Connolly Picks Two for Caulfield Cup The Trump, Balkan Prince, He Says; Tip By Handicapper Floodtide Expected to Improve Melbourne
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 18
ERIC CONNOLLY, regarded as one of the shrewdest judges of racing form in Australia, expressed today the opinion that The Trump or Balkan Prince would win the Caulfield Cup…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 21
WHEN THE RAIN reached The Lakes golf course yesterdays, G. A. H. Dalziell, of Lismore (left) was glad to share an umbrella with N…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 22
TWO of the youngsters of the Seniors' Golfing. Society, A. H. Hattersley and W. C. Sturrock, won the Society's first foursome championship with 87 a Kensington yesterday. A howling southerly gale made…
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The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 7
ALTHOUGH the weather in the city to-day should again be somewhat overcast, an improvement in yesterday's conditions is expected by…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 4
HEAVY seas forced four trawlers, two colliers, and a coastal boat into Botany Bay yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cup Trials. Smart Gallops. Floodtide and The Chanter. Talking in Fine Trim. (From Our Special Representative.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 21
Floodtide and The Chanter were among the smartest gallopers on the tracks this morning, and there is no doubt that each horse is particularly…
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The Sun · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 14
For the first, time in nearly a month, draught beer was sent out from both the Castlemaine-Perkins and Bulimba breweries to-day, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Best Trial Since 1924 Flood Tide in Great Gallop The Chanter, Manolive Make Fast Times MELBOURNE
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 21
OUTSTANDING among the trials of Caulfield Cup candidates this morning was that of Flood Tide, who covered a mile and 20 yards 10 feet out from the rails on the Mentone course proper in 1.42½…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 22
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The crack Victorian jockey, H. Skidmore, will ride Flood Tide in the Caulfield Cup. The engagement was made today…
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Referee · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 15
TUESDAY, opening day of the first annual championship meeting of Senior Golfers' Society at Kensington, was a nasty day for golf. A…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Romance of Pioneer Days Sarah Musgrave's Eventful Life Floods, Bushrangers, Blacks
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 8
Few women have had a life so closely packed with stirring events as Mrs. Sarah Musgrave, who died at Auburn last week in her 108th year. But, in spite of the many trials she passed through, Mrs. Musgrave always looked back on her outback days with…
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Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 8
THE course proper, with the hurdles out 20ft., was the venue at Mentone. FLOOD TIDE, assisted by SAROKOS over the first half mile in 56, and the…
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The Sun · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 2
To the shopping crowds in city, suburban and country centres, candidates of all parties will to-night make the most extensive appeal since…
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The Labor Daily · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 14
FINE, but overcast conditions are expected early to-day in the city, but a thunderstorm is probable this afternoon…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 12
The acting State Meteorologist, (Mr. H. E. Banfleld) said last night that rain of scattered nature could be expected over a wide area of the State during…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Caulfield Cup Is Year's Problem Race Balkan Prince May Beat Big Field Floodtide and the Trump Ready to Show Ability Melbourne
The Sun · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 19
BALKAN PRINCE is selected to win the Caulfield Cup tomorrow from Floodtide and The Trump with Manolive the most likely outsider to upset calculations. THERE are at least 14 horses with a chance, and, therefore, in assessing prospects,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 10
If plans now before Taronga Park Trust are carried out, the Sydney Zoo will be floodlit for the Anniversary Celebrations…
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The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 11
THE great surging waves dashed against the rocks, while the caves echoed the thunderous boom of the merciless sea…
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The Sun · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 8
Australian National Airways are making a gallant attempt to maintain Tasmanian air services to-day, in spite of the howling southerly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Jean Batten's Dust Ordeal Blind Landing In Storm After Hazardous Flight Darwin Hop-off on Monday Likely World Copyright Camooweal (Q.)
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 1
I FLEW from Winton to Camooweal this morning in the teeth of a blinding dust storm. I hope to reach Darwin tomorrow, but it will take a…
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