Merry Xmas 1936
Now that’s what we all call a sensible Xmas present isn’t it? This ad appeared in all of Australia’s big newspapers and magazines in December 1936. Merry Christmas Dad. Here’s a gift of lung cancer to celebrate the season.
Site Update
Due to IT issues caused by the author’s uselessness the site has been down for 48 hours. Now thanks to the genius of people who actually know something about computers and the kindness of friends we are back on the air. A huge thanks to them for getting us there. Apologies for the inconvenience, everything […]
To Those That Makes Threats, From Those Who Don’t Care
Doing it Tough in a Corona-Virus Crisis – Tabcorp Style
When the Coronavirus hit, and the Government closed the Rissoles, TAB’s and pubs, Tabcorp immediately stood down 700 staff Each of these workers copped a 100% reduction in pay. Forty percent of Tabcorps computer geeks (aka IT contractors) had their contracts torn in half on the way to being shown out the door. On average, […]
The Greatest Parting of the Seas Since Moses Split the Gap in the Group 3 at the Creek
Readers of a certain vintage will recall my series of stories about team driving in the Group 3 Darrell Alexander Memorial Trot a few years ago, the one that I half-tongue in cheek called Moses Parting the Red Seas to make a boringly serious issue about race-fixing in a code fewer people by the […]
The Sky is the Limit for Kaos
That is not a trotter. That is collosus. Meet Kaos (full name Moment of Kaos), at 18 hands and rising, the biggest standardbred square gaiter that anyone can ever remember seeing. There is a great story on harness link this week about about Kaos winning his first ever race Addington on Thursday, at the tender […]
Its the Adin Thompson Show at Clifford Park, Toowoomba
Champion bush apprentice Adin Thompson came to town in October with a huge boom on him, but as many young men fresh from the bush do he started out slowly and made a few early errors as young kids do, and after a couple of months plenty of self-said good judges were claiming he’d never […]
Meet the Owner of Vecta Pharma Pty Ltd – The American Horse Dope Dealer’s Man in Oz
Trainers With Magic Wands, Camels Turning into Kingston Town, Plunges Landing on Plodders, and Stevie Wonder Stewards – Toowoomba Racing is a Farce – The Chief Steward Must Be Sacked
Haven’t these horses improved since they have come here? This has gone to another level altogether. It’s spread eagling them! That’s what the Clifford Park caller said about Point the Wagon, the winner of race 5 at Toowoomba on Saturday night, and wasn’t he right too. Point the Wagon was a 14 start maiden coming […]
Bingo – Waterhouse’s Man Was Setting the Prices For Bet 365 – Archie’s Gunna Get Shot – Look After Maggie Will Ya? – Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow – an Archie Butterfly Exclusive
Yesterday I told you about how a man had called me after I’d written a series of pieces about the Sally Snow affair, and asked if we could meet. I told you that I was in Northern NSW at the time, so had to decline, but that the man had come back to me and […]