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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Sport

Sport, 1863

9 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Klandra Christmas Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1863 · page 5

The above meet came off on the 26th and 27th inst. Weather everything that could be desired. Peace and quiet so different from previous years, being the order of the day. The only accident of…

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Boxing Day Races. (To the Editor of the "Monaro Mercury.")

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1863 · page 6

SIR—i am not frequently able to visit the sports of Cooma, but being here Boxing Day I visited the race course, expecting to see a good accumulation of hucks to contend for the…

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Cricket Match

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1863 · page 5

Monday last being the anniversary day of the colony We had a few lively games on the ground usually set apart for such purposes near Mr. Welch's Inn. In anticipation of the forthcoming match…

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Cricket. BOMBALA v. COOMA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1863 · page 4

On Tuesday last there was a large muster on the green usually set a part for cricketing purposes, including a goodly sprinkling of the fair sex, to witness the contest between the Bombala and Cooma…

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Cooma Annual Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1863 · page 4

This customary annual meeting, which was set down to commence on Tuesday last, unfortunately did not begin until Wednesday, in consequence of the very inelement weather. About midnight on…

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Seymour Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1863 · page 4

These races came off on the course at Seymour, better known as Adaminmy or Chalker's, on Easter Monday, the 6th instant. The meeting was large for the place, and the racing good. As usual, the…

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Bombala Annual Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1863 · page 4

THE Bombala race meeting for 1863 commenced on Tuesday last and was finished on Wednesday. The sports were well carried out, the racing for the principal events being much superior to our late Cooma gathering. It will be…

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Goulburn Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1863 · page 3

THE Goulburn races, revived and successfully carried out last year, after an interval of three seasons during which they lapsed, now promise to be permanently re established. After settling the amount of prises and paying all expenses…

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Randwick Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1863 · page 5

THE autumn metropolitan meeting took place at Randwick last week, when, as will be seen from the annexed report of the races, Mr. James Kirwan's houses Pitsford and Ada were successful in securing…

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