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6 stories in Illawarra's papers
The morning of the 26th of February was ushered in by sols bright bewitching smiles, illuminating the horizon with dazzling tints of vermillion, pearl, and crimson dyes; but the attendance of the fair ones on this occasion formed so bright a constellation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—"Advantages!" I think I hear some one say, "what possible advantage can there be in horse-racing? What can there be but evil in it?" To such a one I say, but avast friend; wait a little and you shall hear. You live in smoke—in a dark age,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Thursday last, the merriest day in the "merry month of May" the first Shellharbour Races came off, on a course the property of Mr. Duncan Beatson, Macquarie River, that gentleman having kindly placed it at the disposal of the Stewards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The scene on the course was very animated, and we may consider both in the attendance and in the running, the first day's sports to have been decidedly successful. FIRST RACE.—The Metropolitan Maiden Plate of 200 sovereigns,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As announced, these sports took place on last Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. For several days previous the frequent arrivals of horses, accompanied by jockeys, and in some cases by their owners, from the more distant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following imperfect report of the Moraya Races, has been handed to us by a gentlemen, who received the facts from a friend:— The first race was won by Mr. Jeffer's grey horse…
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