{"_id":"67ef08f9f4509883e1d54ae4","title":"The Oracle at the Races","author":"Banjo Paterson","code":"the-oracle-at-the-races","publish_year":1904,"publish_scan":"https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12207444","publish_source":"The Evening News","publish_edition":"Jan 30","words":1847,"image":"racehorse.jpg","image_alt":"A racehorse running down a track. Graphite filter.","genres":["quirky"],"description":"A man known as the ‘Oracle’ boasts of his understanding of the races to enamoured members of the public.","blurb":"No one likes to expose his own ignorance by asking which horse he refers to as the “only one in it”; and the Oracle goes on to deal out some more wisdom in a loud voice.","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}