary entries include multiple handlers or owners and city references, producing a jumbled racing odds sheet rather than a coherent event report.
Doomben morning gallop saw Buzmark clock four furlongs in 48 seconds, the best final test before Saturday. He finished the last three furlongs in 37 seconds to beat Just Ali and Legal Tart by two lengths with strong performances from Patricia Queen and other rivals on both grass and sand tracks.
At the Warwick Amateur Rugby League annual meeting MF 5 Jones was named life member in recognition of years of service. J McAllister noted Jones long tenure as secretary and his stand in not seeking re election. A tribute from J Maroon echoed that no one had given greater service to Warwick Rugby League. The motion to confer life membership was approved unanimously.
Results from yesterday at the Southern Cross Games show Open Singles with Mrs Connolly defeating Mrs Turner 31 to 23. Other singles outcomes include Mrs Kelly defeating Mrs Walsh and various matches featuring Mesd, Seay, Bell, Brennan, McCarthy, Fogarty, and Mrs Higgins, with forfeit by Mrs Curey and a win by Mrs Turner in a tiebreakers.
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