Sporting Intelligence. Bathurst Races. Second Day, Thursday, March 11
THIS day was again remarkably fine, rather a thinner attendance than on the previous day. FIRST RACE. The Farmers' Purse of £30, for all horses;…
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Geelong Races. March 10
By our " Express" from Geelong we are in possession of the particulars of the first day's, racing. The course was miserably attended— the whole assemblage not amounting to 3000…
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Not having been present ourselves after the second of these attractive sports, we are unable, from personal observation, to give a report of the proceedings, but the following being from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sporting Reviewer. Bathurst Races. 10Th, 11Th, and 12Th March, 1847
STEWARDS—Francis Lord, Henry Perrier, William Lawson, jun., William Lee, sen., and John Nepean Macintosh, Esqrs. WHENEVER our sluggish and unwieldy…
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On Wednesday these races came off as advertised. There was a good attendance on the course, with a fair sprinkling of horsemen, but we did not observe so many…
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THESE Races commenced on Tuesday last, and were well attended by the gentlemen of the neighbourhood, and of the surrounding districts, and perhaps a better muster of "the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summary of the Results of the Past Racing Season
The following epitome of the results of the past racing season may prove not uninteresting to our readers. In 1846 the two-year-olds have won 153 races and divided four others. The…
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RYDE (that is, Kissing Point) has this season twice distinguished itself. First, by the liberal public spirit which dictated its late open meeting for the consideration of the Transportation…
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AN accidental conversation occurring about thre[?] weeks since, between two or three residents of this locality, while steaming to the metropolis, led to the getting up of Monday's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Ryde and Kissing Point Regatta
ON Monday, the 5th instant, the first regatta was held at Kissing Point, and in defiance of the threatening appearance of the weather in the forenoon, a gay concourse of amateurs and…
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These races came off at the Race Course on [?]nday. They were numerously attended, [?]d were characterised by some excellent [?]ing, and marked good behaviour on the part…
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THE first day's races of the above club ca[?] off on Wednesday last, the 7th imstant, on its splendid course on the Richmond Road, which has for many years been selected as the turfing…
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NOTWITHSTANDING the threatening aspect of the morning, the attendance of our aquatic friends was numerous and highly respectable, and under the excellent arrangements made by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sporting Intelligence. Hawkesbury Races. Thursday—second Day
THIS morning was exceedingly favourable for the sports of the day: for until the afternoon the sun had hid himself behind some clouds floating in the main, which shielded his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parramatta Races. Easter Monday, April 5Th, 1847. STEWARDS—Messrs. J. Walford, J. M'Kay, and W. Fullager
THE morning was most inauspicious, and fears were entertained that the incessant showers which up to mid-day drenched all who were determined to brave "wind and weather," would result in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hawkesbury Turf Club Races. Stewards.—a. Badgery, Esq.; W. S. Baylis, Esq.; C. Marsden, Esq.; R. Hassall, Esq.; and B. Richards, Esq
The first Meeting, under the judicious control of the Club Stewards, commenced on Wednesday [?]; but the great press of interesting matter upon which we are compelled to treat in this…
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A MATCH of cricket was played here on Easter Monday, between eight of the Yass cricket club and the same number of a new club, calling themselves the Victorias. The match…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country News. Hawkesbury Turf Club Races. Thursday, April 8.—(Second Day)
The first race this day was for the Harkaway Stakes, of 5 soys. each, with £40 added from the funds, for all horses, carrying 11 stone; three miles, of nine stiff leaps. It was won by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Races. the April Meeting
The sporting annals either or this or of the neighbouring colonies, do not chronicle an event so memorable or so exciting as that of the great Melbourne April meeting, which commenced on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Races. (From the Port Phillip Herald.)
Of all the good saints in the calendar hoary, And all in the highest respect do I hold— From Crispin to George, and St. Pat in his glory, With Denis and Sandy, and David the…
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