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199 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 10
The late meeting of the N. J. Club may be regarded as fairly successful as regards racing, but the attendance was rather meagre. The weather was beautiful but the rather strong wind that blew the second day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weather for the opening day of the Patrick's [?]ains Jockey Club annual races was not very pro[?]sing as the early train left West Maitland bearing [?] goodly number of Sydney metallicians, and Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The opening match of the season was played between the East Maitland Carltons and the Newcastle second fifteen on Saturday last, on the Carlton ground. The day was beautifully fine, though rather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather for the second day's racing of the Patrick's Plains Jockey Club was beautiful, and the attendance a trifle better than on the first day, about 400 persons being present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday evening the entries for the grand coursing match on the West Maitland racecourse on Queen's Birthday, closed with highly satisfactory results, as will be seen from the published list below…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE MAIDEN PLATE.—Lady Sophia, Lady Isabel, Faust, The Gem, Julian, Diad[?], Statira. THE NURSERY HANDICAP.—Lady Sophia, Lady Isabel, Statira, Faust, Lochinvar, Ethel, Queensberry, Diadem,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regular "Queen's weather" was provided for the first meeting of the newly formed Hunter River Coursing Club, held on Eales' Racecourse, on Tuesday. There was a very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Following are the entries for three of the events to be run at the Wallsend Jockey Club meeting on Saturday next:- MARES' PRODUCE STAKES; [?] mil[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Considerable interest is felt to-day, throughout Australia, in the result of the professional outrigger race at the Grafton Regatta; for it is in that race that Elias Laycock has sculled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weather for the second day of the Newcastle Meeting was as enjoyable as the first, but the attendance was hardly so large, the trains from the country districts not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bright, gay, and glorious broke the morning of the 24th May, the 62nd anniversary of the birth of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, and the opening day of the race meeting under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Following are the acceptances for the handicaps at the Muswellbrook race meeting, which takes place on the 2nd and 3rd June, 1881:- THE SHORTS; One Mile…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Following ar[?] the weights for the two handi[?]aps to be competed for to-day, 28th instant. It will be seen that good fields are nominated, and those who visit Wallsend may rely on witnessing a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wallsend entries were by some mistake kept back from Mr. Quinton, the handicapper, until Thursday morning, whereas the weights should have appeared in Thursday's issue of the Mercury; but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An interesting game of cricket was played on the Paterson Ground, on Tuesday, the 24th instant, between the above-named teams, and resulted in a win for the men by two runs, and five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cricket match was played on Saturday, the 21st, between the above-named clubs, which resulted in a win for Canningala by 72 runs. The following are the scores:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following are the entries which have been received:- MAIDEN PLATE. Faust Faro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wallsend friends, with that spirit so characteristic of them, made a bold bid for popularity this year, by inaugurating a half-yearly race meeting, which came off on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Muswellbrook friends hold their annual racing carnival to-day and to-morrow, 2nd and 3rd June; but owing to the heavy rain which has come down the last few days will hardly be so successful as it at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—A paragraph appeared in your columns of Saturday last, from the pen of your Murrurundi correspondent, with reference to some races held at Wingen, on…
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