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Sport, 1868

10 stories in Riverina's papers

The Anniversary Regatta

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 3

WHICH would have been one of the finest spectacles ever presented on the waters o Port Jackson was considerably marred by the wet weather and gusty wind, which also…

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The Cricket Match

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 2

A Cricket Match between Gundagai and Adelong players came off in this town on Anniversary day. The excessive heat of the weather was, fortunately for the cricketers,…

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The Duke of Edinburgh in New South Wales. the Duke's Day Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 3

THESE races, which were organised by the members of Tettersall's Club, came off on the Randwick course on Saturday last very successfully. An immense number were present…

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South Gundagai Annual Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1868 · page 3

THE first of the [?] races, which the people of South Gundagai have so strictly maintained for a series years through the vicissitudes of favourable and unfavorable [?] came off on Thursday, the…

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Tumut Annual Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1868 · page 3

TUMUT was unusually full of visitors on the occasion of the Annual Rices, held on Wednesday and Thursday last. The weather was propitious, and the course towards the alter parts of each day was…

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Coolac Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1868 · page 3

IN spite of the edict of Government it will be long before St. Patric [?] to have a holiday held in [?] honor, and the gathering at Coolso sufficiently proved the determination of our racing friends in…

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Gundagai Turf Club Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1868 · page 3

ON Tuesday afternoon and evening the sudden influx [?] the increase of [?] in the streets, and of business in the hotels of Gundagai, the generally sporting tuen of the coversation, the…

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Five Mile Creek Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1868 · page 2

Sir Harry Boyle, who was so celebrated for his bulls, once said that no man could be in two places at once unless he was a bird, and as newspaper men are neither possessed of…

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Wagga Races. Wagga Wagga, Wednesday, 9 p.m

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 2

The races commenced to day, and the result was as follows:— Trial Stakes—four entires, won by Free holder…

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Original Correspondence. All communications to this journal must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and no rejected communications will be returned. the Late Races. To the Editor of the Wagga Wagga Advertiser

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 5 December 1868 · page 3

SIR,—Will you be kind enough to insert in the columns of your popular journal, a few thoughts on racing in general, and our own last races in particular. I have often…

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