The Boxing Young Ladies of Boston
IT is not society girls only, but shop-girls, type-writers, and even mothers of families, who take part in the exercise of boxing. A Boston paper says:--"At a well-known dry goods…
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Varieties. Horse Racing in France
THE Pall Mall Budget, reviewing a book by Mr. Robert Black under the above title, says:--"Mr. Black tells us that he has been a slo[?]e student of horse racing,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decay of Cricket
So much alarmed have the members of the Victorian Cricket Association become at the marked want of interest in the game that they have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boxing Young Ladies of Boston
It is not society girls only, but shopgirls, type-writers, and even mothers of families, who take part in the exercise of boxing. A Boston paper says:--"At a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"My Kingdom for a Horse." A Racing Story. CHAPTER I.
"HAS he got rid of that cough yet, Joe? Are you looking well after him?" The voice of Mrs. Merivale betrayed a nervous excitement, and there was anxiety in her…
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MUCH enthusiasm was displayed yesterday among the votaries of the game by the presence of two football teams in our midst, who had arrived from Armidale and Inverell to try the mettle of the local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Rosehill Races
Hurdles: Observer, Singleton, Pestal. Craven Handicap: Leichardt and African ran a dead heat and the owners divided. Sentence ran third…
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I ACCOMPANIED the newly-formed Armidale football team to Glen Innes to watch them play their opening match, and before going into detail about the play…
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ON Saturday afternoon the Armidale Football Club indulged in a practice match on the Armidale Cricket Ground. There was a good muster of members, and…
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The return match between the players and gentlemen resulted in the latter being defeated by one innings and 16 runs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Football
THE intercolonial football match between Victoria and Sydney resulted in a draw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sporting. Football. (Reception of the Newcastle Team.)
THE Newcastle team of footballers, who had arrived the previous night, were formally received at the New England Hotel, yesterday, at 12 sharp. The long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sporting. Football Notes
A BRIEF retrospect concerning football in Armidale may not be altogether out of place, now that "Our Boys" have a space for breathing time after their late glorious…
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'Midst riot and revelry pursue the football play. ARMIDALE V. GLEN INNES. SATURDAY last broke gloriously fine for the football match between Armidale and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Football: Glen Innes V. Armidale
I had the pleasure last Monday of wituessing the football match, Armidale v. Newcastle. The city boys have been jubilant all the week over their easy victory, and I certainly think it was one of…
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Shrewsbury scored 267 runs in the match against Middlesex…
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LADY cricketers are making quite a name for themselves in England. As a rule, they do not make scores which run into the thirties, but the ST. JAMES' GAZETTE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Origin of Racing
WHYTE says:--"The earliest mention of racehorses, or, as they were called in those days, runninghorses, in our national annals, are those of the ninth century sent by Hugh, founder of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Editor's Column. (Whilegiving insertion to Correspondent letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents. The Late Football Match at Armidale
SIR,--The residents of Glen Innes who read the Armidale Chroniele were considerably surprised and disgusted to see in its issue of the 10th instant the report of the football match, Armidale v. Glen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tattersall's Spring Races. Saturday, August 28
HURDLE Race--Garnet, Uncle Ned, Balmoral. Tramway Handicap -- Glen Elgin, Moorbank The winner was bred by Mr. A. Rodgers at that gentleman's station in this district, and until…
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