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Auction 126 23-25 Mar 2021
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(TOWNSVILLE) NORTH QUEENSLAND P. & A. (Pastoral & Agricultural) Association, 1883, in bronze (45mm), by R.C. (Robert Capner), reverse inscribed, 'North/Queensland/P & A/Association/1883/Blood Stallion/3 Years And Over/2nd Prize/A.H.Rourke.'; another identical but with slightly different style of engraving in the naming area. One with hairlines on reverse, both toned, otherwise good very fine. (2)
Ex Dr W.J.D.Mira Collection.
Mr A.H.Rourke was a committee member of the Charters Towers Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Association. He was also a racehorse owner and breeder and on the committee of the Townsville Turf Club (TTC). In 1874 he marked out a track and erected a temporary stand, mostly at his own expense, to facilitate the move of the TTC from its original track at Cleveland Park to its present location at Cluden, a bigger site close to the railway station.
Ex Dr W.J.D.Mira Collection.
Mr A.H.Rourke was a committee member of the Charters Towers Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Association. He was also a racehorse owner and breeder and on the committee of the Townsville Turf Club (TTC). In 1874 he marked out a track and erected a temporary stand, mostly at his own expense, to facilitate the move of the TTC from its original track at Cleveland Park to its present location at Cluden, a bigger site close to the railway station.