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    ADOLF BASSER THE OWNER

    Feb 28, 2021 2 minutes
    by MURRAY WALSH

    Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic: 1922 - 1954), Saturday 10 November 1951,

    Sydney jeweller, Mr A. Basser, whose horse Delta broke an 84-year-ofd record by winning the Metropolitan and Melbourne Cup in the same year, definitely believes in miracles. To use Mr Basser's own words, "Delta didn't win the Melbourne Cup just because he is the best horse in

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