Gas Racing Boats
THESE great sculling matches have given a great fillip to boat construction. The last new scheme to make racing boats buoyant is to fill them with hydrogen gas. The idea of this is…
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International Regatta
THE final heat fur the Hop Bitters contest is thus well-described by THE FIELD AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S NEWSPAPER. It will be seen that the four competitors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Geelong Races
Mares' Produce--Progress. Handicap--Wellington, Progress, Prattle…
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Mares' Produce--Progress. Handicap--Wellington, Progress, Prattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Match. Glen Innes V. Inverell
ARRANGEMENTS were made for a match between the representatives of the above clubs, to take place on the 26th (Anniversary Day), but as very unfavorable weather intervened it was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Armidale C. C. v. Mr. Moses's Employees
ON Saturday last an unusual muster of cricketers assembled on the ground. Some 15 of Mr. Moses's employees were among the number, and Mr. Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket. Glen Innes V. Vegetable Creek
A MATCH between the above clubs took place on Saturday last and resulted in an easy victory for the former. Arrangements were made by a few of the principal cricketers to meet the Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. Cricket Match
A CORRESPONDENT forwards us an account of a game played on the 19th inst. between the Fern Dale and Bald Knob clubs, on the Fern Dale School grounds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CRICKET—ARMIDALE v. BOOROLONG
THE above match was played upon the Armidale ground on Saturday last. The home team were the first to handle the willow, and were not disposed of until…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Randwick Autumn Races. First Day
Hurdle Race--President, Sleet, Wrangler. Autumn Stakes--Wellington, Braid wood. Two only started. Champague Stakes--Spinningdale, Gem,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegraphic News. [Through Greville's Telegram Company.] Randwick Autumn Races. Second Day
TO-DAY there is a large attendance. The weather is splendid, and some of the events produced very good racing. Progress won the Cap with little difficulty, and the clever party behind the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Grafton Regatta. (From Tuesday's E. News.)
THE town is rapidly filling with visitors from all parts of the district. There will be more people in Grafton than there ever has been at any time since Grafton…
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A PLEASANTLY warm day tempted a very fair number of spectators on to the Race Course to witness the above races. Good fields of horses faced the starter in nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queen's Birthday Races
THE 44th anniversary of her Most Gracious Majesty was celebrated in Glen Innes by a day's racing, which will be long remembered for its pleasant characteristics. Not only was the day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football
THE LANCET says:—"While we deprecate unnecessary and unmeaning risks of all kinds, a certain risk is inseparable from all athletic sports. The cricket-field,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intelligence by Wire. [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Randwick Races. Sydney, Saturday
THE Hurdles: Albyn, Pluto. Trial Stakes: Primrose, Bathurst, Hesper. The Derby: Wheatear, Sardonyx,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegraphic News. [Through Greville's Telegram Company.] Randwick Spring Races. Second Day
THE weather to-day was splendid, and there was a large attendance at the races. The following are the results of the various events : Spring Maiden Stakes. -- Six started. Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Athletics at Home
AS much interest is taken here in Olympian contests, no doubt the subjoined account of a very interesting meeting at home, in which the champion runners of the world took part, will be acceptable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swimming in Relation to Religion
SOME curious facts concerning the connexion between religious belief and swimming lessons are given by the New York Times from statistics complied by a professor of swimming. We…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danger of Athletic Training
ABSOLUTE health is attained only by the symmetrical development of all parts of the body. The man with muscles of steel and a diseased heart cannot be said to be…
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