It was Tuesday night before the great International Tug-of-War was brought to a conclusion in the Darlinghurst Hall. There was a large attendance, and much interest ...
Article : 1,212 wordsTHERE was s capital attendance in the gymnasium of the Melbourne Athletic Club on Saturday night to witness, the match between Jim Burge and Jack Hall for a ...
Article : 2,063 wordsTHE Lannceston Fire Brigade have a team of eleven in practice for the Ballarat demonstration, who will leave by next Saturday's (5th March) steamer. ...
Article : 32 wordsTHERE who intend entering from this side for the Hobart Sheffield Handicap, to be run on 15th April, are reminded, that nominations close to-day. A wire sent to Anderson's ...
Article : 74 wordsNEXT Saturday, at the Melbourne Athletic Club, Martin Costello and Dan Creedon are to box for the Middle-Weight Championship, which carries with it the handsome ...
Article : 215 wordsTHE following message has been received: -- "Kindly wire address Jack Graham, at present travelling country. Reply paid. -- GEO. H. WATT AND Co., Mildura." ...
Article : 67 wordsOUR New Orleans exchange of 8th January states there is no chance whatever of Bob Fitzsimmons meeting Jem Hall, and this fact might as well be understood by the ...
Article : 162 wordsTHE Bright Athletic Club promise their annual liberal programme for Easter Monday. For example, the Bright Handicap has £50 and a ten-guinea cup attached. while the ...
Article : 56 wordsTHE Pakenham folk hold their annual sports on the recreation ground on the 17th March. The programme includes, among other events, a St. Patrick's Handicap, of ...
Article : 35 wordsON Friday the annual swimming matches of the Kew High School were brought off in Hegarty's Baths, St. Kilda. Everything passed off well, and the various events ...
Article : 491 wordsA FEW nights ago Harry [?] instructor of wrestling [?] Athletic Club, had a good [?] bone, the all-round chan[?] ...
Article : 227 wordsTHE friends of Mr. Harry Skehan, son of Mr. Skehan of Bexter-street, Bendigo, the well-known handicapper and athlete, will (sav[?]the Independent) learn with sorrow that ...
Article : 81 words[?] Cablegrsphi[?] items of interest to [?]ing the last week is that Slavin[?]ell can have a four months en[?] at £300 a week, to box at the ...
Article : 56 wordsENTRIES for the Ballarat annual regatta close at the Gem Hotel, Ballarat, on Friday next, the regatta taking place a week later. As slated last week, metropolitan ...
Article : 2,083 wordsowing are toe handicaps for the to be held on Wednesday, 9th [?]191. Acceptances close with the on Saturday. 5th March: -- ...
Article : 540 wordsON Thursday night the Cumberland Athletic Club will commence its 9st competition for amateurs only at the club rooms, 205 Russell-street. The following arc the ...
Article : 131 wordsMR. W. B. CURRAN provided a real scorching programme for the delectation of his patrons on Friday night last. He was not content with putting up a ten-guinea trophy ...
Article : 809 wordsTHE above club opened last Monday week with a good programme. Several local lads boxed in the first part of the evening. Then Jack Lees undertook to stop Bob Ord in six ...
Article : 147 wordsTHE following are the handicaps for the Australian Cup Handicap Pigeon Match, to be shot for to-morrow on the grounds of the Melbourne Gun Club: -- ...
Article : 539 wordsTHE M.B.C. have definitely decided to hold their autumn meeting on the 26th March on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was originally intended to hold the meeting at ...
Article : 594 wordsTHE New York Herald of 5th January says : -- "What did Slavin come to America for -- to make a match or to gather a few dollars ? In an interview he has the ...
Article : 665 wordsA COMMITTEE meeting of the above society was held on Saturday, 20th February, at the Royal Exchange Hotel, there being a fair attendance, Mr. N, M'Lean occupying the ...
Article : 417 wordsBY J. A . PHIL[?]. I WAS punting in the paddock at Swinde[?] Park one day. When the gaffer of some ponies comes [?] ...
Article : 297 wordsSHEFFIELD Handicaps are again coming into fashion here, and are held on Saturday afternoons at the Maid and Magpie Grounds, Stepney, and the Lord Melbourne Grounds, ...
Article : 75 wordsTHE Dookie Annual Athletic Sports are to be held on Easter Monday. In the Major Plains Sheffield Handicap, 130yds, the first prize is £20 in which a seven-spines cup is ...
Article : 55 wordsELSEWHERE it is advertised that to accommodate the large numbers who attend, the Suburban Tug-of-War will be continued at the Crystal Palace. Richmond to-night ...
Article : 132 wordsTHE Warragul Show Grounds should be a busy, bustling place on the I7th March, and Mr. W. M. Ryan, the hon. sec., and his committee will have their work cut out to get ...
Article : 54 wordsTHE above sports are to be held on St. Patrick's Day. Mr. W. Wilson Young, the hon. secretary, provides a capital programme, the chief event of which is a £20 ...
Article : 48 wordsTHE annual meeting will be held on the local recreation reserve on Easter Monday. Messrs. D. M'Adie and W. Jackson, the joint secretaries, have forwarded a lengthy ...
Article : 54 wordsThe first meeting of the Ballarat Club was held on Saturday last. The weather was fine, and about 3000 were present. Some good racing was witnessed, though, as a rule, ...
Article : 207 wordsTHE well-known acrobat and rider, Hercules Parlatti, who met with an accident some months ago while performing at Nowra, which caused him to be paralysed in ...
Article : 42 wordsWE have letters in our rack for W. Williams, E. Corbly, W. Henderson, D. B, Hay, and D. W. Plant. ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Tue 1 Mar 1892, Page 2
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