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  3. BOOKIE v. BONNETT.

    IN the land of bugs, bananas and blasphemy, known as Queensland, they occasionally have five minutes fun; for instance, a dispute arose between a lady backer and a ...

    Article : 270 words
  4. SILLY ON SEX.

    THE subject of a late cartoon in the SPORTSMAN' brings back to my mind an incident that happened a few years ago. A certain chestnut mare was a strong order for the ...

    Article : 252 words
  5. SPORT JOTTINGS.

    Wakeful was taken back to St. Albans on Saturday after the races. Mr. George, Vowles, the handicapper, leaves for England this week. ...

    Article : 2,053 words
  6. STRONG STIPENDIARIES.

    NUMBERS of persons identified with racing are of the opinion that the services of stipendiary stewards would be a cure-all for racing ramps. It is possible that if really ...

    Article : 113 words
  7. SULPHURING THE SPITTERS.

    LATELY upon more than one occasion when meandering up to Tattersall's Club to admire the classic contour of the members "chivvies,' I have noticed the air full of ...

    Article : 141 words
  8. SPORTSMAN'S NOTEBOOK.

    A FUNNY fiasco occurred at the last rice meeting held at Armidale. Two horses only started for an affair designed the Disposal Stakes—or at least, two went to ...

    Article : 195 words
  9. THE TRICKY TWO.

    had their day. At Forest Lodge on Monday FOR a long time Rea, and Bell, have last the chestnut mare Auric and owner Rea, together with jockey Bell, were wiped ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. PAST AND PRESENT.

    PIGEONHOLED in front of me, I see about 200 letters written by all sorts and conditions of men. One time horse owners, trainers, jockeys, and punters, also ...

    Article : 188 words
  11. DEALING WITH DEAD 'UNS.

    ENGLISH jockeys often have a bad time on French racecourses. Even the late Fred Archer was once or twice mobbed by the excitable Frenchmen. When anything like ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. COUNTRY CLUBS.

    THAT progressive institution, the Newcastle Jockey Club, at its annual meeting last week, among other matters of importance, considered the desirability of forming a ...

    Article : 141 words
  13. UNMETHODICAL MURTOUGH.

    THE idiotic and inexplicable handicapping meted out to some pony owners, who are foolhardy enough to enter their prads at Rosebery. Park, where Murtough manages ...

    Article : 257 words
  14. AMONG THE TOMBS.

    THE sports of Bathurst having coralled the hon. the Minister for Mines, Mr. J. L. Fogan, on Monday last, had a few words with him ament the racecourse. It was ...

    Article : 262 words
  15. AN ARMIDALE AFFAIR.

    A RACE MEETING took place at Armidale on Wednesday and Thursday, February 6 and 7, and can only be net down at a fairly successful function. This old-established ...

    Article : 368 words
  16. KELLY THE KIDDER RETURNING

    THE people of the Lodge will be load in their acclamations, for Kelly the Kidder's coming home. Kelly has been absent for some months, and during that time he has ...

    Article : 198 words
  17. RUCTIONS ON THE RICHMOND.

    SOME of the best sports in the State hail from Lismore. Who has not heard of Jack Wightman, as straight a goer as ever stepped on a racecourse? In close proximity ...

    Article : 649 words
  18. JUDGING JUMPERS.

    AT the Wollongong Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Show, concluded on February 2, a hunting contest was held, the judging for which was to have been carried ...

    Article : 551 words
  19. PAID STEWARDS.

    IN the true interests of horse-racing, it is to be hoped the time is not far distant when all racing will be supervised by paid stewards, so that the in-and-out running we ...

    Article : 440 words
  20. "ANY ODDS OUTSIDERS!"

    NOT long since one of the big fraternity was given a piece of pony dead meat staff, with strong assurances that the thing was Gunbearer bridled, heavily shod, and in fact ...

    Article : 479 words
  21. THE MYSTERIOUS MYALBA.

    JUST previous to the advent of the SPORTSMAN, the curious running of the fleety Myalba provided data for much comment. In one of our first publications we, in ...

    Article : 415 words
  22. CLIBBORN CORNERED.

    IN spite of the fact that the Sportsman has piled up proofs as numerous as they an truthful to show that the work of the A.J.C. does not give satisfaction, except to ...

    Article : 384 words
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