Randwick Autumn Races. First Day
THE races commenced punctually to time. There was a large attendance. Hurdles--Express, Esmonde, Zephyr. Autumn Stakes--Sweetmeat, Suwarrow…
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20 stories in New England's papers
Early Races of Man in England
"THE Man of the Caverns" was the subject of the last London Institution lecture, which was delivered the other evening in the theatre by Professor Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., who fills the…
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Maiden Stakes--Faublas, Waterloo, Good Morning. The Cup--Patrea, Martindale, Strathearn. Twenty-six horses started, and Petrea won…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hurdle Racing a Quarter of a Century Ago and Now
RACING men of a past generation would have been somewhat astonished had they been present in the body at the recent Sandown Park meeting and seen a four year-old so early in the year carry list, into second place for a hurdle-race…
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PRACTICALLY, there is no attention paid to athletic training at present. Parents take but little heed of the muscular education of their girls; in fact, the idea of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Athletic Sports. Fools rash in where angels fear to tread! To the Editors of the Armidale Express
GENTLEMEN—I hardly know whether winged spirits ever had to do with the management of athletic sports; if not, it's certain that some times people of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foot-ball
AS the football season has begun, we reprint the following from the English 'Field':—At the annual meeting of the Rugby…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hurdle Racing a Quarter of a Century Ago and Now
RACING men of a past generation would have been somewhat astonished had they been present in the body at the recent Sandown Park meeting and seen a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local Intelligence. Railway Demonstration. Athletic Sports
AFTER the rain on Tuesday, scarcely anyone hoped for such magnificent weather as prevailed the whole of Wednesday, the day fixed for the Athletic Sports. At this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Races. Wednesday Evening
PRODUCE Stakes: Lady Louisa led from the start, and won by two lengths from Friar, with Sir Henry third, three lengths away. Blanche, Juvenal, and Jason also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Monthly Holiday. Central New England Athletic Sports
According to announcement, last Wednesday--the Monthly Holiday in Glen Innes--was celebrated, with athletic sports, the C. N. E. A. Club providing a well-arranged programme for the city…
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The Shorts: Chesterfield, Blantyre, Ravenswood. Maiden Stakes: Sapphire, Guinea, Koreelah…
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FRIDAY night, about half an hour before midnight a very respectable Detroiter, living in Duffield-street, was heard feeling all over the front door to find the knob. His wife…
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AN important point affecting the result of horse racing came before the Full Court on Monday, on an appeal from a decision of the County Court at Benalla. On the 17th March…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tam Worth Annual Races. (From the Newcastle Herald.)
ON the first day (Wednesday) the attendance was very small the townspeople as usual being conspicuous by their absence. Although the fields were small…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Spring Races. First Day
Never since the establishment of the club were the surrounding circumstances so favourable to the success of a meeting as those attendant upon the racing to-day. There was an…
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THE London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus sends that journal the following account of the memorable match played by " our boys" against the pick of the best eleven cricketers in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intelligence by Wire. [From Greville's Telegram Company.] the Hop Bitters Sculling Races. London, Nov. 18
THE Inter-national Sculling Regatta, inaugurated by the Hop Bitters Company by the offer of a prize of £1000, commenced to-day, over the course from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boat Racing in the Old Country
" Cloanthus," in the Australasian in speaking of aquatics in England, thus refers to the events which have, and which are to, engross the world's attention:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foresters' Athletic Sports
THE Foresters had a very successful meeting on the Race Course on Monday, when a very liberal programme of prizes attracted good entries for most of the races…
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