Wilberforce Races
Monday last was Boxing Day—a day for ages past set apart by all classes of society for the celebration of the Christmas festivities—a day which the…
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Maitland. Christmas Races
Yesterday was the first day of these races, which have assumed the form of secondary annual races. The fine day, and the expectation of good sport; brought together a considerable assemblage of…
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A REVIVAL of races at Petersham took place on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last, and there is every reason to believe that the races just concluded have been such as 'will…
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THE events of Wednesday last will fill a page in the annals of our adopted country. It was the tenth regatta to celebrate the first discovery of this island, in 1642,by Tasman,the distinguished…
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Homebush Drapers'..Jan, 3rd. IN another column will be found a list of professional Jockeys, together with their principal performances during the past…
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Yesterday was the first day of these races, which have assumed the form of secondary annual races. The line day, and the expectation of good sport, brought together a considerable…
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THE Annual Race Meeting of the Drapers' Club came off yesterday, at Homebush Course. The. attendance was not so numerous as has been seen on similar; occasions at previous…
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ON Monday, 27th ultimo, races were got up at this place, the first attempt of the kind here. Considering the, notice was short, there was a numerous attendance…
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THE season of 1847 has draw a to a close, and must be looked upon as one of the most brilliant the colony has ever witnessed, both as regards the number of…
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On Wednesday, the attendance of spectators was not nearly so good, and the day proved excessively hot. The sport was also very poor, the only thing like a race being the struggle for…
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" All the world and his wife," as the laying is, were at St. Kilda on Tuesday last, (Jan. 4,) to witness the races. The weather was extremely propitious, and the excellence of the…
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THE racing season of 1848 opens with very bad field, as far as regards aged horse For ten or fifteen years back I don't recollect so SELECT A LOT. I would therefore…
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Will be produced a Drama entitled THE CHARMING POLLY. Mr. Blossomby, Mr. Rogers; Mr. Stephen Screw, Mr. F. Howson; Reuben Redland, Mr. Spencer; Nat Nowlan,…
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The festivities of Wednesday last, we are happy to record, passed over without any casualty deserving notice, and the races, generally speaking, were good. We have only…
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A MEETING of the Regatta Committee took place yesterday afternoon, at the Circular Quay Hotel, for the purpose of awarding the different prizes to the successful competitors on…
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WEDNESDAY being the 60th Anniversary of the birth-day of the Colony,' was celebrated with all the usual festivities. We rather guess, as the Yankees say, that' if the ghost of Captain Phillip…
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To the inclemency of the weather on Tuesday, the rain falling in torrents, accompanied, with the most dreadful thunder and lightning, do we in a great measure attribute the scanty…
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IT affords some satisfaction to know, that ONE influential meeting has already taken the hint thrown out by me, and advocated by the Editors of "BELL'S LIFE," relative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From the Interior. (From our Correspondent.) Windsor. North Richmond Races
According to previous announcement, these sports came off on the Race Course, North Richmond, on Wednesday, the 26th instant, with all the rural felicity which is their…
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FEW circumstances tend more Immediately to stimulate the labours pf that indescribable animal, known amongst naturalists MULTA-MARANG, or newspaper Editor, than…
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