We observe that the sporting press of New South Wales have some remarks upon the scale of weights adopted in the conditions of the great intercolonial race; and in another column we have quoted the ...
Article : 445 wordsThe Geelong Advertiser, of Monday last, contained the following account of a match between the Bell Bird and the Spray which came to an issue on Saturday afternoon:—From the ancient prestige of the Bell Bird, and the ...
Article : 756 wordsThough the autumn meetings of 1859 are to be numbered among the things of the past, and the turf events in the metropolitan districts are limited to the sports of this afternoon, And a few suburban gatherings, the ...
Article : 1,047 wordsA good deal of interest was excited by these colts tiling matched for a couple of hundred to run over one mile of the Melbourne course on Saturday last, and there was a strong muster of the supporters of the turf ...
Article : 333 wordsSIR.—With becoming modesty I beg most respectfully to again introduce myself to your notice you are fully aware I have been laid upon the shelf for a considerable time. I begin to find, Mr. Editor, that it is ...
Article : 1,106 wordsStewards. Messrs. T. F. Hamilton, J. P.; W. H. Stephen, W. Robertson, Junr., A. A. Neilson, H. Hussey. Judge: Mr. J. C. Thompson, R.M. Treasurer. Mr. Henry Gardner. Starter: Mr. J. M. Robertson. ...
Article : 2,734 words9-Match between the New Era and Isabella, at Geelong. BILLIARDS.—An amateur is open to play nay one the English game 100 up, for £10 a game, this (Saturday) afternoon, on either of the tables in Cremorne ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 471 wordsDEAR BELL.—The autumn racing, with the exception of one little spin up here, and a few other small country meetings, is at an end. I had a very poor opinion of the sport we would have prior to the Jockey Club ...
Article : 1,222 wordsDEAR SIR,—Can you inform me what steps (if any) have been taken towards the erection of a grand stand, or if we are to be compelled to see (?) the forthcoming champion match from the miserable scaffold at present ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 wordsSIR,—The sports this afternoon are got up by a corps which has done much to redeem the various volunteer companies in Victoria from the charge of being mere holiday soldiers, whose chief attachment to the service ...
Article : 569 wordsIn answer to "An Old Australian Turfite," we are authorised to state that the original offer is still open—i.e., that Buzzard and Flying Buck will run any two-year-old Premiers in Victoria, £100 each event, 8st, one ...
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