The Moon Plain Stakes
The Locksmith (Somapala), on the outside, Sarracenia (Isaacs) and Oris (Butfoy) battle out the finish of the Moon Plain Stakes (7 furlongs.) at the Nuwara Eliya races on Saturday. The first named was placed first by a short-head.
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The Nuwara Eliya Mayor's Cup
(Top) Drake's Drum, ridden by Velu, winning the Nuwara Eliya Mayor's Cup from Joshua, Mullaley and Lucky Number on Saturday, the opening day of the Nuwara Eliya Meet.
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Racecard - York Wednesday
York - Wednesday
With the police now concentrating on brothels, the bookies have become a little bolder.
They now issue printed sheets instead of the cyclo-styled sheets they issued in the past few weeks.
Above is one of the printed cards that was...
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Racecard - Newbury Saturday
Printed race sheets now appear every day except on Sundays as no races are run in the United Kingdom on Sundays. Above is a reproduction of yesterday's race sheet.
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The Machine Room
"The Machine Room"
In the foreground is the Adder Machine. The units of this machine are numbered as shown. Now each number corresponds to the horse number in any raid i.e., horse number one is allotted unit number one.
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