The 27th annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria was opened at the ground, Flemington, on Wednesday amidst most unfavourable auspices. ...
Article : 311 wordsThese classes filled no better, than in previous years, and so little interest appears to be taken in them that it is a question whether it is worth while including them ...
Article : 108 wordsAs usual the ponies attracted a good deal of interest among the few who ventured on to the ground. The class was a fairly representative one, though some of the little ...
Article : 228 wordsNot for years have the breeders of beef cattle had a better outlook than this spring, yet in the Royal yards we find the three recognised breeds of beef cattle steadily ...
Article : 831 wordsThere was a far better show of hackneys, numerically speaking, than last year. Eight heavy-weights were shown, The Squire standing well out above the others. He ...
Article : 377 wordsThe competitors who entered the ring as brougham horses were a very middling lot Mr. John Robertson's Seabreeze, a seven-year-old bay, enabled the judges [?] ...
Article : 445 wordsNumerically speaking, the entry in the thoroughbred-horse class was not strong, but quality was well represented by Hova and Goldreef. It is doubtful if a more ...
Article : 346 wordsThe display of draught horses is an excellent one in almost every class. The prize-winners in the female classes especially include some of the best specimens of ...
Article : 1,063 wordsThere was only one sporting event during the day, the trial for juvenile hunters, the field for which was as follows:— JUVENILE HUNTERS' PLATE, ...
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Advertising : 44 wordsThe trotters shown were, on the whole, an excellent lot. Mr. John Robertson was again the principal exhibitor. He entered four stallions, and had the ...
Article : 443 wordsIt is somewhat strange that although Victoria has been so long famed for its herds of pedigreed beef cattle, Sydney leaves us far behind in the show of fat cattle. ...
Article : 154 wordsWhen breeders are accustomed to sweep the board they often grow careless as to getting thorn up for show, but Mr. Henry Reattie, who now stands unchallenged as ...
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The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Sat 4 Sep 1897, Page 5
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