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THE annual general meeting of the Albart Cricket Club was held last evening at the rooms of Mr. Charles Lawrence, George-street. The Honorable E. W. Ward, M.L.C., presided. The Secretary, Mr. P. C. Curtis,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBERT CLUB.—The annual meeting of the Albert Club was held on Monday at Mr. C. Lawrence's Cricketing Depot. George-street, and the attendance was numerous. Captain Ward was called upon to preside. Before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I here with forward you a hurried account of our [?] nuel races that commenced yesterday, on the Ha[?] Fint racecourse. The weather was all that our ra[?] community could desire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PATSON Sir John Young, Bart, K.C.B., G.C.M.G.; Stewards Hon. W. M. Arnold, R. Jones, A. B. Cox, A. Cheeke, D. Bell, Esqs: Judge J. Lackey, Esq., M.L.A.; Starter C. Martyn, Esq; Clerk of the Course W. G…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CONSIDERING that it was the off-day, and that the [?] included only three races, the attendance yesterday [?] above the average. The racing, too, was good, the [?] stakes being the only exception. This race had all [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HANDICAP of 20 sovs each [?] ft, and 5 if declared, with 200 added; the second received 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the third saved his stake; winners extra; one mile and three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOTWITHSTANDING the threatening aspect of the weather during the forenoon, the closing day of the meeting draw a very large attendance, there being probably five or six thousand persons on the ground. Amongst the visitors to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OUR omnibus entered triumphantly into an enclosure reserved for carriages, facing the race-course, and there each of them paid a guinea. We unharnessed the horses, tied them to the spokes of the wheels,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE meeting at Randwick yesterday, under the auspices of Tattersall's, was highly encouraging to the loveze of the turf; and the attendance was the best possible proof of what may be done under judicious management…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SUBSEQUENT to the settling on the Randwick meeting, some controversy ensued relative to the respective merits of the horses Shamrock and Promised Land, the upshot of which was that the owner of the latter (Mr. J. T. Ryan, M. L. A.) accepted an offer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN our last issue we gave full particulars of the first day's racing and the result of the second, we now complete the account of the Randwick Spring Meeting:— SECOND DAY, 12th SEPTEMBER…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the 8th July a match came off at Newmarket for a bet of £100 to £50, laid by Mr Jackson, the well-known bookmaker and owner of horses, to Mr W. Whitfield, the latter of whom backed Alfred Diver, the celebrated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Maitland Spring Meeting, under the management of the Northumberland Jockey Club, was held on Monday upon the Rutherford Course. The racecourse had a parched and burnt up appearance, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An effort was made by the Jockey Club to get up a supplementery day's races [?]n the Rutherford Course, on Tuesday, according to the, announcement [?] at the close of the previous-doy's sports. The programme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Until the merits of the various places named as likely to be selected from which to choose one for the above noble and [?]anly pastime are fairly di[?]sed, it is to be hoped that no one place shall be finally determined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland Spring Meeting, under the management of the Northumberland Jockey Club, was held on Monday, on the Rutherford Course. The day would have been thoroughly pleasant, but for a boisterous wind which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SPRING TRIAL HANDICAP of 120 sovereigns, with a sweepstakes of 7 sovereigns each. The second horse to receive 30 sovereigns of the gross stakes. One mile and a quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Referring to my letter in your paper last week upon the [?] heads t[?]is, I weald [?]y that [?] is generally admi[?] that a prudent man, before [?] [?]xpends his money in purehasing anything of much [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick v. Albert....................... This day in the Outer Domain. Albion v. Albert.......................... Saturday llth. Our clubs have now got over the usual, business consequent on the opening of a new season. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rockhampton Races came off on Wednesday and Thursday. The weather was remarkably fine, and the course in excellent condition. The result was as follows— FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY…
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