I have been searching for the source of the above term form about 12mths and finally realised I should come and ask people who know their racing. As you may well guess I'm not really invovled myself , it's just that my mother used this saying regularly and her people were quite involved in the Sydney racing circles up to WWII. I was told that it may even have been used pre-WWI .

So does anyone know of the derivation of the Sydney [ ? ] based racing term / saying " [more ] Fruit for the sideboard" ? Can it be attributed to any one bookie ? Has this saying fallen out of general usage ?

Any comment would be appreciated.