L. M., Caulfield, writes:--What were the placed horses in the English St., Leger of 1864[?] Answer--Blair Athol, 1; General Peel, 2; Cambuscan, 3. ...
Article : 932 words[The rapid advance of the SPORTSMAN, and the necessity for keeping pace with the times, causes us to be so busy on Tuesday that in future all meetings for the settlement of matches. ...
Article : 604 wordsTHE following is a resume of the work done since our lost issue. Owing to the Caulfield Meeting, there was scarcely anything done on Saturday morning (excepting by ...
Article : 1,057 wordsSIR,--In reference to wrestling Donald Dinnie quotes himself an authority, but no doubt his memory fails bun in seeing the merits of good wrestlers who are not this equal in his own opinion, ...
Article : 116 wordsThe following letter I take from the Town and Country Journal:-- Sir,—If not trespassing on your valuable space, I should wish to call the attention of the public to ...
Article : 478 wordsLEN ROSE, one of California's phenomenal trotters whose portrait appears above, was foaled in 1877; sired by A. W. Richmond, dam Barbara. His further pedigree is too well ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 289 wordsTRAINERS have had very little to complain of on the score of galloping ground, as Saturday's running will bear out, the roller having been kept going alt the week, and I do not think ...
Article : 846 wordsWe certify to having examined and counted the 110 (one hundred and ten) Coupons forwarded for the Sportsman's Treble Event Prize of One Hundred Guineas, in ...
Article : 88 wordsThe final deposit of £20 in the above match falls due on next Monday. Both competitors are in active practice, Murphy training at the Warehousemen's Cricket Ground, St. Kilda, ...
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Advertising : 6 wordsNEVER since Zulu won the Melbourne Cup have we had to chronicle the victory, in a big race, of such an out-and-out outrider as that of Blink Bonny, who, last Saturday, ...
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Article : 479 wordsDESPITE the wet weather, there was a very large attendance at the Lyceum Hall, Lonsdale-street, on Monday night, when the athletes of Melbourne gave W. Farnan, the ...
Article : 241 wordsTHIS week we present our readers with a capital portrait of Mr. Harry Evans, the champion billiard player, who has just cemented his right to that title by his success ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 934 wordsPREPARATIONS are proceeding slowly for the proposed meeting between Farnan and Foley for £500. The draft articles go to Sydney with this paper, and the backers of ...
Article : 49 wordsA REFERENCE to our advertising columns will show that an excellent programme has been prepared for the complimentary benefit to be tendered Professor Paul Aubert by the ...
Article : 118 wordsTHE committee of the above tournament, to come off during the Cup week, wish to remind intending competitors that entries close at the SPORTSMAN office on Tuesday, the ...
Article : 57 wordsAFTER the great events of last Saturday only a week elapses until Mr. Cox's patrons gather at the pretty little course at Moonee Valley to witness the contest for the Moonee ...
Article : 183 wordsTHE annual meeting of the Victorian Coursing Cub was held on Friday last. The balance-sheet and committee's report were presented. The balance at bank, £3 15s. 11d., as compared ...
Article : 204 wordsMR. DINNIE has been kind enough to refer to certain answers I have given to correspondents on the subject of wrestling. He has further taken the trouble to inform me ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 22 Oct 1884, Page 3
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