ONLY 54 STARTERS
Flemington Today (Special Crspdt. N.Z P A.) MELBOURNE. Only 55 horses have accepted for the seven races which carry stakes worth a total of 54,000 dollars on the final day of the Victorian Racing Club’s autumn meeting at Flemington today. This is the smallest number the club has known. One of them has been announced as a non-runner. There is prize-money for the first four place-getters in each race and 28 horses must collect something, a better-than-even-money chance for each runner. In the 16,300-dollars Queen Elizabeth Stakes there are only four runners. Acceptances Include: QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES; weight-for-age; lira—Bore Head, Future 9-3; GaMlee, Prince Grant 9-0. DUKE OP NORFOLK STAKES, 17,000 dollars; 2m.—Khallf 8-0; Blue Special 7-11; Garcon 7-10; Somerset 7-5; Caveat Emptor. Le Marjon, Petite, Swift General 7-3.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31322, 18 March 1967, Page 7
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