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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1917

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M.t.c. Races. Royal Dude Wins Town Plate. Trueness of Form Shown

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 3

The Autumn Carnival was ushered in yesterday at Wagga, when the premier club, the Murrumbidgee Turf Club, opened its Cup meeting. This is the…

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Boxing. Clabby Outpoints Uren. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 4

Clabby outpointed Tommy Uren at the Stadium last night. The giving of the verdict in Clabby's favor was the signal for a tumult of applause and a…

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The Wagga L.v. Races

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2

The autumn racing carnival will be advanced a further stage at Wagga to-morrow, when the Licensed Victuallers' Race Club take up the control of the…

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Items of News. Racing and the War

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2

Whilst everyone is agreed that during the continuance of the world-war there should be a judicious curtailment of racing, there are some…

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Bowls

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

There have not been any particularly startling happenings in bowling circles during the past week, beyond one match in the Alderson Pairs, and…

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Reduction in Racing. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

The London Jockey Club has cancelled all fixtures after the first spring meeting, in order to economise grain. An official announcement states…

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Racing Suspended in England London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

The London Jockey Club has can celled all its fixtures after the first Spring Meeting in order to economise in grain…

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Cootamundra Golf Club. Opening of the Season

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

The opening of the links for the season took place on Saturday afternoon, in glorious weather. There was a large attendance of members…

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Local & General. the Wagga L.v. Races

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

The Autumn racing carnival will be advanced a further stage at Wagga to-day, when the licensed Victuallers' Race Club take up the control of the…

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Wagga Cup Races Town Plate and Cup Won by Royal Dude

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

The Murrumbidgee Turf Club concluded on Saturday a most successful Cup Meeting. Favored with perfect weather conditions for Cup Day a…

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Cessation of Racing. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 4

In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law said that the Jockey Club concurred with the Government's suggestions regarding the cessation of racing…

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Wagga Races. Will Mac Wins May Handicap. Further Interesting Sport

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 3

The Wagga Autumn Racing Carnival gas advanced a further stage yesterday, when the Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club's Cup meeting was opened in fine…

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Boxing Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 2

At the inquest in the death of Gilbert Alexander, a boxer, who died after receiving a punch on the jaw in the seventh round in a recent bout…

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C.b.h.s. Football Club

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 2

All the available accommodation in St. Joseph's Hall was occupied last night, when a very enjoyable entertainment was given by the pupils of the…

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Racing in England Race Horses Sacrificed London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 3

Minsterbell, the well known Plate racer, was sold at Newmarket for two guineas. It would have fetched several hundreds last week…

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Wagga Races[?] Carnival Successfully Concluded. L.v. Cup Won by Coquetdale Rentile Takes Hurdle Race

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 3

The concluding day of the Autumn facing carnival attracted a large attendance yesterday, when the Wagga Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club…

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Incensed Victuallers' Cup Races. Coquetdale Wins Cup Will Mac May Handicap Kenerette and Rentile the Hurdles

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 4

The Cap meeting of the Licensed Victuallers Racing Club opened on Tuesday and concluded yesterday successfully the Autumn Carnival of four…

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A Novelty in Athletic Contest

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 6

Two noblemen in the reign of Maximilian ' IT", one a German, the other a Spaniard, who had each rendered a great. service to the…

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Racing in England. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 4

The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes resulted:—Gay[?]sweir [?], Magpie 2, Athdara 3…

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Boxing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 4

At the Stadium Godfrey defeated Thom in the eleventh round. Qu[?] beat Palmer in the ninth round at Brisbane. Palmer was…

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