Murrurundi and Haydonton Races for 1856
These Races came off, pursuant to advertisement, on the 30th and 31st ultimo. First Day, Wednesday, 30th July. The weather, which proved threatening in the…
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Cricket Match
On Wednesday, the 20th August, 1856, a match at cricket was played on the usual ground contiguous to Fermoy Cottage between the day scholars and the boarders of the West Maitland…
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Our pretty town has been quite enlivened during the past week by the annual races, which came off with considerable éclat, on the 14th, 15th, and 16th instant. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Races. First Day, Tuesday, August 26, 1856
The sky, in the early part of the morning, looked ominous, and we began to feel rather nervous about a dre[?]ching, which, after a ride of twenty miles, without a breakfast, is not by…
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This little meeting came off on the 31st July and 1st August, and was tolerably well attended. The arrangements were unexceptionable, and too much praise cannot be awarded to…
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We take from the Newcastle Telegraph of Saturday the report of the second and third days of these races, our own arrangements for obtaining a reliable report having "tumbled…
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FIRST RACE.—The Maiden Plate of 150 sovereigns. Mr. R. Scuthorpe's Annie Laurie, B. Richards' Wilberforce, G. T. [?] Tally-He, A. [?], S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liverpool Races. Second Day, Wednesday, Sept. 17. (Abridged from the Empire)
FIRST RACE—The Liverpool Club Woller of 100 sovs. for all horses carrying Welter weights. One mile and a half. The winner to be sold by auction for £200, and any surplis to go to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney News. Liverpool Races. First Day, Tuesday, Sept. 16. (Abridged from the Empire.)
FIRST RACE.—The Maiden Plate of 150sovs for all horses that had never won an advertised prize exceeding 30 sovs. 1¾ miles. The second horse to receive 40 suvs, from the…
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The weather yesterday was very auspicious, and great numbers on horseback, in carriages, and on foot assembled on the course; a considerable proportion of ladies being present…
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1st Race.—The St. Leger of 50 Sovereigns, with a sweepstakes of 5 sovereigns each added; for all three-year olds, colts 8st. 7lbs., fillies 8st. 4lbs.; one event, 1½ mile;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Races. Second Day, Thursday, 25th SEPTEMBER
The rain came down beautiful, and those who did attend "hedged" themselves under cover. The course was one complete mass of mud, and few seemed to enjoy themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gamden Races. (From Bell's Life, Oct. 11.)
The above races commenced on Tuesday, and were numerously attended. First Race.—The Camden Purae of 130 sovs. for all horses that have never won an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. the Newington Races, Near Singleton. (From a Correspondent.)
These races came off on Wednesday and Thursday, when there were run:FIRST RACE.—The Newington Purse of £20, for horsea of all ages, not being winners of…
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The following account of a contretemps that ocourred during the race for the Goodwood Stakes on Wednesday, July 30th, is taken from Bell's Life in London:…
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Yesterday, the match between the married and unmarried members of the Maitland Marylebone Club came off, on the cricket ground adjoining the Grammar School. A considerable number of spectators were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Christmas Races
The following are the entrances for to-morrow's races, on the new course, East Maitland. FIRST DAY, FRIDAT, THE 26TH DECEMBER. 1st Raco.—The MAITLAND TOWN PLATE, of £20,…
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These races commenced yesterday, on the new race course, at the buck of Mr. Whittaker's. A goodly assemblege were present, both equestrians and pedestrians, and many of the fair sex udded to the general…
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On Saturday the meeting was well attended, the assemblage being more numerous than on the previous day, and many of the fair sex also graced the course by their presence. As on…
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