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REVENUE

Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), Sunday 4 March 1951, page 18

Stable followers made a colossal clean-up …

WHEN REVENUE WON THE CUP

In this narrative of the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups of 1901, the actual running of the races is not dealt with, for that has been written and discussed from every possible angle.

This story deals solely with the happenings which led up to the famous Revenue coup— the most sensational and successful betting proposition ever effected in connection with Australian racing to that date, and for long after.

LOOKING down the long line of winners of the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, one's mind is often stirred by memories of incidents associated with many of the contests for those great races. And if it does not always follow that those memories linger

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