Newcastle Races
The Newcastle Jockey Club's February race meeting is down for decision this afternoon and judging from the class of horses engaged, some interesting sport…
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Sport, 1903
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Racing in England. Dr. Doyle's Impressions
Dr. H. Martin Doyle, who returned to Newcastle the other day, after spending nearly a year in England and on the Continent, saw a good deal of racing during…
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George Read, the Sydney champion swimmer, won the thousand yards inter-State championship to-night by a length and three-quarters from Moon and O'Mara. The…
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Griffiths and Dorrity's handicap is to be run this evening. At Wallsend on Friday night Pearce and Williams settled their long-pending glove…
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Mr. W. Palmer, hon sec. of the Pirate Club, has been advised that Dick Cavill will make an attempt on the 220 yards record, and not the 440 yards as…
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A good deal of interest has been taken in the revival of the Australian game in and around Sydney, and it bids fair to become well established in this State during the…
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A race meeting is to be held at Wallsend to-day under the auspices of the local jockey club. The five events have filled well and the sport promises to be of an…
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The Newcastle Jockey Club's February race meeting took place yesterday afternoon under pleasant weather conditions. There was an excellent attendance, both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing in Sydney. Thompson the Champion. Sydney, Tuesday Night
The glove contest between Soldier Jack Thompson, who recently defeated Snowy Sturgeon, and Jim Richardson, who returned from London the other day, took…
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The Kensington races take place to-morrow, when the hardest to beat should be:—Fifteen Handicap: Loch Arrow or Tonic. Fourteen-one Handicap: Indiana or Alice…
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A scandalous affair is reported from Charters Towers. Two men named Russell and Hardwicke, who have fought two glove fights, each winning once, met in the…
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Fessifern 47, and 35 for 8 wickets, (Peddar 9, Wellard 9, Nelson 9, Dews 9), were defeated by Toronto 134 (Murrell 32, Rayfield 31, Woodward 24, Clack, 12,…
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On Saturday an interesting and amusing cricket match was held her between, the Ancients and Modern Players of the township. Some of the more matured cricketers…
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The committee of the Wallsend Jockey Club were favoured with fine weather for their race meeting yesterday. At an early hour rain threatened, but…
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M'Coll and Scanlan are to be matched next week for a stake of £100 a side. The curtain raiser before the M'Coll-Creedon fight next Tuesday night will be…
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At the North Brisbane Club's swimming carnival the 220yds championship of Queensland resulted at follows:—R. Cavill, 1; K. Honeyman, 2; R. Hassall,…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Ranjitsinhji, captain of the Sussex County Club, strongly, disapproves the proposal for increasing the width of the wicket…
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"Young Corbett" was recently asked if he would fight Britt at San Francisco the last of February, Britt to weigh 130 pounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of…
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The Pirates will hold their big carnival in the Corporation Baths on Monday night. The star attraction of the evening will, of course, be the world's champion. Dick…
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Several club matches are down for decision this afternoon. A team consisting of four rinks from the Ballarat Central Club (Vic.) will visit…
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