Online Auction 3 Page:1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1192 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1192 AQUANITA: Sterling silver cigarette box engraved on lid 'Victoria Racing Club, In the Estimate A$300 Prescence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 23rd February 1963, Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, One Mile, Standard Weight For Age, Won By Messrs JH & W Thomas Aquanita, Reserve A$230 Trainer RJ Shaw, Rider F Moore, Weight 9st.1lb. Time 1-37.3', made by W.Drummond & Co, Melbourne. [Aquanita was a WA horse who was almost invincible in 1962 wfa races winning the Underwood, Turnbull, Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stakes and the special VRC Duke of Edinburgh Stakes. His bravest run was third in the Melbourne Cup at an unsuitably long distance. Aquanita was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2018]. Lot 1193 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1193 FRANKEL: Hand-painted pewter figurine of Frankel with jockey Tom Queally on board, Estimate A$150 14cm tall. {Frankel was unbeaten in his 14-race career and is the highest rated racehorse Timeform has assessed since their ratings were introduced in 1977}. Reserve A$115 Lot 1194 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1194 RECKLESS: 'Peter Pan Welter Hcp, Reckless 53½, Trotter', original painting by Patrick F Estimate A$250 Dennehy 1978, framed, overall 111x94cm. [Tommy Woodcock was most famous as Phar Lap's handler & trainer. In the twilight of his career he achieved fame in training Reckless Reserve A$190 who in 1977 won the Sydney Cup, Adelaide Cup and Brisbane Cup all in the same year and ran second in the Melbourne Cup] Lot 1195 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1195 RISING FAST: Jockey Silks believed to have been worn by Jack Purtell during the 1954 Estimate A$8,000 Melbourne Cup, purple body, black sleeves with pale gold bands, archivally framed, overall 86x83cm. Together with framed photograph of Rising Fast winning the 1955 Reserve A$7,500 Mackinnon Stakes. Provenance: Rising Fast's trainer Ivan Tucker, sold at auction by Leonard Joel in 2013. [Rising Fast was an outstanding NZ-bred racehorse. In 1954 he became the only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate races in the same season. He returned in 1955 again winning the Caulfield Cup but coming an unlucky second in the Melbourne Cup]. (2 items) Lot 1196 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1196 SYDESTON: Race-finish photograph 'Fosters Caulfield Cup, Caulfield 20-10-90, Sydeston Estimate A$200 1st', framed, overall 70x47cm; plus Sydeston's racing silks & cap. Ex Bob Hoysted Reserve A$150 collection. (3 items) Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 1197 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1197 YEATS: Replica Yeats saddlecloth number "1" for the 2006 Melbourne Cup, signed by Estimate A$150 jockey Kieran Fallon. Ex the first VRC auction, with CoA. [Yeats was an Irish thoroughbred that won seven Group One races and is the only horse ever to win the Ascot Reserve A$115 Gold Cup four times in succession. He finished a disappointing 7th in the Melbourne Cup] Lot 1198 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1198 TOM CORRIGAN: Plaque with brass bust of the jockey mounted on a shaped timber Estimate A$100 mounting board, size 14x19cm; plus a heavy brass plaque depicting a steeplechase with jockey (attributed to Tom Corrigan) jumping a fence, within a horse-shoe. [Tom Corrigan Reserve A$75 was a hugely popular steeplechase jockey who died in 1894 as a result of injuries sustained while racing. He was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 2017] (2 items) Lot 1199 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1199 FRANK DEMPSEY: Postcard from the Advance Sporting Budget Series. [Frank Dempsey Estimate A$50 was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2008 as a jockey] Reserve A$38 Lot 1200 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1200 JACK HOLT: Silver-plated cup, 33cm tall, engraved on front 'The SPORTING GLOBE Estimate A$400 CUP, Won by Mr Jack Holt, Most Successful Trainer, Season 1923-24. Firsts 30, Seconds 20, Thirds 22. Donated by The Sporting Globe'. Plus framed photograph signed on Reserve A$300 reverse. [Jack Holt, popularly known as the 'Wizard of Mordialloc', was a horse trainer and philanthropist who won the Victorian trainers premiership 13 times, training winners of the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup (2), Cox Plate (6) & VRC Derby. Holt was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2001] (2 items) Online Auction 3 Page:3 Lot 1201 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1201 1825 Newspaper Supplement to the Sydney Gazette dated 23 March 1825 reporting the Estimate A$300 establishment of the first Sydney Turf Club on 18th March 1825. Page with some repaired tears, though the reports on the establishment of the Sydney Turf Club are fine. Reserve A$230 Lot 1202 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1202 Badge Victoria Amateur Turf Club member's badge for 1930-1931; plus VATC Birdcage Estimate A$100 ticket from 1938. (2 items) Reserve A$75 Lot 1203 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1203 Badges Warrnambool Racing Club membership badges & passes from 1988-89 to Estimate A$100 2001-02, including member badges (15); Lady's badges & passes (8); Guest passes (5). Reserve A$75 Superb condition. (28) Lot 1204 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1204 Balance of collection including book 'Mighty Bernborough' by Sigley & Mulley (signed by Estimate A$150 authors) [Brisbane, 1990]; Rising Fast 1954 VATC Memsie Stakes racebook & colour photo in 'The Argus'; other photographs (7) including hand-coloured photo of jockeys in Reserve A$115 1956 MRC Invitation Stakes with Bill Williamson, Jack Purtell, Neville Sellwood & Jim Johnson; also autographs (5) including Dawn Fraser, George Moore & Neville Sellwood; bottle of 1991 Rugby World Cup shiraz. Ex Andy Tindall (former jockey & Chief Steward of Queensland) Lot 1205 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1205 Balance of collection including large photo of Peter Pan (42x29cm) with hand-painted Estimate A$150 silks; brass wall plaque of Donovan (25x21cm); horse brass of Grand National winner Early Mist; 'Sunbury Racing Club. General Rules' [Sunbury, 1903]; 1950s photographs (6) Reserve A$115 of jockey George Podmore; Christmas Card from Pat Quinlan. (12 items) Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 1206 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1206 Bookmaker's Ledger small black book 'Dave Hart, City Tattersalls, Pitt Street, Sydney' Estimate A$100 with bets recorded in pencil c.1896-1902, including 1897 & 1902 Melbourne Cups and cycling races. Reserve A$75 Lot 1207 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1207 Bookmaker's Stool 1940s-50s fold-up stool ex Les Tidmarsh at Randwick. Estimate A$100 Reserve A$75 Lot 1208 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1208 Books 'AJC Rules, Amended to 28th August, 1899' [Sydney, 1899]; plus Yearling Estimate A$100 Catlogues (3) for William Ingliss 1924; plus H.Chisholm & Co. 1914 & 1921. (4 items) Reserve A$75 Lot 1209 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1209 Books - mainly Breeding including 'Richard Ulbrich's Peerage of Racehorses' (signed) Estimate A$150 [Brisbane, 1994]; 'Stallions' -10 volumes [NSW, 1989-2006]; 'Sires' - 9 volumes [Sydney, Reserve A$115 1983-91], condition mainly Good. (31) Online Auction 3 Page:5 Lot 1210 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1210 Books - mainly horses & personalities, including 'Jim Pike - The Master' by Chittick Estimate A$300 (signed) [Moss Vale, 2001]; 'The Star Kingdom Story' by Pring (signed) [Sydney, 1983]; Reserve A$230 'Mighty Bernborough' by Sigley (signed) [Brisbane, 1990], condition mainly Good. (46) Lot 1211 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1211 Books with strength in breeding, including 'The Development of Successful Thoroughbred Estimate A$150 Sire Lines in England and France' by de Biase [Milan, 1961]; 'Breeding Racehorses by the Figure System' by Lowe [Canberra, 1977]; also 'The New Zealand Stud Book Vol.X' Reserve A$115 [Wanganui, 1897]. (14 books) Lot 1212 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1212 Book 'Patterns of Greatness - A Pedigree analysis of the leading European Estimate A$250 Thoroughbreds of the last fifty years' by Alan Porter [London, 1992], signed by the author. Great book on breeding. Reserve A$190 Lot 1213 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1213 Collection comprising Melbourne Cup magazines (17) from 1975 to 2010; signed videos Estimate A$250 (5) including Scobie Breasley, TJ Smith & Gai (x3), John Tapp; c.1909-30s horse prints (7) in varied condition; Lonhro poster; newspapers (14) including Makybe Diva, deaths of Reserve A$190 TJ Smith & Bill Collins; magazines (11); mainly fine. (55 items) Lot 1214 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1214 Collection including covers with horseracing stamps or postmarks (21 with 2 signed); Estimate A$120 photos of Think Big signed Harry White (4); 1995 MV racebook signed Harry White; Bill Collins match-book; postcard of Malua; cigarette & trade cards (6); ephemera (5), mainly Reserve A$90 Fine condition. (39 items) Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 1215 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1215 Envelope from the Australian Jockey Club in Sydney to Alexander Morrison in Singleton Estimate A$100 franked NSW 2d postmarked 'SYDNEY/12 Ap.07', with lovely pair of racehorses printed on flap, with enclosed letter from club secretary TS Clibborn. Reserve A$75 Lot 1216 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots Lot 1216 Envelope from the Maitland Races, Rutherford Course to 'The Budget' in Singleton Estimate A$100 franked NSW 1d pair postmarked 'WEST MAITLAND/12.FE.07', with enclosed letter from club secretary AJ Prentice.