Yass Annual Races for 18[?]
(Abridged from the Goulburn Chronicle of 23[?] THE races for 1857 are over, and we can [?] declare them to have been a great success. The [?] ther was variable: on Tuesday it was remark[?]…
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Yass Annual Races for 1857. (Abridged from the Gouburn Chronicle of Saturday,)
We are glad that the spirited sportsmen of the Yass district have re-established the annual meeting. The races for '57 are over, and we can confidently declare them to have been a great success. We have been, as a…
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THE races yesterday, we say it regretfully, were very ill attended. If the lovers of sport had been constant and done their duty, they would have been well rewarded, for although the bill of fare held out no very…
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The weather of yesterday was very fine, but as the races presented no features of great interest, the attendance was very small; only from two to three hundred people were on the ground, and the race-course so…
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There was a very large attendance at the races yesterday, and amongst those present were Sir William Denison, Alfred Denison, Esq., Captain Ward, R.E., Captain Scott, honorable E. D. Thomson, honorable S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homebush Races. Third Day. [We have to apologise to our readers for two trifling errors which occurred in our account of the races. The first was simply that Lady Julia was following, instead of falling for the Maiden Plate, on the first day. The other was a blunder in the heats for the Hack Stakes yesterday, in which Latitat is entered 1 in the first and third heats, when in the last heat he should have been placed 2.]
The races yesterday were better attended than before. It almost looked like a Metropolitan meet. His Excellency the Governor-General was there, and a very large show of racing people of the best sort. The…
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If fine weather is necessary to the enjoyment of any sport, it is to that of boat-racing, and accordingly the heavy rain that set inon Sunday evoning was productive of. not a few…
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FIRST RACE.—For all youths 13 years end under, in dingies 12 feet and under on the keels pulling. Course.—From tho flag-ship round, a boat…
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There was a meeting last night at the Metropolitan Hotel, of those interested in the late Homebush Races, when the various prizes were paid over to the winners! After this business was concluded,…
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The second a[?]mn meeting commenced on the 13th inslnnt on the old course. The weather was fine, but the attendance of spectators was small…
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The races for 1857 are over, and we can confidently declare them to have been a great success. The weather was variable: on Tuesday was remarkably fine, hat in the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, May 30. 1857. Sporting Reviewer. the Turf. Homebush Races—1857. Judge— J. F. Downes, Ewq., J.P. STEWARDS—
Hon E. Deas Thomson Esq C.B.: Hon J. B. Darvall, Esq.; lion S. A. Donaldson, Esq.; Capt L. H. Scott, A. D.C.; Geo. T. Rowe, Esq, J.P…
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EAST MAITLAND V. NEWCASTLE.—On Friday last a game of cricket was played in the A. A. Company's paddock, near the terminus, between the East Maitland and Newcastle cricketers…
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Castle Donnington! who knows where Castle Donnington is situated. Judging from its name it must be a very important place, but Donnington is one of those secluded spots on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racing Intelligence. Queanbeyan Races. (From the Gou[?] Chronicle, June [?]) First Day—tuesday
The weather was fine, and between two and three hundred spectators of both sexes wore attracted to the course. The sport of the day, with the exception of the last race, was not excellent. The "imported " horses…
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The ride from Yass to Bowning is as pretty a one as we have enjoyed in this colony. It is devoid of those rocky ranges and almost fathomless creeks that so often greet the travoller in his journeyings here, and the fresh…
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TUM[?]—A meeting was held lately, at Mr Moon's, for the purpose of establishing a cricket club. The attendance of cricketers was good The hour appointed for the meeting was four…
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"All haill to thee, Bowning tho gay! All haill to thee, Bowning the fair!" The ride from Yass to Bowning is as pretty a one as we have enjoyed in this colony, It is…
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QUEANBEYAN will rival any town in the Southern Districts in beauty of situation; it is without exception the prettiest place on this side of the colony. Queanbeyan, in ordinary times, is not a particularly lively…
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The number of persons on the course could not have numbered lrss than three hundred. The weather was fine, and everybody was propared for a day's enjoyment. We regret to add therefore that the racing, with the…
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