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Sydney · Sport

Sport, 1836

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The Races

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 30 April 1836 · page 2

The Annual return of these sports was ushered in on Wednesday, by the usual bustle of preparation amongst the amateurs of the turf. The characters of the horses entered for…

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Yesterday's Races

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1836 · page 3

The races yesterday owing to the beautiful weather, were well attended as regards numbers, though we observed but few of the [?]lite upon the ground. The…

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Wednesday's Races

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1836 · page 3

Soon after half-past twelve, the bugle having given timely notice of preparation, the following four horses came to the post for the first Race, which was as follows—…

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Second Day's Races

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 30 April 1836 · page 2

The Course this day was thinly attended by spectators, compared with Wednesday. probably owing as is rumoured to anticipated interuptions to the sports, from the…

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The Races

The Sydney Herald · Monday 2 May 1836 · page 2

The races on Friday were not so numerously nor so respectably attended as they were on Wednesday. Some misunderstanding had occurred amongst the…

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Sydney Races

The Australian · Tuesday 3 May 1836 · page 2

The Races on Friday were not some numerously nor so respectably attended as they were on Wednesday. Some misunderstanding had occurred amongst the officers…

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New Town Races

The Australian · Tuesday 3 May 1836 · page 3

The races this year were not so numerously attended as were those of 1834 and 1835, although there were more carriages and equestrians present than ever were witnessed on a Van Dieman's Land…

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Bathurst Races

The Australian · Friday 20 May 1836 · page 2

These races came off on Wednesday and Friday, the 4th and 6th of May instant; Captain Piper's Race Course, a very admirably chosen one, was the spot fixed…

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Bathurst Races

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1836 · page 3

These races came off on Wednesday and Friday, the 4th and 6th of May in stant; Captain Piper's Race Course, a very admirably chosen one, was the spot…

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Original Correspondence. Bathurst Races. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 26 May 1836 · page 3

GENTLEMEN.—May I beg of you to insert in your Paper the following account of the Bathurst Races, which came off the 4th instant and Friday the 6th:—…

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Meerut Races

The Australian · Friday 27 May 1836 · page 4

We are happy to add there is a prospect of our Sport being good, as a celebrated racing gentleman Captain Horne, Madras Horse Artillery, from Madras has sent up a shing of first-rale Arabs and…

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Poetry. Regatta Song[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1836 · page 4

Ti[?] sweet to make the light bark fly With rustling sail along, And gaze upon the bright blue sky, When sky and wave [?] one…

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Maitland Races

The Australian · Tuesday 12 July 1836 · page 2

A Correspondent, signing, himself "An Eye-witness, from Sydney," has favored us with the following account of the sport at the above races, which took place on Tuesday and…

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Sporting Intelligence. the Maitland Races

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1836 · page 2

Those races came off on Tuesday the 5th and Thursday the 7th instant; and afforded some prime sport. The following is banded to us us the order in which…

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RACING. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 1 August 1836 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—I beg to insert for publication (if you approve), an account of the St. Patrick's Plains Races. These Races were run on the days as advertised…

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RACING. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Australian · Tuesday 2 August 1836 · page 2

GENTLEMAN,—I beg to insert for publication (if you approve,) an account of the St. Patrick's Plains Races. These Races were run on the days as advertised…

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Racing. to the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 3 August 1836 · page 3

GENTLEMAN,— I beg to insert for publication (if you approve) an account of the St. Patrick's Plains Races. These Races were run on the days as advertised…

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St. Patrick's Plains Races. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 4 August 1836 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—The second renewal of the St. Patrick's Plains Races came off yesterday, in the presence of a large assembly of beauty, rank, fashion, and blackguardism; and as I conceive…

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Parramatta Races

The Australian · Tuesday 30 August 1836 · page 2

We understand that it is the intention of the patrons of the turf at Parramatta, to give a £50 plate at the ensuing races, to be run for in three mile heats by horses of all ages carrying ten stone. The weights…

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Campbell Town Races

The Australian · Tuesday 6 September 1836 · page 3

We have received the following Letter from n subscriber, descriptive of the various accommodation that have been made in Campbell Town for tho visitors to tho ensuing races…

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