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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1851

14 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Country News. Marulan—boxing-day Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1851 · page 3

ACCORDING to announcement these sports came off on the 26th instant. The company were numerous, and the field of horses first-rate. The weather was most propitious, and the course in excellent order for…

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Wheeo Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1851 · page 3

THIS affair came off on the day after Christmas, and was attended by a large concourse of people from the neighbourhood. The following was the result of the running…

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Binda Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1851 · page 3

BINDA, "the spot where silence loves to dwell," was all alive on the two days previous to Christmas, they being set apart by arrangement for the Annual Sport of Horse Racing. At the appointed hour on…

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Domestic Intelligence. New Year's Day Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1851 · page 4

THE First of January, 1851, will be a memorable day in the Sporting Annals of the Southern Districts, for on that day one of the best and most numerously attended Turf Meetings that it has been our…

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Original Correspondence. the Goulburn Races. To the Editor of the "Goulburn Herald."

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1851 · page 3

SIR,—In your advertisement of the Races which appeared in last Saturday's HERALD, it is announced that all entrances are to be addressed, under cover, to the Stewards, but it does not state when the…

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Original Correspondence. Goulburn Races. To the Editor of the "Goulburn Herald,"

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1851 · page 3

SIR,—In reply to a letter signed "a Turfite," which appeared in your journal of the 4th instant, I beg to state that the Stewards will announce in ample time the date at which all entrances will be closed,…

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Sporting Intelligence. Bungendore Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1851 · page 3

THESE Races came off on the 4th, 5th, and 6th inst., upon one of the best flat Courses in the colony, under the able stewardship of Messrs. John Curtis and Thomas Hyland. Henry Zouch, Esq., J.P., acting…

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Sporting Intelligence. Yass Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1851 · page 4

THESE Races came on the 18th, 19th, and 20th instant, and although not so numerously attended as on former occasions, there was a goodly assemblage of all grades, from those who could drive…

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Sporting Intelligence. the Goulburn Annual Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1851 · page 4

How anxiously were last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday looked forward to by many a thousand, and now that those eventful days have been gathered into the urn of time, to what pleasing recollections…

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On Some Matters Connected with the Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1851 · page 4

WE were so pressed for space, as well as for time, last week, that we were unable to allude to some matters connected with the sporting affairs of the Southern districts, which…

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Sporting Intelligence. Kangaloola Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1851 · page 4

THESE Races came off on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 17th, 18th and 19th of March. The weather was most delightful, the rays of the sun being tempered by a pleasant breeze. The course…

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Sporting Intelligence. Maneroo Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1851 · page 6

The Annual Races came off on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 19th, 20th, and 21st of March last, and were fully and most respectably attended. The races were of a first-rate description, Mr…

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Sporting Intelligence. Muleyson at the Windsor Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1851 · page 4

As the performances of this horse have excited considerable sensation in the sporting world, we extract, below, the two published reports of his running at the Hawkesbury: the first is from the "Sydney…

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Collector Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1851 · page 6

THERE Race came off on the 23rd and 24th of April a steady rain continued to fall during the day and night of Tuesday, and the morning of Wednesday being dull and cold, the meeting was…

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