Page:1 May 19, 2019 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A HORSE RACING 313 Australian Racing Print 'Flemington Race Course from Footscray side of Salt Water River' by J Ryan 1979, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 100x76cm. 50 314 Book 'Notable Australian Thoroughbreds' by Mountier, Barrie & Clark [Waiura NZ, 1981], limited edition in slip-case. 150 Lot 315 315 Brass Inkwell in the shape of a jockey's cap, French, 19th Century, size 18x13cm. 190 Lot 316 316 Gold Tie Pin featuring whip over horse-shoe, attractive & elaborate Victorian-era design. 100 Lot 317 317 1863 MELBOURNE CUP: 'Bell's Life Race Card, Victoria Turf Club Spring Meeting. Friday 20th November 1863', the third running of the Melbourne Cup, won by Banker. Some edge faults, and winners marked with an "X". [Archer won the first two Melbourne Cups, but his nomination for 1863 was rejected after his entry form was received too late. The 1863 race had the smallest field in the Cup's history with only 7 horses, after several horses were scratched in sympathy with Etiene de Mestre's champion Archer being ruled out]. Rare: only two examples thought to exist. Displayed in the National Museum of Australia's exhibition 'Spirited: Australia's horse story'. 8,000 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 318 318 1884 'Canterbury Park Race Club, Member's Ticket for 1884, No.74 TJ McCarthy Esq, unusual oval shape. Superb condition. [In 1884 the Canterbury Park racecourse site was leased as the headquarters of Canterbury Park Race Club]. 300 Lot 319 319 1885 'Tasmanian Mail, Turf Register and Stud Book of Tasmania, 1885-6' [Hobart, 1886], red cover. Some soiling on cover and few pages loose. 200 320 1887 Australian Jockey Club: 'AJC/ Lady's Ticket 1887', with on reverse 'No.109 One Lady, Accompanied by a Member'. Circular shape. Superb condition. 100 Lot 321 321 1888 'The Derby Day at Flemington' by Carl Kahler, photogravure by Goupil, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 126x101cm. With the key plate identifying the participants mounted on reverse. 500 Page:3 May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 322 322 1894 'The Official Race Book of the Australian Jockey Club, Autumn Meeting 1894', black leather cover with gilt title & 'All Aged Stakes Day 1894'. Minor wear to spine, though attractive. 300 323 1909 'Canterbury Jockey Club, Metropolitan Meeting 1909, Official Programme, Third Day - Wednesday November 10', featuring Canterbury Cup & The Oaks Stakes. Fine condition. 100 324 1922 'The AJC Spring Stakes 1922' by Martin Stainforth, Australian Jockey Club Print 1979, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 100x51cm. 50 Lot 325 325 1928 '1st Day, 3rd November, Victoria Racing Club, Spring Meeting, 1928, Derby Day, Official Programme'. Superb condition. [The 1928 Victoria Derby was won by Strephon; the following year it was won by Phar Lap]. 800 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 326 326 - MELBOURNE CUP: '2nd Day, 6th November, Victoria Racing Club, Spring Meeting, 1928, Cup Day, Official Programme'. Cover with some browning, and pin-hole top left, though rare Melbourne Cup programme. [The 1928 Melbourne Cup was won by Statesman]. 1,600 Lot 327 327 1932-33 Two glass slides from a Sydney theatre, the first shows the finish of the Melbourne Cup (believed to be Peter Pan in 1932 or Hall Mark in 1933); the 2nd slide with text 'Postmaster-Generals Department/ CUP RESULT/ The next slide will show the finish of the Melbourne Cup To-Day. It was flashed from Melbourne to Sydney by Telegraph over the ordinary wires by PICTUREGRAM'. {The Postal Department introduced the Picturegram service between Sydney and Melbourne on 9th September 1929} 300 328 1944-45 Racebooks for 1944 Mentone Turf Club & 1945 VATC Australian Steeplechase Meeting; plus c1935 Moonee Valley race-finish photo Membo easily from Disney & Dramask. Fair/Good condition. (3) 100 329 1952 MELBOURNE CUP: 16mm film 'Sixteen Millimetre Australia Pty Ltd presents THE MELBOURNE CUP. Complete coverage of 1952 Melbourne Cup horse race - won by New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse 'Dalray'. Approximately 150 feet. This copy is complete. 100 Page:5 May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 330 330 1958-2018 MELBOURNE CUP: VATC silks with signatures of 33 Melbourne Cup winning jockeys who have won 46 Melbourne Cups, including Roy Higgins, Mel Schumacher, Ray Selkrig, Jim Johnson, Midge Didham, Bob Skelton, Jim Cassidy, Pat Hyland, Darren Beadman, Greg Hall, Kerrin McEvoy, Corey Brown, Glen Boss, Yasunari Iwata, Michael Rodd, Blake Shinn. 400 Lot 331 331 1972 MELBOURNE CUP POSTER, 'See you at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November' showing 1970 winner Baghdad Note, published by the Ministry of Tourism Victoria, printed by C.H.Rixon Government Printer Melbourne, offset, size 63x99cm. 500 332 1981-85 Broken Hill St.Patrick's Race Club, covers prepared for race meetings 1981-1985, signed by Australian artists including Pro Hart & Jack Absalom. Fine condition. (5) 100 Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 333 333 1984 Bert Newton's racing colours, blue with yellow sleeves and cap, mounted in a clever 3D display appearing as a jockey riding a horse, framed & glazed, overall 74x74cm. 500 334 1998 'Dominators' print by J.Hillier signed by T.J.Smith, Colin Hayes & Bart Cummings, limited edition 101/200, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 57x78cm. 150T Ex Lot 335 335 BADGES: noted Victoria Racing Club for 1927-28, 1928-29 & 1966-67; VATC for 1928-29 & 1966-67; Moonee Valley Racing Club for 1966-67. (6) 200 Ex Lot 336 336 - Membership badges for Victoria Racing Club 1933-34, 1937-38, 1939-40 & 1949-50; Hamilton Racing Club 1956-57 & 1958-59; Hobart Racing Club 1984-85; NSW Trotting Club 1919-20; c.1946 'Bernborough Souvenir'. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (9) 75 Lot 337 337 BEL ESPRIT: Oil painting of Bel Esprit by Michael Wilkin, framed, overall 111x95cm. [Bel Esprit won the Blue Diamond & Doomben 10,000, but is most famous as the sire of Black Caviar. Provenance: ex Kurt Stern of Macedon Lodge]. 2,000 Page:7 May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 338 338 BERNBOROUGH: 'Official Programme, Brisbane Amateur Turf Club, Doomben "Ten Thousand", Saturday 1st June 1946' & 'Official Programme, Brisbane Amateur Turf Club, Doomben Cup Meeting, Saturday 8th June 1946', both won by Bernborough. Fine condition, though both with pencil notes inside. [Bernborough started 37 times for 26 wins, 2 seconds & 1 third, and was one of the five inaugural inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame]. (2) 800 Lot 339 339 CARBINE: Display comprising Carbine's horse-shoe, ex Auckland Museum, and a piece from Carbine's saddle strap, window mounted with a photograph of Carbine, archivally framed, overall 68x67cm. [Carbine started 43 times for 33 wins, 6 seconds & 3 thirds; Carbine was a leading sire in Australia, and was then purchased by the Duke of Portland for 13,000 guineas; over half of the 65 Melbourne Cup winners from 1914 to 1978 were descendants of Carbine, including Comic Court, Phar Lap, Rising Fast, Rain Lover & Think Big]. 2,500 Page:8 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 340 340 - 'Victoria Racing Club, Spring Meeting, 1889, Thursday, Official Programme', listing Carbine in both the Flying Stakes & Royal Park Stakes, pages 5-6 missing. Very rare and desirable programme. [Carbine raced four times during the 1889 Spring Carnival. On Saturday he ran 3rd in the Melbourne Stakes; on Tuesday he ran 2nd in the Melbourne Cup with 63.5kg; on Thursday he won the Flying Stakes; and on Saturday ran 4th in the Canterbury Plate, being tailed off due to a split hoof - the only race in which he failed to run a place]. 500 Lot 341 341 GLOAMING: Racebook for 1919 Wanganui Guineas (first), window mounted with photograph of Gloaming, archivally framed, overall 37x56cm. [In 67 starts Gloaming was unplaced only once, when he became enatangled in the barrier strands and took no part in the race]. 600 Page:9 May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 342 342 RESEARCH: Saddlecloth from 1988 VRC Oaks, with number "1". With CoA. [As a three-year-old Research carved out a unique place in Australian racing history by becoming the only filly to win the AJC Derby-AJC Oaks double. In addition her 3yo wins included the Group 1 Flight Stakes, Wakeful Stakes & VRC Oaks]. 500 Lot 343 343 RISING FAST: Jockey Silks believed to have been worn by Jack Purtell during the 1954 Melbourne Cup, purple body (faded), black sleeves with pale gold bands, archivally framed, overall 86x83cm. 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]. 10,000 Page:10 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 HORSE RACING (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 344 344 - Rising Fast's Horse Shoe. Provenance: Rising Fast's trainer Ivan Tucker, sold at auction by Leonard Joel in 2013. 1,200 345 SHERGAR: Photograph of Shergar winning The Derby in 1981 by 10 lengths, signed by jockey Walter Swinburn.