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ThE morning of Tuesday, the 29th ult., was a fair as the best lover of the turf could have desired for the first day of the Brisbane Annual Races for the year 1855. Notwithstanding that the Circuit Court was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The morning of Tuesday last was as fair as the best lover of the turf could have desired for the first day of the Brisbane Aunual Races for the year 1855. Notwithstanding that the Circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before commencing our usual prognostications, we feel it a duty to congratulate, the getters up of the Parramatta meeting, on the excellent programme they have put forth, and on the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parramatta -- June 12th, 13th, and 14th. Mudgee -- August 7th, 8th, 9th. METROPOLITAN RACES -- BARWAN PARK. -- The first meeting will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, 3rd and 4th July,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These annual sports came off on Monday and Tuesday, 28th and 29th May, and as might be expected attracted the largest crowds we ever remember seeing at the meeting on any former occasion. The weather, too, was everything that could be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE BRISBANE TOWN PLATE, of fifty sovereigns, for all horses; heats, twice round the course; to start from the distance post; weight for age. Entrance, £5. Mr. W. Haly's Jeannette (by Beeza), Taif ... ... 1 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The morning of Tuesday last was as fair as the best lover of the turf could have desired for the first day of the Brisbane Annual Races for the year 1855. Notwithstanding that the Circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual Parramatta Meet, for the present year, commenced yesterday, when, notwithstanding the prevalence of a bleak southerly wind, and the annoyance of a "little" dust, the attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The attendance of persons upon the course yesterday, although by no means so numerous as on Tuesday, was nevertheless good; while the racing itself was infinitely superior to that which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine weather, first-rate sport, and general good order, all contributed yesterday towards rendering the "wind-up" of the Parramatta Meeting as successful as the most sanguine friend of the turf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Birth Day, 24th May last, the inhabitants contributed cash to the amount of £20 pounds and upwards. The races were as follows: FIRST RACE. -- For all boats pulling a pair of oars, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Metropolitan County Meeting, commenced on Tuesday last, and closed yesterday. The attendance throughout was somewhat meagre but others than parties interested in sporting pursuits, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I see in the last Number of the Review, " WIDE BAIL," in his chapter on Cricket, is surprised at my not having noticed the usual laxity or occasional ignorance of the umpires of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Napean, 21st and 22nd June. Metropolitain. Barwan Park, 3rd and 4th July. Mudgee, August 7th, 8th, and 9th. Maitland, 20th, 30th, and 31st August…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mudgee -- August 7th, 8th, 9th. Metropolitan Races; Barwan Park -- July 3rd. 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Race for a prize of fifteen pounds, for all horses, that never won an advertised prize, carrying nine stone heats; twice round the course; three entrances, or no race; entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →These races came off on the 14th and 15th June with great eclat Although the prizes were not of the highest order, yet they were sufficiently extensive to collect a good country field of horses, and a capital muster of bipeds to witness their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It may not be generally known to our "bat and ball" friends in this colony, that at a General Meeting of the Mary-le-bone Club, on the 15th May, 1854, an amendment of Law 46 was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nepean, 21st and 22nd June. Metropolitan, Barwan Park, 3rd and 4th July. Mudgee, August 7th, 8th, and 9th. Maitland, 29th, 30th, and 31st August…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday last was the first day of the races, and as the time fixed for the commencement of the sports drew near the read leading to the New Farm Course became througed with a motley concourse…
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