MGRA Board – Presentation to Cantee & 25th Anniversary
Couple shots from the 50’s at North Melbourne. MGRA Board and the Victorian Guineas won by Cantee.
Before 60’s
Cartoons from the AGE
Here are some cartoons run in the “Age”. It’s a first I have never seen it before.
1943 Melbourne Cup winner Gamblers Gold
1943 Melbourne Cup winner Gamblers Gold. One thousand pound would be worth about $38,000.
Grey Floray winning at Harold Park 1953
Wonderful pic from 1953 of a greyhound named Grey Floray winning at Harold Park in the green rug 4. She was by Grey Bob who […]
Tumble Bug
A story by the great Jack Woodward on Hall of Famer Tumble Bug and a photo from 1949. Plus a tribute from the GCA Website. […]
1950 & 2000 Waterloo Cups
Amazing details of the 1950 Waterloo Cup, a chart kept all courses recorded. It was won by champion coursing and race dog Harryed. Plus the […]
Club Posters 30’s – 40’s
Colin Lyons posted these wonderful posters from the 30’s and 40’s.
Sam Bladon
Sam Bladon AGRA-GCA Hall of Famer acknowledged as the greatest Coursing trainer of all time. Trained from the late 1880’s through to the early 1900’s. […]
Boxes 1920’s UK
Some interesting pics of the Boxes and Lure used for the first time in the UK middle 1920’s.