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Orsova Racing Club card
1932-01-01/1933-08-05
South Australian Maritime Museum
Port Adelaide, Australia
Cover of race card listing rules, races and names of race officials for the Indian Ocean Meeting aboard Orient liner Orsova in 1933. The card reflects the sort of recreational activities organised by shipping companies in the 1930s. Deckside 'horse races' were a popular entertainment where passengers competed against each other to wind in wooden horses attached to lines of string. Passengers could also gamble on the races.
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- Title: Orsova Racing Club card
- Date Created: 1932-01-01/1933-08-05
- Provenance: Ephemera from a 1933 voyage of the Orient Royal Mail Liner Orsova to London. Several passengers mentioned on the card, such as Lieutenant Colonel Harrison Midwood and R. Stallard were well-known in Brisbane where they had embarked. On this voyage, the Orsova arrived and departed Outer Harbour 27th July 1933, sailing for Fremantle on its way to London.
- Subject Keywords: racing, Sport
- Rights: No known copyright restrictions
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