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New England · Sport

Sport, 1879

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Latest Telegraphic News. [Through Greville's Telegram Company.] Special Day's Racing at Randwick in Honour of the Governor. Saturday, 8 P.M.

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1879 · page 4

Flying Handicap: Expectation, Napper Tandy, Braidwood. Hurdle Race: Poverty. Jupiter, Jack. Souvenir, gold cup, value £100, with £200…

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Inverell Races

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 2

AT an early hour on Wednesday morning last the streets of Inverell presented almost is crowded an appearance as Oxford-street, Sydney, on a Saturday night when all the servant girls…

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Local Intelligence. New England Jockey Club. Annual Races, 1879

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1879 · page 4

THESE races came off on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The weather was fine, but old Sol shone fiercely, and there was a very fair amount of dust. Up on…

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Glen Innes Autumn Races

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1879 · page 2

THE sportsmen of this town seem to be sin gularly unfortunate in hitting upon a dry period for holding their races. It does not appear to avail whether they decide upon the…

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Glen Innes Races. (Abridged From the Guardian.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1879 · page 6

The Glen Innes Annual Races for 1879 came off on Wednesday and Thursday last (having had to be postponed from, the previous Monday, on account of the…

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Local Intelligence. Easter Monday Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1879 · page 6

EARLY on Monday morning the weather did not look very favourable, but as the day advanced the clouds dispersed, and, although there was a bitterly cold East…

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Randwick Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1879 · page 6

THE following, from the 'Herald,' gives the running for The Sydney Cup, a handicap sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, or 2 if…

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Randwick Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1879 · page 5

THE Herald gives the following as the running for the Australian Jockey Club Plate of 200 so vs., with a sweepstakes of 10 sovs…

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Cricket. Glen Innes V. Imverell.--school Match

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 2

THIS match, which had been arranged to take place on Saturday, 12th, was unavoidably postponed in consequence of the very unpropitious weather about that time, came off at Inverell on…

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CRICKET—ARMIDALE V. TAMWORTH. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—In your issue of the 25th idem, you remark—"We have been requested to state that the late Cricket match at Tamworth was,…

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C. N. Athletic Club, and Oddfellows' Anniversary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1879 · page 2

THE third meeting in connection with the above Club was brought to a successful issue on the Show Ground on Wednesday last. The event had a twofold interest, from the fact that, the Oddfellows…

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Clarence River Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1879 · page 5

ON Wednesday there were about 900 spectators, among whom were a few Armidale people. Though the fields were small, the…

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The Grafton Races. COMMITTEE--Messrs. H. Smith, S. Buchan, George Foott, E. C. Lewington, Thos. Bawden, T. F. Mackenzie, B. Lodge, John H. Munro. T. G. Hewitt

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1879 · page 2

THE above races were brought to a successful issue on Wednesday and Thursday last. The weather was delightful, and the spectators numerous. Some of the best racing ever seen on the Clarence…

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Lord Coventry on Racing

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1879 · page 3

IN our issue of the 28th ult. we (Australasian) published a letter of Lord Coventry's, commenting on some remarks that had appeared in the Meld on the decline of British racehorses. That the…

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Richmond Races

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 4

Handicap--Jupiter, Banagher, Ladybird. Publicans' Purse--Barefoot. Forced Handicap--Osman…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Hawkesbury Races

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 4

Maiden Plate.--Falmouth, 1; Fleetwood 2; Lowlander, 3. Six horses started, and it was a great race from the start, and was won only by a head…

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Latest Intelligence. (By Electric Telegraph.) (Throughgreville'stelegram Company.) Randwick Races. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1879 · page 5

THE Hurdle Race: Whalebone, Veno, Babbler. Trial Stakes: Lowlander, Moonbeam, Lord Burghley…

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Latest Telegraphic News. [Through Greville's Telegram Company.] Randwick Spring Races. Second Day

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1879 · page 4

THE races were resumed to-day, the attendance being moderate. Shorts Handicap--Chroister 1, The Baroness 2, Ghinni Ghinni 3…

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C. N. E. Athletic Club Sports

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1879 · page 2

IF there be one institution more than another in Glen Innes deserving of a word of praise, it is decidedly that of the C. N. E. Athletic Club. Favoured with every possible advantage--a…

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Latest Intelligence. (By Electric Telegraph.) (Throught Grevillestelegram Company.) Sydney, Saturday. Randwick Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1879 · page 5

THE Members' Handicap: Dead heat between Pontiff, Beladrom, and Carachacus for first place. In the ran off Pontiff won by a neck…

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