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 wordsI 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 ...
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Advertising : 348 wordsWe 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 wordsI 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 wordsI 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 wordsI 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 wordsHad 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 wordsIf 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 wordsAfter 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 wordsI 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 wordsI 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 wordsSome 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 wordsGeorge 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 wordsI 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 wordsWhen 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 wordsThe 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 wordsMost 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 ...
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954), Fri 5 Aug 1932, Page 3
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