Our large colored engraving shows in a most vivid manner the view that was presented to a visitor on Tuesday, when the great race for the Melbourne Cup was decided. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,013 wordsScenes on the homeward journey by the road are frequently of a diverting character, and notwithstanding the choking dust, which rises in clouds from the multitudes of vehicles ...
Article : 122 wordsOnce more tho great racing carnival of the year is upon us, and Zulu is the hero of the hour. It is no figure of speech to say that the population, with few exceptions, has given ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 467 wordsThe artist has seized a moment of intense excitement, which is shared alike by the elders as well as the junior members of a happy family gathering on the Hill. A sweepstakes ...
Article : 101 wordsThe popular place on race days is undoubtedly the Hill, rind standing on the flat in front of the grand stand, the sight ia a most extraordinary one. The Hill rises precipitately ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 276 wordsThe blank expression depicted on every face on the course as tho cry of " One's clown" is heard is an indication of the kindly disposition of the race going public. Probably the ...
Article : 106 wordsThe conclusion of the groat race is the signal for a tremendous rush by the crowd, who feel impelled to got as close to the winner as possible. As soon as Zulu passed ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 201 wordsThis is a sketch suggestive of one of the necessary adjuncts to the dangers attendant upon steeplechasing. This description of racing would bo robbed of half its popularity it ...
Article : 174 wordsDarebin, the winner of the blue ribbon of the "Victorian turf, of whom our artist has drawn a very correct likeness, is a brown colt, of great substance, but slightly deficient in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 197 wordsThe celebrated picture from which we take our engraving was one of the most remarkable works in tho French court at the recent Exhibition, and attracted the attention of all ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 143 wordsAn incident sketched by our artist in the carriage paddockshows that the Cup which has caused the owners and trainers of Grand Flaneurs, Darriwells and Zulus so much ...
Article : 173 words"Overlanding" cattle is apparently a romantic pursuit, but those whose business it is to conduct tho droves of cattle from tho other colonies to Victoria know the vast difference ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 324 wordsThis great tin-producing district is unoubtedly tbe largest ia Australia at the sent time, and to the discovery of the stanniferous deposits in Tasmania is due. the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889), Sat 5 Nov 1881, Page 202
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