On Saturday afternoon a homing match in connection with the Brompton Homing Club took place. The birds were kindly tossed by Mr. F. Calf at Riverton, the distance to be ...
Article : 99 wordsSir—In your issue of to-day a correspondent signing himself "Observer," in drawing attention to the prevalence at the present time of the practice of ...
Article : 528 wordsSir—I did Dot intend taking part in the discussion on this question, but having seen a, letter signed "Interested," and referring to the miserable effusion by ...
Article : 523 wordsThere was a large attendance at the Liverpool races yesterday. The following were the results:— ...
Article : 401 wordsSir—I begin to think the advocates of the betting machine have got a bad case, as they have come to call hard names and bandy abuse. They make a great deal of the circumstance ...
Article : 474 wordsTo any but sprint runners and pedestrians the term. Sheffield Handicap required some explanation, as it means one certain form of testing the speed of athletes, which was first ...
Article : 2,836 wordsSir—It is amusing to many of your readers, wot king men included, to see the beautiful picture of working men's blocks drawn by Mr. Cotton. If be is in earnest he must imagine ...
Article : 348 wordsSir—Your correspondent. "Rev. J. B. Stephenson," speaks of the legalising of gambling "as a disgrace to a Christian community." Before proceeding any further I ...
Article : 575 wordsSir—It is amusing to read all that is brought up against the totalizator, chiefly by people who know nothing about it, and who have never attended races, and it is still more ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Government Geologist has forwarded us the following information regarding the Echunga Deep Lead:—"The Tangye special pomp was started on Monday, 9th inst, and is ...
Article : 1,238 wordsSir—For the information of " Interested" I may say that I attended the Woodville Wesleyan Church last Sunday morning, and was one of the last to leave, and strange I ...
Article : 173 wordsSir—I have read with great interest as well as surprise the various letters that line appeared on the subject of the totalizator. To my mind those supporting the machine are ...
Article : 359 wordsBy invitation of Mr. R. J. Hall, a new member of the Hunt Club, the members met en Saturday, August 14, at Wood/side, en the Fullarton road, when they partook of a nice ...
Article : 413 wordsSir— I should like to offer a suggestion re the [?] that the corponration of Ader laide have the working of this machine, and all ports derived from it and the gates also to go ...
Article : 242 wordsSir—As an impartial observer of the coutroversy going on at the present time re the totalizator, I believe that many of the clergy and the majority of the laity know nothing at ...
Article : 279 wordsSir—The main question is whether the vise of gambling should or should not be encouraged by the Legislature on behalf of the community in general. With reference to the proposed ...
Article : 149 wordsA succesful race meeting was held on Saturday on the Moonee Valley course. The following are the results of the various races:— ...
Article : 174 wordsSir—Complaints are frequent that doing away with the totalizator is likely to prevent gentlemen from taking their usual interest in horseracing, and therefore in a large degree ...
Article : 282 wordsThe Chas. A. Vogeler Company, Baltimore, U.S A. Gentlemen—Having been troubled with occasional attacks of rheumatism in my back ...
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The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889), Mon 16 Aug 1886, Page 7
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