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Freedom and Capacity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

Jan Srzednicki
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne

Abstract

There were 180 applications from prospective contestants of the StawellGift in 1978. The race limit, imposed in the interests of safety, is just 60 runners. Of the 60 acceptances Richard Roe was the hotfavourite, but healong with six others fell victim to the great oyster poisoning, and had towithdraw on the day of the race, along with five of the others; the sixth died of the poisoning just as the race was run. In the event the winner was John Doe, the second favourite according to the bookmakers.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1984

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References

1 The Stawell Gift is an annual footrace held some 120 miles north-west of Melbourne.