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Sydney · Sport

Sport, 1842

72 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

The Regatta

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1842 · page 2

THE first race: for gigs pulling four oars, from a warp off Soldiers' Point, round Pinchgut Island on the north side, and back to the starting boat. First boat £10, second boat…

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The Regatta

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1842 · page 2

This Regatta did not succeed so well, nor was it conducted with such spirit as most of those which we have before witnessed. It likewise blew too hard to give the rowing fair play…

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News From the Interior. (From our various Correspondents.) Mudgee Races.—may Meeting

The Sydney Herald · Friday 27 May 1842 · page 2

THE above races took place on Tuesday, the 17th instant, and was well attended, upwards of fifteen hundred persons being present each day, a great number of whom being gentlemen…

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Country News. Mudgee Races

The Australian · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 4

MAY MEETING, 1842.—The above races took place on Tuesday, the 17th instant. They were attended by upwards of 1500 persons each day, a great number of whom…

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Braidwood Races

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 14 June 1842 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—Would You please to inform "Scrubber," of the Australian, that the chief cause of the Braidwood races coming off in June, rather than in July, was so event most unexpected in that…

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Braidwood Races

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 14 June 1842 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—In reply to the query put by J. M. A. Scrubber (Esquire), in your publication of the 4th instant, 1 beg to inform him that the election of stewards. &c., &c., took place at a meeting convened…

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Braidwood Races

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Saturday 18 June 1842 · page 1

A correspondent of the Australasian Chronicle, in answer, to a query in the Australian, why the Braidwood Races are to come off in June instead of July, in the most candid mariner has published to the world,…

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Parramatta Races

The Australian · Monday 4 July 1842 · page 4

FIRST DAY—WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1842. First Race. THE UNION STAKES of Five Sovereigns each with Eighty Sovereigns…

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Campbelltown Races

The Australian · Monday 4 July 1842 · page 4

THESE races will come off on the Campbelltown Race Course, on Tuesday, the 6th of September next, and the two following days:—…

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Braidwood Races

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1842 · page 2

These races came off on the 23rd and 24th June, when the attendance of persons as well from the surrounding districts as the immediate neighbourhood, was much greater than could have been…

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News From the Interior. (From our various Correspondents.) Braidwood Races

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 9 July 1842 · page 3

THESE races came off on the 23rd and 24th June, when the attendance of persons, as well from the surrounding districts as the immediate neighbourhood, was much greater…

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Country News. Maitland Races—first Day

The Australian · Wednesday 27 July 1842 · page 2

In spite of the gloomy threatenings of the weather for the few previous days, during which the rain poured down heavily, the sun rose up brightly in the morning…

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Country News. Windsor Races

The Australian · Friday 29 July 1842 · page 2

The "first day's Races on the Hawkesbury Turf Club Course, came off on Wednesday last, at which there was as good an attendance us usual. The day was one of those…

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Country News. Windsor Races

The Australian · Monday 1 August 1842 · page 2

The second day's sport of the Hawkesbury Turf Club, came off with considerable e lat. The horses cleared their leaps in a most satisfactory manner, which proved the…

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Windsor Races

The Australian · Wednesday 3 August 1842 · page 3

Thursday last wound up the Races of the Spring Meeting of the Hawkesbury Turf Club. First Race—Richmond Purse of £75, with…

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Parramatta Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 August 1842 · page 2

These sports commenced yesterday, but notwithstanding the salubrity of the weather, and the fair state of the roads, the attendance on the course was less than it has been on any…

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Country News. Parramatta Races

The Australian · Friday 5 August 1842 · page 2

These races commenced on Wednesday last and to the lovers of the sport afforded a high treat. The attendance, however, was by no means an good as usual owing…

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Parramatta Races

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 6 August 1842 · page 2

The races at Parramatta commenced on Wednesday last; the weather was highly favourable, and the attendance though not so large as usual was, considering the dullness of the times, very fair…

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Parramatta Races. Friday, August 5Th, 1812

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1842 · page 2

These Races yesterday came of in a very superior style. Every person whom we have seen express their delight in no measured terms. We are indebted to the kindness of a gentleman…

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Country News. Parramatta Races

The Australian · Monday 8 August 1842 · page 2

These sports concluded on Friday. We were gratified to observe, that on the last day the attendance was most numerous, and equally as respectable as on the first day…

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