Sydney Mail (NSW: 1912 - 1938) Wed 9 Nov 1938 Page 27
Catalogue’s Melbourne Cup:
CATALOGUE - Catalogue’s Melbourne Cup:
Remarkable Effort for Moderate Performer
The 78th Melbourne Cup was won by the eight-year-old New Zealand gelding Catalogue, who with Toryboy (1865) is the only horse of that ripe old age to win Australia’s most important handicap. There have been four seven-year-olds to place the race to their credit, namely, Nimblefoot (1870), Sheet Anchor (1885), Tarcoola (1893), and Acrasia (1904); but Catalogue’s performance ranks with Tarcoola’s as the best of the aged division, as both carried 8st 4lb. Toryboy had 7st, Nimblefoot 6st, Sheet Anchor 7st 1 lb, and Acrasia 7st 6 lb. Eight New Zealand-bred horses have now been successful in the Cup, while quite a number have been placed. Previous
