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SPORTING.
"Easternite" (Hunt's Dam).—It is not legal for a bookmaker to call out the odds; nor in the strict reading of the law is he allowed to make a bet. None ...
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ITS GROWTH IN VICTORIA.
The game of lacrosse is increasing in popularity at a rapid rate in Victoria. There are over 20 clubs in existence in that colony, and the ...
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BASEBALL.
All players are requested to turn up at the Esplanade this afternoon in order to give those men who are picked to play against Fremantle ...
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HOMING.
It now transpires that the carrier pigeons about the fight of which, from Cherbourg on June 12 M. Jourde, Socialist Deputy for the ...
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POLO.
The annual meeting of the Sydney Polo club was held last week at Aarons's Exchange Hotel There was a fair attendance of ...
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A FATALITY.
Dr. Jackson, borough coroner, held an inquest at the general hospital Croydon (Eng.) lately, concerning the death of John ...
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PROGRESS IN WESTRALIA.
Both at Fremantle and at Perth there is a noticeable impression in favor of the game. The members' roll is being added ...
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THE KENNEL.
Mr. J. H. Connelly of mastiff fame, and a representative of the Kennel Club of New South Wales, in Victoria, has accepted the vacant ...
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CRICKET.
"Coverpoint" (Perth).—(1) F. Laver stands third on the list of individual scores in Australia with 352, made for East melbourne against St. Kilda. (2) ...
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INTERCOLONIAL CONFERENCE.
Two important matters dealt with by the intercolonial conference in Melbourne were schemes for class racing and for granting touring ...
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FOOTBALL.
"Sphere" (Perth).—The South Melbourne Club won the premiership three years in succession—in 1888, 89, and 90. ...
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THE TURF.
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A SUGGESTION.
Cannot some firm of makers of aluminium goods design an aluminium outfit for tourists on wheels? Now that cyclists on tour fully ...
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FREMANTLE CLUB.
The annual meeting of the Fremantle Polo Club was held on Tuesday night, Mr. J. Lohoare being in the chair. There was a ...
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
To-day will long be regarded as a "red letter" period in the history of Coolgardie, the occasion being the opening of the carnival in ...
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SUPREME COURT.
Cohn (appellant) and Shames (respondent). This was an appeal from an order of the justices at Coolgardie made under the Masters ...
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RAID ON A "TOTE" SHOP.
Some sensation was caused at Port Melbourne last week by a raid being made by Sub-inspector Duncan and a posse of police upon ...
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CRIPPLES AT CRICKET.
Probably the most unique game of cricket played this season was one which took place during the annual picnic of the South-West ...
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CYCLING WITHOUT BRAKES.
An inquest was recently held at Haslemere (England), on Color-Sergeant Gilder, of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, who ...
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THE 100-MILE RECORD.
Thus "Admirer":—The world's record for one hundred miles is now held by R. Palmer, of the Silverdale C.C. (England), who on ...
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AQUATICS
The latest English files describe the boat used by "Wag" Harding in his race with Stanbury as the lightest boat known. When taken ...
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COURSING.
The brilliant coursing career of Mr. S. Blandon's Bloomer is evidently at an end. News comes from Melbourne that she has been ...
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BAD UMPIRING.
A member of the Australian Eleven in a private letter says that Jim Phillips and Thorns are the best two umpires they have met. ...
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CRICKET.
A meeting of this club was held in the Oddfellows'-hall, Hutt-street, on Monday evening to form a, cricket club. There was a fair ...
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WHAT TO DO BEFORE BICYCLING.
First get a vial of arnica, some court plaster, oil of sassafras, and a pound of raw beef. Then prepare your soul for affliction, and, as a ...
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CYCLING.
With regard to the W.A. Cycling Club's contemplated race-meeting in September, there seems to be a feeling .against it in cycling ...
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ATHLETICS.
The annual cross-country championship (five miles) of New South Wales will take place on the Kensington racecourse on ...
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VICTORIAN CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP.
As time approaches the interest in the annual cross-country championship of Victoria grows; groups of interested parties are to be seen ...
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A BISHOP'S VIEWS.
The Bishop of Lincoln, speaking at Gosberton, near Spalding, on June 10, at the opening of a bazaar, alluded to the subject of ...
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FOOTBALL.
On July 27, Essendon and Collingwood were equal (40 points each) for the Victorian premiership, South Melbourne was third ...
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OVERHEARD AT LORD'S.
The young ladies of the period take a keen interest in athletics of all kinds (observes a London paper). To golf, tennis, and ...
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LACROSSE.
The second round of the premiership matches was entered upon lately. M.C.C. and South Melbourne played their return match ...
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ANGLING.
There was once an English nobleman who told at a dinner of a tiger he shot. "It measured 24ft.," he said, "from snout to ...
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A CYCLIST'S YARN.
A cyclist, while touring in the upper part of Perthshire, met an old man, whom he asked which road he should take in order to ...
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DANGEROUS BOWLING.
News respecting the marvellous victory of Cambridge University over the M.C.C. last month, when, in the fourth innings of the match ...
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BOXING.
An eight-rounds contest, for the lightweight championship of New Zealand and a silver cup took place at the Criterion Theatre, Welling. ...
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A CYCLING CLERIC.
The Ven. T. Stevens, Archdeacon of Essex, posseses a keen sense of humor, and does not mind telling a story even against himself. ...
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