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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 27 words
  3. THE SPORTSMAN'S NOTEBOOK.

    The hairy, straw-entangled, slop-suited bloke, who lives on the track between sunset and desolation, will soon be packing his carpet bag and his parrot cage, and striking ...

    Article : 434 words
  4. SPORTING SPARKS.

    Nosey Bob "stiffened" a few with a rope; the jock does it with a bridle. Toeballers are robbing their muscles; their day is near. ...

    Article : 924 words
  5. KENSINGTON RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 419 words
  6. The Filly of the Season.

    New Zealand can rightly claim breeding the colt of the season, for Noctuiform's series of brilliant successes stand clear ahead of any of Australia's three-year-olds. ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. Where Ignorance is Bliss.

    Ignorance and bigotry seem to go hand in hand when opposition is proposed to sport. I happened to be sitting at a public dinner (says a Continental writer), opposite a man ...

    Article : 277 words
  8. Rough on the V.R.C.

    "The turf in Victoria was a peculiar triangular institution. First there was the State, which had endowed it with property worth £1,500,000 sterling, plus the means of ...

    Article : 122 words
  9. The Eight-Oar Crew.

    The committee appointed by the association to collect funds for the purpose of sending the Eight-Oar crew to West Australia report that the subscriptions are coming in ...

    Article : 164 words
  10. Stipendiary v. Honorary Stewards.

    When honorary stewards did duty at race meetings held at the principal clubs in Australia, matters appeared to work all right, though since stipendiary stewards have been ...

    Article : 705 words
  11. The Hunter's Apology.

    Under the present game law of Kansas (says the "American Field") the idea became prevalent at the opening of the hunting season that a man applying for a hunter's ...

    Article : 201 words
  12. Jumpers and Jugglers.

    In last week's "Sportsman" adverse comment was made in reference to the racing clubs allowing horses to qualify themselves for jumpers' flat races after once scrambling ...

    Article : 358 words
  13. A Good Gallop.

    A mile and [?] 2min 10¼ sec over Warwick [?] gallop with 9st 5lb up, and such a performance was credited to Grafton Lass last Saturday when ...

    Article : 213 words
  14. Fielders and Fools.

    A penniless knocked-out fielder, who is walking on his second skin, the outer one having been worn away by hard pavements, is so disgusted at the pity shown towards ...

    Article : 427 words
  15. Liability of Purchasers.

    Intending purchasers of ponies and galloways should ascertain whether any money is owing on them to any of the clubs for nominations. A correspondent ("Inquirer") ...

    Article : 161 words
  16. State Legislation and Turf Control.

    The following from E. B. Bell's (secretary Owners and Trainers' Association) paper on excessive racing was read at the Victorian Owners and Trainers' Smoke Social ...

    Article : 234 words
  17. Far-Famed St. Simon.

    If the progeny of St. Simon were never to win another race, the Duke of Portland's famous horse has done enough for fame, as, since going to the stud, 279 of his sons and ...

    Article : 146 words
  18. Graceton Cops the Gonce.

    A good class of horse was seen out in the Liverpool Mile last Saturday at Warwick Form. There were several Newcastle Cup candidates engaged, Graeeton, the ...

    Article : 263 words
  19. Anticipations.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  20. Not as in Days of Old.

    The old Hawkesbury Racing Club's secretary has a hard time of it to work up a meeting that will turn out profitably, despite the fact that the A.J.C. fixed the minimum ...

    Article : 457 words
  21. Racing in the Argentine.

    Apparently racing is doing well in the Argentine Republic. The Jockey Club, founded in 1883 at Buenos Ayres, has standardised the racecourses and greatly ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. Biffing a Bar Von.

    Breathes there a Tommy with soul so dead, That never to himself has said, "I'm laying it cause I knows it's dead, And on bran mash for a week 't was fed, ...

    Article : 236 words
  23. What Will the Upshot Be?

    There is every probability of the Auckland Racing Club following in the footsteps of the A.J.C. in regard to culling out pony and galloway racing. The A.J.C. ...

    Article : 241 words
  24. Lurcher Let Loose.

    A horse thrown into the Pace Welter at Warwick Farm last Saturday was Lurcher, a three-year-old chestnut colt, by Gossoon from Merry Lass. This horse had the ...

    Article : 210 words
  25. Raising the Rhino.

    In our advertising columns the Epping Racing Club advertises its programme for April 6. The principal event of the day is the Epping Handicap of 70 sovs, 6 furlongs, ...

    Article : 57 words
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