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298 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 15
GENTLEMEN— The worst weather of the year make Us think the end of winter is at hand and the question arises without much dillieulty, what will the returning summer bring forth in the shape of cricket? From our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Grafton annual races came off on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The weather which has been so very wet of late cleared up, and the sun shone forth with all the splendour of an Australian summer's day; though the course in several places was heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The late anti-Chinese gatherings are spoken of as "great successes." Perhaps they were. There are such things as successful delusions, and successful folly. Men often succeed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE DERBY STAKEES of 50 sovs each,h ft,for three year olds;colts 8st 7 lb,fillies 8st 21b;the second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes;the winner to pay 100 sovs towards the police and regulations of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[Mr. Thomas Moore has favoured us with the follow.] ing report of these races.:]-The above races, notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather, came off on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 5th, 6th, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE above races, notwithstanding the inclement state [?] the weather, came off on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 5th, Cth, and 7th of August; the [?]st dar being fine overhead, but towards night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE DERBY Stakes of 50 sovereigns each. [?] [?] for 3-year-olds, colts [?]. 7 lb, [?] 8 st. 2lb. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovereigns out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 10[?] sovereigns towards the police and regulations of the course,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cricketers' Association held a meeting on Thursday evening, but the attendance was not large; and as the business transacted, was rather of a conversational than regular nature, we think it best, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday afternoon Snail's Bay was enlivened by the presence of a large number of boats, of all descriptions, and all bearing a good number of passengers. The occasion of the gathering was an amateur regatta, which,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT is pleasant to read in the columns of the sporting newspapers the details of the innumerable cricket matches which occupy, during the summer season, so large a portion of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST evening the entrances for the forthcoming races at Randwick, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next, were declared at Tattersall's. We append the names and ages of the horses entered for each race…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GENTLEMEN, —We have arrived within so short a distance of the Randwick Spring Mecting, that the question naturally asked by every Racing man is, what sort of a season are we going to have; and the answer very much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian races have recently attracted some small share of public attention—especially in Queensland, where another effort is about to be made to preserve them from utter extinction. A considerable portion of the twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TO-DAY opens the Spring Meeting at Randwick this year. Some good horses are among those entered, and good racing is anticipated. The following are the entries for the three days:-…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Randwick Spring Meeting for 1861, was opened yesterday with a pretty fair programme, and otherwise under very favourable auspices. The weather was all that could be desired by the most ardent lover…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Spring meeting of the Australian Jockey Club began yesterday, under an accumulation of most favourable, anspices. The weather was all that could be desired. The morning opened clear and fine, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Randwick Spring Meeting for 1861, was opened on Thursday with a pretty fair programme, and otherwise under very favourable auspices. The weather was all that could be desired by the most ardent lover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE second day's racing brought together a much larger muster of spectators than is usually seen upon the "off" day, though the attendance was by no means equal to that of Thursday. Those who attended, however, had the gratification of witnessing first-rate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SATURDAY, as was anticipated, proved the grand day of the meeting, the attendance being very far in excess of that on either of the preceding days. The sport, too, was very good, although the racing was confined to but few competitors. His Excllency…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE attendance of the public at Randwick on Saturday [?]B much more numerous than on either of the prceed. ing days, but still not so great as might reasonably have been anticipated. His Excellency the Governor…
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