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This most successful gathering came off at Punchestown on the 17th April. Although the weather for the two previous days had been boisterous and rainy, and tried the sessitiveness of the stomachs of the English…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The MAIDEN PLATE of 5 sovs, each, half forfeit with 75 sovs. added; second horse 10 sovs; third, 5 sovs. from the prize; for all Maiden horses at the time of entrance: penalties for winning, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MaidenPlate of £25.— Hughes'Barrister. Town Plate of £25.— This was a dead heat between Hughes' Barrister and Robinson's Gunnelier: the prize was divided. Hack Selling Race of £10.— Robinson's Brunell. Hurry Scurry for £5.—Ousby's Whipcord…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prince of Wales Stakes.—Myles's Creeper, 1st; Smith's Mania, 2nd. Three others ran. Town Plate,—M'Fadden's Whalebone, 1st; Smith's Bulgimbar, 2nd. Splendid race throughout, won by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →These races came off on Saturday last, the weather being beautifully fine, but the road leading to the course, as well as the course itself, was wet and sloppy. The attendance humbered some two or three hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Middlesex and Pitsford Produce Stakes was to-day, on the Grafton Racecourse. T. H. Smith's Bouquet ...... 1 T. H. Smith's Springbok ...... 2…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →This day, like its predecessors, was beautifully fine, and the attendance was extremely good. The racing was decidedly better, and in every respect creditable to the horses and their owners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prince of Wales Stakes. — Myles's Creeper, 1st; Smith's Mania, 2nd. Three others ran. Town Plate. — M'Fadden's Whalebone, 1st; Smith's Bulgimbar, 2nd. Splendid race throughout, won by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Lord's Ground yesterday (the third day) the above mntch was continued. Ali England went on with their second innings, Oscroft (not out with 70) and Daft (not out with 1) resumed their positions at the wlokets,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These races for the year 1866 commenced on Tuesday last, on the Grafton course. The following gentlemen noting as stewards, viz:—Messrs A. Mackellar, T. H. Smith, F. S. Hays, T. Howitt, and S. Buchan. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This match took place on the Christchurch Ground, Oxford, on Thursday, friday, and Saturday, May 17,18, and 19. The weather was unusually brilliant, the attendance more numerous than on the occasion of former All England…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Seven Miles Walking Match for the champion ship, between William Payne, of Ballarat, and George Moore, of Melbourne, supplomented by some amateur sports, came of last Saturday at the Red House,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON BATTING—[?]uot homines, tot sentent[?] As many cricketers, so many different styles of batting. And till a man has found out his own style, and has asscertained its limite and its capbilities, its weakness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES v. MILITARY AND CIVIL.âDecidedly the best match of the season took place on the University ground, on Saturday last, the 18th instant, though from the very strong team brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the Spring approaches, the subject of cricket [?] becomes one of interest in a colony where, with in the last ten years, it has assumed a leading position among the popular sports. But much more than ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The cricketers of England have had a busy time since the May mail left. Numerous first-class matches have been pluyed, and the cricket displayed in most of them was of the most brilliant description…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In our advertising columns a full programme of these popular sports appears, and we have to congratulate the committee on the great bill of fare which they nave giren to the public. The grent novelty of the three-legged,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the time approaches when the Albert sports are to take place the training goes on with zest. Every morning may be seen some brawny youths, Bwoltering in great coat and comforters, and brushing elong nt a killing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON WATERMEN'S RACE FOR A PURSE.—A race with two fours of picked London watermen—those engaged in rowing the umpires' boat—was here as canal introduced, when the crew composed of J. Sadler, J. Tagg, T. Tagg, and T. Hoare, steered by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday last the first day of the spring meeting came off on the Randwick Race-course and was a decided success. The weather, which on the previous day had been wet, was…
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