No great change has taken place anent the Champion race during the past week, barring the increased popularity of Strop, and the introduction of Flatcatcher into the betting; but we are inclined to believe that the ...
Article : 412 wordsDEAR BELL,—Zoe, a chestnut mare, bred by Mr. Icely in New South Wales, in 1851, is by Sir Hercules out of Flora M'Ivor. The following particulars of the sire and dam I have already given in my sketch of Io, ...
Article : 742 wordsMR. EDITOR,—I like fair sailing upon any subject, and as I feel that my interests have been trifled with, I have a just claim in answering "Breeder's" letter in your issue of last week, and in doing this I shall deal with it ...
Article : 698 wordsDEAR BELL,—Swordsman, a bay horse, bred by Mr. Field in Tasmania in 1854, is by Jersey out of Crucifix. Of Crucifix I know nothing, nor do I hear anything, and "what on does not know, one cannot tell." Jersey ...
Article : 274 wordsSIR,—I beg to inform "Breeder,' that Alice Hawthern was by Delapre, as given in "Voltigeur's" history of her and her performances, for proof read the following part of Mr. Chirnside's letter in last, week's Bell:—"Polly ...
Article : 398 wordsThere was but a poor meeting at the Subscription Betting Room on Thursday evening, and business the reverse of brisk. A few double event bets were made, the chief of which were 200 to 6 against Quickstep for ...
Article : 144 wordsIt is no use saying that Tasmania is not a sporting country, for it only requires to announce a race of any sort to ensure a congregation of all classes, from "gentle to simple," on the course where it may take place. The ...
Article : 685 wordsIn continuation of my theme—the lads being disposed of—I shall proceed to individualise the remainder of the list, taking them in the order and precedence their length of residence among us entitles them to; but, as ...
Article : 1,313 wordsThere, it's all over. The great event has come and gone, and the Registrar-General alone could supply us with the statistics of the hats and handkerchiefs, salads and sandwiches, fowls and forks, joints and jokes, pies ...
Article : 3,064 wordsDEAR DELL,—Zingara, a black mare, bred in New Zealand in 1851, is II Barbiere out of Gipsy. II Barbiere is by Figaro out of a throughbred mare by Emilius, imported direct to Nelson. Figaro was bred in ...
Article : 715 wordsGreat preparations are making for the forthcoming tryst at Windsor, and should nothing unforeseen occur to militate against the successful carrying out of the arrangements, the meeting can hardly fail to be a brilliant ...
Article : 724 wordsDEAR BELL,—The Barber, a brown gelding, bred in South Australia in 1650, is by Sandboy, who is also the sire of the steeplechase horse Young Shamrock, but beyond this I know nothing of his pedigree; and I must ...
Article : 532 wordsWe extract from Porter's Spirit of the Times the following abridged report of a great match for ten thou and dollars, which came off on the 18th of May, on the Union Course, Long Island, between the above ...
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