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Auction 244 Page:1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A HORSE RACING 514 Balance of collection including Phar Lap playing cards; 1938 Gallaher 'Racing Scenes' [48]; vintage jockey's brown leather weights saddlepad; 1998 Melbourne Cup Fosters lager bottle in wooden case. (100s) 180 Ex Lot 515 515 Collection including Tom Corrigan plaque; brass ashtray; brass wall plaque of Donovan; 1970s-2010 Melbourne Cup magazines (17); Melbourne Cup ceramic plates (2); signed videos (5) including Scobie Breasley, Tommy Smith & Gai Waterhouse; photos (8); 1900s-30s horse prints (7) in varied condition; Lonhro poster; newspapers (14) including Makybe Diva, deaths of Tommy Smith & Bill Collins; magazines (11); mainly fine. (70+ items) 300 516 Advertising 1907 Australian Jockey Club, Sydney envelope with lovely illustration of racehorses printed on the flap with enclosed letter from club secretary TS Clibborn; plus another from the Maitland Races with enclosed letter from club secretary AJ Prentice. (2 items) 100 517 Artwork & Prints pair of Stanley Berkeley (1855-1909) photogravure prints titled 'Eclipse Stakes' & 'Grand National Steeplechase', both with some foxing but recently re-framed with new mounts, each overall 82x61cm. (2) 80 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Ex Lot 518 518 Autographs 'The Melbourne Cup' by Cavanough & Davies [Adelaide, 1971] signed Bart Cummings (12 winners), Mick Robins (Rain Lover 1968 & 1969) & Graeme Heagney (1963); 'The Master' with FDC signed by Bart Cummings; collection of autographs with signed covers & pictures (22 items) including Scobie Breasley, Lester Piggott & Colin Hayes. (24 items) 200 519 - 'A Rare Breed - Legends of Australian Horse Racing' souvenir book by Wilmoth [Australia Post, 2007], together with signed commemorative covers & pictures of all six legends - Roy Higgins, George Moore, John Tapp, Scobie Breasley, Bart Cummings & Bob Ingram. (6 items) 100 520 Badges South Australian Jockey Club (4) for 1975-76, 76-77, 77-78 & 78-79; Royal A & H Society of South Aust (5) for 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980 & 1985; Tenth Australian Scout Jamboree Woodhouse 1973-1974; propellor badge & RAF tie-pin. (12 items) 70 521 - Warrnambool Racing Club membership badges & passes from 1988-89 to 2001-02, including member badges (15); Lady's badges & passes (8); Guest passes (5). Superb condition. (28) 75 522 Books 'Bloodstock Breeders Review' [London] 20 volumes including 1929-31, 1938, 1943-52, 1956, 1959, 1971 & 1973-75. (20 items) 100 523 - William Inglis & Son 'Annual Summer Yearling Sale' catalogues (13) from 1973 to 1989; plus 'Australian Stud Book - Bicentennial Edition' [Sydney, 1987] almost complete set (28/30 volumes), some water damage. (13) 100 524 - 'The Jockeys of Vanity Fair' by Russell March (signed) [Kent, 1985]; plus Mowbray Series postcard 'Randwick Racecourse, Sydney NSW'. (2 items) 80 525 - 'Heroes & Champions - The horses, jockeys, trainers and events that made Australian racing great' by Bob Charley (signed) [Sydney, 2014]; 'The Story of the Melbourne Cup' edited by Howell [Melbourne, 2010]; 'Bart - My Life' by Bart Cummings [Sydney, 2009]. (3 items) 80 Auction 244 Page:3 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Ex Lot 526 526 Cane c.1890 Ashford, Maker to the Queen Walking Stick cum Horse-Measuring Rule with metal handle engraved 'E.J. BARTON', the handle extends to reveal a ruler for measuring the height of horses, with scales in hands, inches & metric; also two riding crops. Ex Edmund John Barton, editor of the Brisbane Courier and author of the 'Jubilee History of Queensland'. (3 items) 700 527 Displays 'Horse Racing Legends' with photos of Carbine, Phar Lap, Tulloch, Kingston Town, Sunline, Might & Power, Saintly, Northerley & Makybe Diva, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 89x113cm. 100 528 Photographs substantial group many extracted from 'Racetrack' magazine from the 1970s-80s, also includes around 40 with facsimile jockeys signatures, plus nice range showing Black Caviar. (364) 100 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Ex Lot 529 529 SCOBIE BREASLEY: Collection of press photographs, various sizes, some duplication. Ex Scobie Breasley descendents. (17 items) 200 530 BLACK CAVIAR: Display with two photographs, window mounted with ticket signed by trainer Peter Moody; racebooks (4) including 18 Feb.2012, 28 Apr.2012, 16 Feb.2013 & 22 Mar.2013; plus book 'Black Caviar - The Horse of a Lifetime' by Gerard Whateley & Illustrated edition. (7 items) 150 Lot 531 531 - Original oil painting 'Black Caviar' by Arts Enemy, signed "AE" lower right, unframed, size 80x60cm. 1,000 Auction 244 Page:5 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 532 MAKYBE DIVA: 'The Diva' display with miniature silks window mounted with four action photographs, framed & glazed, overall 92x102cm. 100 533 PHAR LAP: Metal printer's plate (198x138mm) from a contemporary photograph, a couple of light scratches and bends. Unusual. 50 534 - Display with nice photo of Phar Lap with career record below, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 39x51cm. 80 535 - 'Phar Lap' print with b/w photo images of his four victories over the 1930 Spring Carnival, limited edition 178/1930, framed & glazed, overall 109x68cm. 100 Ex Lot 536 536 SYDESTON: Racing Silks & Cap; plus race-finish photograph 'Fosters Caulfield Cup, Caulfield 20-10-90, Sydeston 1st', framed, overall 70x47cm. Ex Bob Hoysted collection. (3 items) 150 Ex Lot 537 537 TERRAVISTA: Original saddlecloth number '2' as worn by the horse in the 2015 Newmarket Handicap, signed by jockey Hugh Bowman, and with horsehairs still on the saddlecloth; plus an associated racebook. (2 items) 200 Lot 538 538 YEATS: Replica saddlecloth number 11 for the 2006 Melbourne Cup, signed by jockey Kieran Fallon, with CoA. Ex the first VRC auction. [Yeats was an Irish thoroughbred that won seven Group One races and is the only horse ever to win the Ascot Gold Cup four times in succession; he finished a disappointing 7th in the Melbourne Cup] 100.