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  2. PHENOMENAL FALL OF HAIL.

    Messrs. H. J. Lyne, H. T. O'Neill, E. L. Taylor and F. Buderus had a unique experience whilst returning to Taree from Newcastle yesterday (Tuesday) ...

    Article : 150 words
  3. A PEEP INTO THE PAST.

    I have been asked by several people to refer to the early-day horses I saw land handled on Cooplacurripa Station. I did, deal with some of them in ...

    Article : 261 words
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  6. "Old Plover."

    We had one old stock horse on Cooplacurripa in the days of J. K. Mackay. His name was "Old Plover." "Old Plover" was a champion after ...

    Article : 176 words
  7. "Greasy Dick."

    I remember that Mr. W. H. Mackay was managing Cooplacurripa Station at one time for his father—J. K. Mackay. He had on the station at ...

    Article : 180 words
  8. Sent Horses Back.

    I sent my son, Allan, back with the horses to Jack Allan's. Jack Allan had a holding at the bottom of Hungry Hill in those days. I went ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. "Then and Now."

    I have frequently been asked how the men and horses of to-day would compare with those of the early days with which the whole of my articles ...

    Article : 276 words
  10. Good Horseman.

    Had W. H. Mackay not been a good rider, he would have gone over the precipice—horse and all. He saw the precipice just within a very short ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. The Last of "Greasy Dick."

    If I remember correctly, we were out mustering cattle that time for about a week. We were branding, and so forth. When we eventually ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. The Irish Terrier.

    After the man had been burled, some consideration was given to the dog. He was sighted a little later. He had remained with his dead master's swag ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. "I Caught Him."

    I tried in every way to coax the little dog to come to me. I got down on my hands and knees, and crawled along towards him. I crawled along ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. An Eclipse Horse.

    I remember about the first horse I broke in on Cooplacurripa Station was an Eclipse-bred animal. He was a fine upstanding bay horse. After I broke ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. Stock Horses Could Race.

    Some of the stock horses we had at Cooplacurripa could race on a decent course, as well as round a mountainside after wild cattle. We once took a ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. "Soapsuds" and "Chester."

    George Northam—still well-known on the Manning—had Grey Ply there—as also a couplet of other racers. However, Tom Pritchell and myself ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. Another Dead Man.

    I might as well now relate another experience I had with a dead man. This happened this side of what is known as "The Gap," going over the ...

    Article : 198 words
  18. "Broke My Collar Bone."

    When leaving Dungog, I rode the horse to which I am referring. Seven miles on the Dungog side of Maitland, we struck several stray cattle grazing ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. "At the Crack of the Whip."

    The horse paddock on Cooplacurripa Station in my early days comprised an area of at least five hundred, acres. One could go down to a central ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. Hungry Hill.

    Most people have heard and read a lot of Hungry Hill. I remember that wall on to thirty years ago I was taking some draught mares of my own ...

    Article : 162 words
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