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Sport, 1885

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Racing Intelligence. Victoria Racing Club Spring Meeting. Third (Oaks) Day

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 12

At the third day’s meet of the V.R. Club’s spring carnival the attendance was the largest [?] at baa been seen on the course on any Oaks Day meeting, just as the Cup gathering was…

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Cricket

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 November 1885 · page 3

THERE seems every prospect of a ratting season for lovers of the willow in Corown. Already a number of challenges have been received from district clubs, but the chief interest of the season…

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Morven Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1885 · page 20

The Morven annual races were held last Saturday, and the weather being fine there was a fair attendance. The racing was very good A protest was entered by Mr. Doolan against…

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A Great Racing Swindle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1885 · page 15

I would not, of course, be so fatuous as to attempt to assert that I could “point [?] what was the best-conducted swindle. on Cup Day (says the Melbourne correspondent, of the…

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Corowa Racing Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 November 1885 · page 3

A SPECIAL general meeting of the Corowa Racing Club was held at the Globe Hotel, Corowa, on Wednesday afternoon. The president, Captain…

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Cricket

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1885 · page 3

THE Corowa season opened on Saturday with a match on the home ground between the first eleven and fifteen [?] comers. The seniors won the toss and…

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Legislative Lawn Tennis

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 2

To the Victorian Legislature belongs the very brilliant idea of providing a laws tennis ground for the use of mentally prostrated statesman. So far the only information respecting it is of a meagre…

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Corowa Racing Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1885 · page 4

THE annual general meeting of members of the Corowa Racing Club was held at the Globe Hotel, Corowa, on Wednesday afternoon, Capt. Hare in the chair,…

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Cricket. Corowa-wahgunyah V. Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1885 · page 3

THE first match away from home of the Corowa season was played on Saturday last, when the Borderers visited Wangaratta. A strong local…

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Cricket Match. the Conant Cup

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 December 1885 · page 3

Another of the series of matches for the cup presented by Mr Conant, of Echuca, to the winning cricket club of the district, was played yesterday on the Denilionin Cricket Ground between the Border (Echuca) Cricket Club, and the…

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Racing Intelligence. Burrowye Annual Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 19

The annual meeting of the Burrowye Turf Club came off on December 4th. There was a fair muster of people present, the cloudy state of the weather preventing the same large…

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Corowa Racing Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 4

THE committee of the Corowa Racing Club met at the Royal Hotel, Corowa, yesterday morning. Mr. J. R. Hudson took the chair, and there were…

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The B.b.b. and Boxing Day

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 4

THE committee of the Border Brass [?] are sparing neither time, trouble, nor expense to secure the success of their annual pic-ni[?] on Boxing Day. There…

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Cricket. Benalla v. COROWA-WAHGUNYAH

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 3

THE first match of the Corowa-Wahgunyah Club for the trophy presented by the Benalla cricketers was played with the donating team on the home…

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Boxing Day Races. the Weights

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 December 1885 · page 2

Taking a flying view of the weights as adjusted by Mr Bond for the Boxing Day Handicaps it will be seen that has made a moderat[?]ly good scale. Of course there will be some who will disagree with…

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Farmer. Training a Trotting Horse by Swimming

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 23 December 1885 · page 2

WHILE Mr. Robert Donner was inspecting John Turner's horses in Philadelphia the General told a curious story of horse training, "When I was a boy, and [?]200 looked as big…

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Cricket. Violet Town v. COROWA - WAHGUNYAH

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 December 1885 · page 3

THE Second match for the Benalla cricketing trophy entered into by the Corowa-Wahgunyah Club was played with a team from Violet Town on the…

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Boxing Day Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 December 1885 · page 2

The following are the general entries and acceptances for the races to be run. on Saturday :— MAIDEN PLATE. st. l[?] st. lb…

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Boxing Day Races. the Weights

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 December 1885 · page 2

After having gone through the principal oversights which are noticeable there is no necessity to reiterate them, and the horses which were not referred to last week may now come under notice…

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Mathoura Races. the Weights

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 December 1885 · page 2

In no instance that has [?]ly came under my notice has there been such a wide divergence of opinion between two handicappers as there has been in the case of the weights on the horses to[?] at Mathoura on New…

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