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33 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
The Maitland Christmas Races commenced yesterday, on the Rutherford Course. The attendance was very good. Considerable interest was manifested to see the result of the great match of the day, which has been the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The attendance on the course was fair, cansidering the unfavourable weather. The day, was one of the hottest experienced perhaps this summer, yet there was an absence of that overpowering suffocating heat which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne correspondent of the Herald decribes as follows the progress of the third cricket match between the two colonies. The splendid second innings of the Viotoria eleven would probably win the match for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday the weather was rather too the both for players and spectators. Not a cloud was on the sky to modify the scorching heat of the sun, and scarely was there a breath of wind to coll the atmosphere. Notwithstanding the great heat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather was beautiful and fine, and there was a good assembly of people, upwards of 200, which was a large number for such a distant locality as the Barwin. The first race was for the head prize of £20 for which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sixth anniversary meeting of the Sofala Races commenced and ended under a broiling sun. The heat was intense, and it requiied a plentiful supply of ginger beer and other liquids, to enable persons to exist in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Viotoria Jockey Club Races commenced on the 16th instant. We take the following report of the first two days' running from the Melbourne Herald:- FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monday, last, the 15th instant, being the time fixed for the commencement of the races for this year, was looked forward to with some anxiety by lovers of sport and the equine breed. The sun shone brightly, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These races commenced on Wednesday, agreeably to announcement, and I have only to add, that the course, which may be considered inferior to none in the colony, was thronged by all classes, amongst which was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The First Prize.—The Pickering Purse of £20, for all horses; carrying weight for age; heats, twice round the course. Mr. Eaton's b. g. Bolivar, aged......................... 1 2 1 S. Jennison's g. g. Australian Fly, aged................ 2 1 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →These races came off on the 17th and 18th instant, on the new racecourse, on the Toryburn estate, which was in first-rate condition. The course was numerously attended, amongst whom appeared a good sprinkling of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newcastle Annual Regatta took place yesterday, Easter Monday. The day, which at first threatened to he showery, turned out fine, and a pleasant sea-breeze rendered it agreeable and exhilirating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our annual race[?] came off on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last. In comparison with last year, the attendance on each day was rather thin; but no doubt many were afraid to venture out. In consequence of the threatening aspect of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An interesting and well contested match of cricket came off on Saturday last, near St. Paul's Church, West Maitland, by two elevens of the Grammar and High School pupils=—ganntlet thrown donn by students of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The match between the elevens belonging respectively to the Maitland Marylebone and Parramatta Clubs, was commenced on Thurday at the latter town. Last year the1 struggle for victory was so close that very great interest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These races commences on Tuesday last. The day was fine, and many thousands of persons were present. The large field of first-rate horsed gathered together upon this occusion was the means of exciting more than usual interest in this popular…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"And speaking of 'doestieks,' here are some thoughts of his 'upon seeing a cricket match,' which although now 'some three moons wasted' (having been during that time in type), will nevertheless, prove acceptable to our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We give below the result of the third day's racing at Liverpool. It will in set that the New Zealand horses have maintained their high reputation, by carrying off some of the principal prizes. The attendance was extremely good, there being at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The attendance on the course yesterday was small, the racing quiet, and not equal to the running of the previous day. Indeed, taken on the whole, it must be regarded more as a sort of by-play, or training for the events of to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The turn-[?] at Homebush yesterday was very great, and the racing, taken altogether, first-rate; considerable disappointment being felt, however, that Laurist[?] was not allowed by her new owner to test her powers, in a…
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